Category Archives: Local News

Biden Administration Restores HSR Funding Cut By President Trump

Biden Administration Restores HSR Funding Cut By President Trump

  (KMJ) – The U.S. Department of Transportation and the State of California finalized an agreement to restore roughly a billion dollars back into the state’s High-Speed Rail Project.  This action was needed after that money was pulled from the trouble bullet train by the Trump Administration in 2019. Word of this restoration of money prompted…MORE

Registered Sex Offender Accused of Trying to Meet Child for Sex in Fresno

Registered Sex Offender Accused of Trying to Meet Child for Sex in Fresno

    FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A registered sex offender was arrested on Wednesday, accused of trying to meet a 13-year-old for sex. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Michael Andrew Alonso of Fresno was booked into the Fresno County Jail on felony charges of possession of child pornography, attempting to meet a child…MORE

144th Fighter Wing Pilot Confirmed Lost in Porterville Plane Crash

144th Fighter Wing Pilot Confirmed Lost in Porterville Plane Crash

(Photos courtesy:  144th Fighter Wing) (KMJ) – The CA Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing confirms one of its own lost his life in Monday’s plane crash in Porterville. The Fresno-based air wing posted this message Tuesday on its Facebook page: The 144th Fighter Wing family is deeply saddened at the sudden loss of one…MORE

Ceremony Kicks-Off Construction on HWY 41 Concrete Barrier

Ceremony Kicks-Off Construction on HWY 41 Concrete Barrier

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A ceremony took place Tuesday as construction begins this week on a dangerous section of Highway 41. Caltrans joined Central Valley leaders to announce the construction of a new concrete safety barrier on a 4.5 mile stretch of highway between Elkhorn and Excelsior. Local lawmakers like Fresno Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson…MORE

California Ranchers Selling Out Due to Drought

California Ranchers Selling Out Due to Drought

MILLERTON, Marin County (KPIX) — The seriousness of the drought can best be seen in the pastures of West Marin County where cattle ranchers are being forced to take drastic action. It is a dire warning about the severity of the water emergency. Monday was not a good day for Mike Giammona but one he…MORE

Caitlyn Jenner Releases New Ad Attacking ‘King Newsom’

Caitlyn Jenner Releases New Ad Attacking ‘King Newsom’

Caitlyn Jenner’s gubernatorial campaign in California on Tuesday released a video ad reminding people of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s hypocrisy during the coronavirus pandemic.[vemba-video id=”10ba8d5fd8c6f447b7f742107c78e4e”] After telling Californians they need to mask up and practice social distancing, Newsom, a Democrat, dined maskless at a Napa Valley restaurant with friends and supporters. “[The ad] highlights the anger…MORE

Federal Judge Overturns Calif. Ban on Assault Weapons

Federal Judge Overturns Calif. Ban on Assault Weapons

A federal judge overturned California’s longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday in a ruling that likened the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife. Assault weapons have been banned in California since 1989, according to the ruling. The law has been updated several times since it was originally passed.[vemba-video id=”us/2021/06/05/fred-guttenberg-california-assault-weapon-ban-judge-reaction-sot-vpx.cnn”] According to the ruling by…MORE

600+ Earthquakes Shake Calif. Over the Weekend

600+ Earthquakes Shake Calif. Over the Weekend

More than 600 earthquakes have shaken the California-Mexico border since Saturday — the largest registering 5.3 More than 600 small earthquakes have been recorded this weekend in a rural area near the Salton Sea in Southern California, with the largest having a magnitude of 5.3, a US Geological Survey geophysicist told CNN. Geophysicist Randy Baldwin said 603…MORE

Toddler Dies in Hot Car in Visalia; 5 Arrested, Including Mother

Toddler Dies in Hot Car in Visalia; 5 Arrested, Including Mother

  VISALIA, CA (KMJ)  — A three-year-old girl died Thursday evening after Visalia Police said she was left in a hot car, in temperatures around 100 degrees for 2.5-to-3 hours. Officers said they were called to a neighborhood on W. Perez Ave., near Ferguson Ave. and Court St. just before 6:00 p.m. Thursday for a…MORE