SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – PG&E Corp. CEO Bill Johnson blamed negligence by the company’s past management for a cascade of catastrophes that killed nearly 140 people in recent years. Johnson was trying to persuade California regulators Tuesday that he is steering the utility in a direction to make safety its top priority. Johnson was the…… MORE
For Release: Feb. 25, 2020 Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, [email protected] Reclamation outlines Central Valley Project initial 2020 water allocation Reclamation outlines Central Valley Project initial 2020 water allocation Sacramento, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the initial 2020 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project contractors. Allocation amounts are based on an…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office is now asking for your help to track down a pair of “people of interest” sought in connection to a deadly shooting earlier this month. On February 4th, Deputies were called to the 22000 Block of Ave 256 in Lindsay for a shooting. When they arrived, the found a…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A man is arrested after chasing three Central High students. Early on Friday morning in the area near Princeton & Cornelia, Police said the students were chased by a stranger and one was tackled by him. The school sent out the following alert: Thankfully, the students found safety in the…… MORE
LOS ANGELES, CA (KMJ) – Mourners gathered in Los Angeles on Monday to say farewell to Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. More than 20,000 people came to the Los Angeles Staples Center, where Bryant played 17 seasons for the Los Angeles Lakers. Tickets were sold out for the ceremony at the…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office asks for the public’s help finding a Malos Hechos motorcycle street gang member. Jesse Verdugo, 47, of Fresno, is wanted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Sheriff’s spokesman Tony Botti said Verdugo beat up the bouncer who asked him to leave the…… MORE
PORTERVILLE CA (KMJ)- Porterville remembers two fallen firefighters Friday – both dying in the line of duty. The ceremony taking place on the same day that Tim Ward, the Kern County District Attorney, announced it had filed two counts of murder with special circumstances of multiple murders and arson related charges against the two…… MORE
FRESNO, CA, Friday, February 21, 2020 – Beginning this Saturday, February 22, voters can head out to cast their ballots in person at 10 of Fresno County’s new Vote Centers. Saturday marks 11 days before the primary election and, in accordance with the California Voter’s Choice Act, Vote Centers will open at 9:00…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California will spend $50 million for literary instruction at dozens of poor performing schools to settle a lawsuit that claimed the state hasn’t done enough to help students learn to read. The suit filed in 2017 on behalf of students and teachers claimed state had not followed suggestions from its own…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s mandate for rooftop solar panels on all new low-rise homes was tested for the first time on Thursday, when regulators approved a Sacramento utility’s proposal to give homeowners an alternative to installing rooftop solar. Over the objections of environmentalist activists, the California Energy Commission approved the Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s…… MORE
