FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The man behind the store Patrick James in Fresno’s Fig Garden Village has died. Patrick James Mon Pere passed away peacefully at home on Monday, February 11, 2019. Mon Pere was born in Fresno in 1931, he later graduated from Fresno High School and went on to military service in…… MORE
Newsom’s AB-73 Brings Wildfire Relief to Impacted Communities
PARADISE, CA (KMJ) – Governor Gavin Newsom visited Paradise to help communities that were impacted by wildfires. The Governor signed Assembly Bill 73 to provide emergency funding to local governments rocked by recent deadly California wildfires. This is the second bill Newsom is signing as the state’s new governor, to back-fill local property…… MORE
Report: 2018 Worst Year for Media Since 2009
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — 2018 was the worst year since the Great Recession for media companies in the U.S. According to new figures from Challenger, Gray and Christmas, media companies planned to cut nearly 15,500 jobs. Nearly 12,000 of those were in news organizations. Job cuts in the industry were up 281 percent from 2017.…… MORE
Judge Critical of PG&E’s Wildfire Role Demands More Answers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A U.S. judge who has berated Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for its role in California wildfires is demanding more answers from the utility. In a court filing Thursday, Judge William Alsup asked PG&E if it was in compliance with a state law requiring it to clear vegetation around electric lines…… MORE
Trump: “We Want That [HSR] Money Back”; Newsom: “We’re Not Giving It Back”
SACRAMENTO (KMJ) — After his announcement this week plans to scale down the High Speed Rail Project, President Donald Trump demanded on Twitter that the federal dollars being used to pay for it be returned. The original plan was to create a high-speed link from San Francisco to Los Angeles. But in his State of…… MORE
Pineapple Express Smacks California with Rain, Snow, Wind & Floods
California is at the center of what’s known as a “pineapple express” that’s bringing heavy rain, snow, wind and flooding to the West Coast over the next few days. More than 30 million people are under flood or flash flood watches from California to Arizona, including in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. The…… MORE
Former Air Force Specialist Was an Iranian Spy
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Newsom Wants Users to Profit from Online Data
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state’s consumers should get a piece of the billions of dollars that technology companies make off the personal data they collect. The new governor provided no details about the so-called data dividend that he mentioned in his State of the State address Tuesday. The Democrat…… MORE
Gov. Newsom’s First Bill, Valley’s Need For Safe Drinking Water
PARLIER, CA (KMJ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom signs his first bill as governor on Wednesday, to provide immediate water supplies to parts of the Central Valley. The Governor was joined by Democratic Senator Melissa Hurtado from District 14, at a press event at Riverview Elementary school in Parlier to sign SB 72, a bill…… MORE
New Voting System For Fresno County? Clerk’s Office Wants Your Input
FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno County Clerk Brandi Orth has announced a multi-city tour to introduce a proposed change to the way citizens vote. A number of new voting methods have been examined, but the favorite is to embrace the changes introduced in by the Voter’s Choice Act. “In the Voter’s Choice Act, we have voting…… MORE
