LOS ANGELES (AP) — A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office has been launched into space from California. The NROL-87 satellite lifted off at 12:27 p.m. Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon’s first stage flew back to the seaside base northwest of Los Angeles…… MORE
(KMJ) – The search continues for four suspects wanted for stealing more than $2,000 in merchandise from the Kohl’s in Northwest Fresno. Investigators say on Friday, January 28th, three men and one woman got out of a gold GMC Yukon (pictured below) and walked into the store on East Alluvial near North Fresno. The four…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A former UCLA employee is arrested in Colorado in Tuesday, after allegedly threatening UCLA. 31-year-old Mathew Christopher Harris allegedly wrote an 800 page manifesto and sent a video to the UCLA philosophy dept. The video was titled “UCLA PHILOSOPHY MASS SHOOTING” and it threatened a mass shooting on UCLA’s campus. That…… MORE
(KMJ) – Valley police and fire departments continue to share their condolences after a Stockton Fire Captain is shot and killed while battling a blaze early Monday morning. Here is the statement Stockton Fire Chief Richard Edwards shared on the department’s Facebook page: “This morning at approximately 4:45 a.m. the Stockton Fire Department’s Emergency Communications…… MORE
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on executions, now is moving to dismantle the United States’ largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons within two years. The goal is to turn the section at San Quentin State Prison into a “positive, healing environment.” Newsom said Monday…… MORE
California Democrats on Monday failed to gather enough support to advance a government-funded universal health care system, succumbing to intense pressure from business groups and the insurance industry in an election year. The bill had to pass by midnight on Monday to have a chance at becoming law this year. But it never came up…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Jim Yovino confirms he will not seek a third term in office. Here are the details as released by the FCSS: Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Jim Yovino, who assumed office in 2013, has announced he will not seek a third term in office. He will continue to…… MORE
(KMJ) – Tulare County homicide detectives continue to work to piece together the details of a Thursday afternoon shooting in Ducor that killed two and wounded three others Here are the details, as released by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office: Around 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Tulare County Sherrfi’s Deputies were called to the Ducor Shell Gas…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Governor visited Santa Clara County on Wednesday, speaking about his climate change investments in his state budget proposal, and plans for speeding up the implementation to zero emissions. Governor Gavin Newsom says “it’s time to move forward with an oil-free future in California.” More than $37 billion in the state…… MORE
SACRAMENTO – Amid the national surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon today announced that they have reached an agreement on a framework to ensure employees continue to have access to COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave through September 30,…… MORE
