FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A jury inside Fresno County Superior Court has found accused Fresno County Jail shooter Thong Vang guilty on all charges. The ex-convict from Laos was found guilty on Thursday, March 29th of two counts of felony attempted murder, two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, and one count of possession of…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Mayor Lee Brand announces changes to the city’s food truck permitting process. Mayor Brand is eliminating both the $500 security bond and fingerprint requirement for all mobile vendor owners, operators, and employees. “After discussions this week with event organizers and staff, I have decided to eliminate both those requirements from…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Allegations of collusion within the Central Unified School Board are being directed towards trustees by a newly formed political action committee. The Central United PAC came together following the removal of Superintendent Mark Sutton earlier this month. Members are trying to reinstate him in his former role. “I think they have their…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Valley Congressman Devin Nunes will be unable to participate in a town hall event planned for April 7th, organized by March For Our Lives Fresno. That statement from his Director of Communications Jack Langer, who wrote in an email to KMJ News that he will be “traveling abroad on Intelligence Committee business,…… MORE
(CNN) – Not all of California opposes President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Los Alamitos, a small city in Orange County, voted last week to oppose California’s “sanctuary” law. And now the county government is joining the backlash against the state policy, which prohibits local law enforcement from some cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The Orange…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Deliberations were underway Tuesday inside Fresno County Superior Court in the trial of accused Fresno County Jail shooter Thong Vang. The ex-convict from Laos is facing felony attempted murder charges and being a felon in possession of a gun in the shooting of correctional Officers Juanita Davila (below left) and Toamalama Scanlan…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – 29-year-old convicted child rapist Daniel Flanum is denied parole for another three years. The Kings County District Attorney’s Office says Flanum was denied parole on Friday, March 23rd at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, In May of 2006, Flanum was convicted for the forcible rape of a 14-year-old Lemoore girl.…… MORE
[Photo: AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File] FILE — This Sept. 21, 2010, file photo shows the interior of the lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The battle over California’s voter-backed effort to resume executions will begin in earnest when state officials and death penalty…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California files a lawsuit after the Trump Administration adds a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. On Tuesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and California’s Secretary of State Alex Padilla held a news conference in Sacramento to announce the lawsuit. Becerra says the question is “not just a bad…… MORE
(CNN) – Citing the “extremely high emotions, anger and hurt” in Sacramento following the shooting death of Stephon Clark by police in his grandmother’s backyard, Police Chief Daniel Hahn said Tuesday that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will hold an independent investigation into the shooting. Hahn, surrounded by community leaders at a news conference, called…… MORE
