SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s secretary of state is calling for new leadership at the embattled department of motor vehicles after revelations of an error that may have prevented people from voting. Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Friday asked Gov. Jerry Brown and governor-elect Gavin Newsom to replace DMV Director Jean Shiomoto.Shiomoto says the…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California’s midterm election sees a historic voter turnout. More California voters turned out for the November 6th gubernatorial election than any similar election since 1982. 12,712,542 million Californians cast their ballots — over 64% of the state’s 19,696,371 registered voters. IN 1982, 69% of voters went to the polls. That…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An 82-year-old woman was attacked by a family dog. Fresno Police say it happened around 1:00 a.m. Thursday, December 13, at a house in Fresno. The woman was found unresponsive in the backyard of a house. Police saw multiple bite marks on her legs and it looked like her…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California is transitioning to an all-electric public bus fleet. The state-wide goal is to change public transit buses to 100 percent zero-emission fleets by 2040. The Innovative Clean Transit regulation aims to reduce emissions from the transportation sector, by more than 7,000 tons over a 30-year period. The transportation sector…… MORE
VISALIA (KMJ) — A Central Valley police officer’s foundation has raised more than $20,000 for a neighboring police department, still reeling from the loss of one of its own. Visalia Police Officer’s Foundation set up a fundraiser for Tulare Police Department on Monday, following the death of K9 Bane after he was killed during an…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A man is suspected, but not charged, in the murder of an Edison High School graduate. 35-year-old Tristan Beaudette was married to his high school sweetheart, Erica Wu, and worked as a scientist for a pharmaceutical company. Beaudette was camping in a tent at Malibu Creek State Park with his…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police say an emailed bomb threat asking for bitcoin payment is not credible. Fresno is one of the cities to receive the email being circulated Thursday. It’s caused evacuations and sweeps of dozens of businesses and schools across the US, in British Columbia, and here in California. Fresno…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The production and sale of medicinal cannabis in the City of Fresno has received approval from Fresno City Council, with future adult-use businesses also on the horizon. The 5-2 vote Thursday morning is the culmination of a year-long effort to bring marijuana businesses to Fresno. The ordinance establishes rules for the cultivation,…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A local Assemblyman charged with child abuse admits to using corporal punishment. Assembly-Member Joachin Arambula admitted he spanked his 7-year-old daughter. He’s now facing a misdemeanor charge of “Willful Cruelty to a Child.” The children have been placed back in the home. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Southwest Fresno is seeing historically low rates of murder. There hasn’t been a single homicide in the city of Fresno in the last 28 days, and there are even better numbers for murders in what was considered a rough part of town. “Southwest Policing District has not had a single…… MORE
