(AP) — A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it. When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life. Captured for posterity, there was a former…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and people seeking or already granted asylum. The complaint, filed in an administrative court within the department, asserts that SpaceX wrongly claimed that federal export control laws barred…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ) — A plane crashed Thursday just west of Goshen in Tulare County. According to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened in a cornfield west of Road 60 and south of Avenue 304. Officials say the pilot was flying a twin-engine plane. The sheriff’s office says the pilot was able…… MORE
GALT, Calif. (KMJ) — Two suspects are now behind bars after they were caught selling thousands of dollars worth of stolen items in the Bay Area. According to the California Highway Patrol, an investigation regarding two suspects was launched back in July after officers believed they were selling stolen items from Victoria’s Secret. Following an…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Clovis West High School and Fort Washington Elementary were under a Shelter in Place on Tuesday, after a call came in threatening the campus. The Fresno Police Department said the call came in around 1:00pm on Tuesday. Fresno Police responded along with Clovis Unified School Police. Clovis Unified sent the following…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) — John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the former president’s 2020 election loss. Eastman was booked at the Fulton County jail and is expected to have…… MORE
FARMERSVILLE, Calif. (KMJ) — A 15-year-old teenager was arrested after a fatal shooting Friday in Farmersville. According to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called on August 18 to the 400 block of Outer Driver regarding a shooting. There deputies found Blake Pecego, 19, of Tulare, with a gunshot wound inside his car. Pecego…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno and other areas in the Central Valley were cleaning up Monday after a weekend of rain and wind from Hurricane Hilary, while Southern California saw an earthquake strike. Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years. From Sunday through Monday, Weather continued to affect the…… MORE
(KMJ) – A Bakersfield dentist pleads guilty on Monday to stealing half a million dollars in COVID-19 relief money. Federal prosecutors say Ranjan Rajbanshi, had dental practices in Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert said between April 2020 and February 2022, Rajbanshi received more than $850,000 in COVID-19 relief money that was…… MORE
(KMJ) – Police arrest a man from Visalia for two shootings on Thursday in Grover Beach and San Luis Obispo. Grover Beach police say a shooting took place around 1:00 p.m. at the 7-11 at 4th Street and Grand Ave. The suspect took off in a black Ford Mustang. Around 3:30 San Luis Obispo, police…… MORE
