FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Distracted driving is up significantly in the Golden State, despite laws aimed at combating it. A newly-released observational study, conducted by the Office of Traffic Safety and Fresno State, has found that at any moment, 4.5 percent of drivers are using their cell phones behind the wheel. That’s up from 3.6…… MORE
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Let California Parolees Vote
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Tens of thousands of parolees would be allowed to vote under a constitutional amendment proposed by California’s secretary of state and Democratic state lawmakers. The amendment announced Monday would affect nearly 50,000 ex-felons who currently are prohibited from registering to vote in local, state or federal elections. Secretary of State Alex…… MORE
Sen. Kamala Harris Formally Launches Presidential Campaign
[van id=”politics/2019/01/27/kamala-harris-formal-2020-bid-sot-vpx.cnn”] Kamala Harris did not mention President Donald Trump by name as she officially announced her run for president on Sunday, but she she issued a sharp, mocking attack on his relationship with Russia. In one of her sharpest attacks on Trump’s perceived coziness with Russia, she decried a time, “When we have foreign…… MORE
Tariff Mitigation Payments Maybe Over Inflated
A senior USDA official says the amount of money sent to farmers in California and across the nation to help mitigate the financial damage from the trade war may not be as much as expected. An Agriculture Dot Com article quotes USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey as saying up to two-thirds of the Trump…… MORE
Mulvaney: Trump Will Use Executive Authority to Build Wall, If Necessary
Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney maintained Sunday that President Donald Trump will use his executive authority to get funding for a wall on the southern border if he doesn’t get it through Congress. Mulvaney, speaking on “Fox News Sunday” two days after Trump agreed to reopen the federal government despite not receiving any money…… MORE
FPD Busts Suspected Serial Armed Robber
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Fresno Police have arrested a man they say is responsible for a series of recent armed robberies. 27 year old Daniel Franco was nabbed Friday while leaving his Northeast Fresno home. He was armed with a handgun, according to police. Investigators say the string of robberies began Christmas day 2018 when Franco…… MORE
Watch: The Most Memorable Super Bowl Ads
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Suspected Fresno Drug Dealer Indicted in 2 Fentanyl Deaths
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A suspected Fresno drug dealer is indicted in deaths of two people. A federal grand jury has returned a two count indictment against 40-year-old Darnell Pearson. He’s charged with distribution of the drug, fentanyl, resulting in death. Federal prosecutors say Pearson was supposed to sell the victims cocaine, instead, he…… MORE
Merced Police Investigating Deadly Home Invasion
MERCED, CA (KMJ) – The Merced Police Department is investigating a deadly home invasion. It happened Friday around 12:17 a.m. at a house on Tucolay Court. According to police, when officers got to the house, they found a man in his 30’s inside the house. The man had gunshot wounds and was pronounced…… MORE
Trump, Congressional Leaders Reach Deal to End Shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president’s demands for money to build his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump announced the agreement to break the 35-day…… MORE
