Californians hoping to remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office have met the state’s minimum number of valid signatures to push a recall election forward this fall.[vemba-video id=”5e77ba57742cf1d2f1d4fdf68e72f64″] County officials have verified 1,626,042 signatures, according to the California secretary of state’s website. Recall backers needed at least 1,495,709 valid signatures to qualify, which represents 12% of the…… MORE
A California law to set up sites that permit injecting heroin is advancing in the state legislature, potentially leaving embattled Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom to weigh signing it amid a potential recall. “The Democrats are the party of enablers right now — and at taxpayer expense,” state Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk wrote in a statement,…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A number of valley politicians and officials are reacting positively to President Biden’s official declaration recognizing the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago. SACRAMENTO – Senator Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno) issued the following statement in response to President Joseph R. Biden’s historic, and long overdue, recognition of the Armenian…… MORE
(CNN) — California will stop issuing new hydraulic fracturing permits by January 2024 as part of a statewide effort to reach carbon-neutrality by 2045, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in a news release Friday.Fracking uses high-pressure water to fracture rocks in order to access pockets of oil that would otherwise be unreachable. Newsom directed the state’s Department of…… MORE
Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympian and reality TV star, announced Friday she plans to run to replace California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in an expected recall election later this year. “I’m in! California is worth fighting for,” she tweeted Friday morning. Jenner, a longtime Republican, filed paperwork in Los Angeles County and announced her intent on her website.…… MORE
Two of the nation’s largest university systems say they intend to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff on University of California and California State University campuses this fall. Several U.S. colleges and universities also have said they plan to require the vaccination. But Thursday’s joint announcement from the 10-campus University of California…… MORE
McFARLAND, CA (KMJ) — A McFarland High School welding teacher was placed on administrative leave after he was arrested and charged with alleged sexual misconduct with a minor. Miguel Martinez was arrested by the Kern County Sheriff’s Department , according the school district. The McFarland Unified School District released the following statement to parents and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police arrest the two guardians of an 8-year-old boy, who they say beat the child to death. On Saturday, police say they were called out to the 4600 block of E. Belgravia Ave. at 4:00 a.m. regarding an unresponsive child. Officers and medical personnel arrived on the scene and found…… MORE
FRESNO CA (KMJ) – Standing in a dried out bed of Lake Mendocino, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency for two Northern California counties on Wednesday, to the ire of Central Valley leaders. Newsom’s emergency drought declaration covered only two counties above San Francisco – Mendocino and Sonoma, and the Russian River watershed…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno County has joined a coalition of Central Valley locations requesting a state-wide emergency drought declaration. Senator Andreas Borgeas is writing the letter, as he and other valley leaders are looking for Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow water to be rerouted to the Valley for agricultural use. …… MORE
