Here are the morning\u2019s top stories on Thursday, December 25, 2025\u2026<\/p>\n
When you drive or walk past a public park, one of the sounds you\u2019ll likely hear is the thwack of a bat before seeing a ball flying through the air. But at some parks in Fresno, these aren\u2019t due to that all-American sport you may be thinking of.\u00a0
\nSome mental health clinicians are worried AI is coming for their jobs. In the Fall,\u00a0 more than 200 of them gathered for an online forum to learn more. <\/p>\n
When Jajpal Singh Sidhu moved to Fresno last fall, he hardly knew anyone. Originally from Punjab, India, the 23-year-old tried to find community in a way that anyone else might: he searched for a club that played his favorite sport.\u00a0There was just one problem. His favorite sport is relatively obscure in his new country.\u00a0\u201cWhen I was new here, [I was] trying to find people who play cricket,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Cricket, like baseball, is played with a ball and a bat \u2013 but the similarities end there. The game with worldwide appeal, which was created in England centuries before baseball became one of America\u2019s favorite sports, involving wickets instead of bases and a long, rectangular pitch instead of a diamond.\u00a0In India, Sidhu played in a national cricket league, and he came to the U.S. in the hopes of continuing the sport at a competitive level.\u00a0After several months of searching, he came across the Fresno Cricket Club\u2019s Facebook page. The rest is history.\u00a0\u201cI texted them, and they said they play in the evening\u2026 They asked me, \u2018you can come tomorrow and join us,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n