SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s attorney general is suing the Trump administration in an effort to crack down on “ghost guns” that can be built from parts and make it difficult to track or regulate owners. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives doesn’t consider the do-it-yourself kits to be firearms, so buyers…… MORE
Fresno Police Trying To Find 41-Year-Old Man’s Killer
FRESNO, CA (KMJ ) – Fresno Police are looking for the person or people who gunned down a 41-year-old man, on Monday night. The Fresno County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as Fernando Gonzalez. Just before 10:00pm on September 28, Shot Spotter registered gunfire on the 4600 block of E. Washington Avenue, and Southeast District…… MORE
Gerald Keith Wilson
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office most wanted person of the week is: Gerald Keith Wilson of North Fork. He has a probation violation warrant related to a charge of assault with a firearm. A man who was in the area of Big Sandy Rancheria in Auberry saw Gerald Wilson and approached him. The two men…… MORE
Prop 12 Under Legal Attack
The National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation seek to terminate California’s Proposition 12. The two groups recently jointly filed their opening brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, asking the court to strike California’s Proposition 12 as invalid. AFBF and NPPC say Proposition 12 imposes arbitrary animal…… MORE
New Calif. Law Prioritizes People over Corporate Home-Buyers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Tenants, affordable housing groups and local governments will soon get first crack at buying foreclosed homes in California. A bill approved Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom is designed to keep corporations from snapping up homes and letting some fall into disrepair as they did during the Great Recession. It bars sellers…… MORE
Fresno County Breaks Ground on $14 Million Sheriff’s Area Two Substation
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno County breaks ground Monday morning on the new $14 million dollar Sheriff’s Area Two Substation. Leaders from within the County of Fresno and the Sheriff’s Office held the ceremony to break ground on the 6.5 acre parcel of land located along N. Armstrong Ave., between Belmont and E. Harvey…… MORE
3 Accused Shooters On The Run in Tulare County
TULARE, COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – Three men accused of shooting someone in Tulare are still on the run, almost a month after the crime. On August 31st, deputies were called to the 800 block of Foothill Ave. in Lindsay for a shooting. When they arrived, deputies found out four people walked up to a…… MORE
Ag Groups Want U.S. to Remain in WTO
A coalition of 62 leading U.S. agriculture stakeholders are asking for continued U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization. A Corn Refiners Association release says the groups sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, as well as leaders of the Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, and the House and Senate Ag…… MORE
Clovis Unified Wants to Reopen Elementary Schools Nov. 3rd
FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) — Clovis Unified wants to get elementary students back on campus. But it likely won’t happen until close to Thanksgiving. November third, Presidential election day is when Clovis Unified hopes to get kindergarten thru sixth-grade students back on campus. It’s currently working on a waiver to present to the Fresno County…… MORE
Body Found in Tulare County Orchard
LINDSAY, CA (KMJ) — The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office got a call Friday morning about a body discovered in an orchard. The body was found by a worker in the area of Avenue 224 and Road 220 in Lindsay. Deputies confirmed there was a body and called detectives from the Homicide Unit to take over the…… MORE
