(KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office identifies the woman killed and dragged following a hit-and-run in Fresno Friday morning. Deputies say the victim was 29-year-old Monique Contreraz, who was homeless. Investigators say she was pushing a shopping cart and had a dog on a leash, who was also killed during the crash. Contreraz was…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday, an increase triggered by soaring inflation that will benefit about 3 million workers. The increase is required by a state law passed in 2016. But it comes at a good time for Democrats in…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is entering the next budget year with a record-smashing surplus of nearly $100 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. Newsom unveiled a revised budget plan of just over $300 billion for the next fiscal year, the highest in state history and fueled by surging tax revenues. The state has collected…… MORE
(KMJ) – A fuel reduction project is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday along the Highway 41 corridor. Cal Fire along with other agencies are working together to reduce wildfires with prescribed burns along the eastside of Highway 41 near the Madera canal to O’Neals. They say this area has seen more fires annually than anywhere…… MORE
CLOVIS, Calif. (KMJ) — A wreckless driver doing double the speed limit was arrested in Clovis on Sunday. Clovis Police were in the area of Shaw and Fowler Avenues when a vehicle sped by registering 91 miles per hour on the radar, in a 45 limit zone. After a brief investigation, the driver was arrested…… MORE
SACRAMENTO – More than 250,000 Californians have now received a financial Clean Fuel Reward, worth more than $319 million in total, when they purchased or leased a plug-in electric vehicle – helping California’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales exceed 16 percent of all new vehicles sold this year. Electric vehicles are one of the state’s top exports, and California represents…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s help to locate 63 year old John Anthony Camacho. He is a registered sex offender who has a prior conviction for rape. He has an active warrant out for his arrest on an elder abuse charge and he has not registered his new address with…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said it has closed the case. The victim…… MORE
WASHINGTON – In an effort to save lives, DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie” and many of our valued public health, non-profit, and law enforcement partners in recognizing the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day. This day is an effort to educate individuals around the dangerous threat that fentanyl poses to the safety,…… MORE
(AP NEWS) – Escaped inmate Casey White and former jail official Vicky White were taken into custody Monday in Indiana, according to an Alabama sheriff. Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said they two fugitives were caught near Evansville, Indiana, after a chase with U.S. Marshals. Marshals were pursuing a pickup driven by Casey White when…… MORE
