Category Archives: Local News

Inflation Triggers California Minimum Wage Increase in 2023

Inflation Triggers California Minimum Wage Increase in 2023

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

California Governor: State has $97.5 Billion Budget Surplus

California Governor: State has $97.5 Billion Budget Surplus

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

Prescribed Burns Scheduled For The Highway 41 Corridor

Prescribed Burns Scheduled For The Highway 41 Corridor

(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

Speeding Driver Busted For Going Double The Limit In Clovis

Speeding Driver Busted For Going Double The Limit In Clovis

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

250,000 California EV Buyers Received Incentives Worth  $319 Million+

250,000 California EV Buyers Received Incentives Worth $319 Million+

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

Fresno Co. Sheriff’s Office Asks Help Finding Missing Sex Offender

Fresno Co. Sheriff’s Office Asks Help Finding Missing Sex Offender

(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

No Charges For Mike Tyson For Punching Airplane Passenger

No Charges For Mike Tyson For Punching Airplane Passenger

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

DEA Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

DEA Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

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

Sheriff: Ex-Jail Official, Inmate She Helped Escape Caught

Sheriff: Ex-Jail Official, Inmate She Helped Escape Caught

(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

Scorpions Announce Tour Stop at Fresno’s Save Mart Center with Whitesnake

Scorpions Announce Tour Stop at Fresno’s Save Mart Center with Whitesnake

FRESNO, Calif. — The Scorpions are bringing the Rock Believer World Tour to Fresno’s Save Mart Center on October 7, 2022 with special guest Whitesnake. Whitesnake is on a farewell tour in 2022. The Scorpions recently wrapped up a sold-out residency in Last Vegas and is going on the road for a two-month-long tour. “After…MORE