SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California regulators are scheduled to approve new rules that would force automakers to sell more electric work trucks and delivery vans in the state. It’s a first-of-its-kind rule aimed at helping the nation’s most populous state clean up its worst-in-the-nation air quality. The rules would require a certain percentage of work…… MORE
FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) — The USGS is reporting a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook around 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday. Initially USGS reported a 6.0 magnitude quake, centered near Lone Pine on the east side of the Sierras. The quake centered in Inyo County, about 15- 20 miles south east of Lone Pine. Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones…… MORE
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) – The Kern County Sheriff’s Office says deputies rescued a 7-year-old boy found bound at the wrists and ankles and arrested his father. Neighbors in the Bakersfield area reported seeing the boy bound and hopping until he fell Saturday morning. Deputies found the boy’s wrists and ankles were bound with zip ties.…… MORE
A Los Angeles City Council member has been arrested on allegations he masterminded a $1.5 million pay-to-play scheme tied to the approval of large building projects. Authorities say FBI agents took Councilman Jose Huizar into custody early Tuesday at his home. Prosecutors say Huizar and his cronies, including some already charged who have agreed to…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The nation’s second-largest school district has rejected a proposal to defund campus police. The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted Tuesday against a measure that would have reduced the budget of the 460-officer Police Department by 90% by 2024. Critics say campus police disproportionately arrest Black students. But…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two national parks in California are removing all mention of Robert E. Lee from informational material even though several majestic sequoias are named for the Confederate general. The San Francisco Chronicle and Visalia Times Delta say Sequoia and Kings Canyon parks are removing references to Lee from exhibits and printed and…… MORE
STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ News) — Body camera footage has captured the dramatic rescue of a man from a burning car. A Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputy saw the man drive off the road and flip over, in an embankment in the area of Highway 120 and Kings Ferry. The investigation into the accident is ongoing.… MORE
FORT BRAGG, Calif. (AP) – A rugged Northern California coastal city named for a Confederate general may ask voters to change the city’s name. The council of the city of Fort Bragg in Mendocino County debated Monday whether to put the renaming issue on the November ballot and the mayor asked for guidelines to create…… MORE
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – An official says a professor at a San Francisco Bay Area community college has been put on leave after asking a Vietnamese-American student to “Anglicize” her name because it sounded like a vulgarity. Laney College President Tammeil Gilkerson said that as soon as campus leaders learned of the comments, an unnamed…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic-controlled state Legislature have agreed on a budget deal that would cover the state’s estimated $54.3 billion deficit. Newsom and legislative leaders announced the agreement Monday. People with knowledge of the plan who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss…… MORE
