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More Evacuation Warnings Issued for Fresno County

More Evacuation Warnings Issued for Fresno County

Effective immediately, additional areas of Fresno County have had evacuation warnings placed. The specific zones are K88 and K89. Both of these zones are located north of the area that had previously been placed within a “Warning” status. The new areas under warnings include Sequoia Lake, Cedarbrook, Etheda Springs and Pinehurst.Please use the following link…MORE

California to Require All Schoolchildren to Get COVID Shots

California to Require All Schoolchildren to Get COVID Shots

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the nation’s first coronavirus vaccination mandate for schoolchildren, a plan that will have all elementary through high school students get the shots once the vaccine gains final approval from the U.S. government for different age groups. The government has fully approved the COVID-19 vaccine…MORE

Calif. Water Regulators Prepare for Another Dry Winter

Calif. Water Regulators Prepare for Another Dry Winter

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California regulators said they are preparing for the possibility of mandatory water restrictions if the state faces yet another dry winter. Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth said the agency is working with state water agencies for the possibility they won’t receive an allocation of water from the state next…MORE

Gov. Newsom Inks Bills to Fight Homeless Crisis

Gov. Newsom Inks Bills to Fight Homeless Crisis

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven new laws on Wednesday aimed at addressing the state’s homelessness crisis, pleading with a skeptical public to have patience as the nation’s wealthiest and most populous state struggles to keep people off the streets. Among California’s myriad problems — including wildfires, historic drought and a…MORE

Governor Newsom Signs Legislation to Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Strengthen Accountability

Governor Newsom Signs Legislation to Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Strengthen Accountability

Governor Newsom has signed 31 affordable housing bills focused on cutting red tape and holding cities accountable for providing their fair share of housingCalifornia Comeback Plan’s $22 billion housing and homelessness investment will lead to the creation of over 84,000 new housing units and exits from homelessness Governor announces new Housing Accountability Unit at HCD…MORE

Top Utility Regulator Tasked With Overseeing PG&E Resigns

Top Utility Regulator Tasked With Overseeing PG&E Resigns

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s top utility regulator says she’ll step down from the job at the end of the year, five years before her term was set to end. Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer announced her resignation Tuesday. It leaves Gov. Gavin Newsom searching for new leadership as the state grapples with devastating…MORE

CA Treasurer Often Shared Hotel Rooms With Employees

CA Treasurer Often Shared Hotel Rooms With Employees

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California state Treasurer Fiona Ma repeatedly shared hotel rooms with employees and that’s a practice business experts say is problematic. The hotel room sharing was revealed in expense reports obtained by the Sacramento Bee and reported Tuesday. The news follows a lawsuit by a former employee who shared a hotel room…MORE

Four Sentenced for Igniting 2017 Tulare County Wildfire

Four Sentenced for Igniting 2017 Tulare County Wildfire

(KMJ) – Four Visalia residents learn their sentences for their role in sparking the 2017 Pier Fire near Springville in Tulare County. Here is the official statement from the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office: On August 19, 2021, the defendants pleaded to the following felonies: Isiac Renteria, age 23 – arson of a structure or…MORE

Information Now Sought in Southeast Fresno Homicide

Information Now Sought in Southeast Fresno Homicide

(KMJ) – The Fresno Police Department is now asking for information on a deadly September 24th shooting in the Southeastern part of the city that left one man dead. Here are the details, as released by Investigators over the weekend: On Friday, September 24, 2021, at 5:30 pm, Officers from the Southeast Policing District responded…MORE

Sheriff Orders New Evacuations For Windy Fire in Tulare County

Sheriff Orders New Evacuations For Windy Fire in Tulare County

Tulare County, CA (KMJ) – Tulare County’s Sheriff issues New EVACUATION ORDER Due to Windy Fire. Sheriff Mike Boudreaux has issued an EVACUATION ORDER for the communities of Sugar Loaf, Sugarloaf Mountain Park, Sugarloaf Saw Mill, White River, Idlewild, Posey, Panorama Heights, Poso, Balance Rock, Spear Creek, from the existing Hot Spring Evacuation Order west…MORE