(KMJ) The man responsible for setting the “Nicholls Fire” last year in the Sequoia National Forest has been sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison. 46 year old Edgardo Fournier was sentenced Tuesday in Fresno Federal Court for setting the massive wildfire and for operating an illegal marijuana grow near Smith Canyon. The Nicholls Fire…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An 11-year-old Northern California boy who last year was lauded by President Barack Obama for becoming one of the youngest in the nation to graduate high school has now earned three community college degrees. The Sacramento Bee reports Sacramento native Tanishq Abraham skipped first grade, completed second grade, and then started…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A state proposal that would roll out strict safety standards for California porn productions to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases has drawn criticism from adult film workers who feel the regulations go too far. The 21-page draft proposed by the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health calls for…… MORE
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — The California Highway Patrol says a motorcycle officer was seriously hurt in a crash while racing to the scene of an overturned propane tanker truck east of Stockton. Officials say the seven-year CHP veteran was driving with flashing lights and siren when he attempted to pass a pickup truck on two-lane…… MORE
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say skeletal remains found in suburban San Francisco are those of a Swedish exchange student who disappeared more than 30 years ago. The Oakland Tribune reports Tuesday that the remains are those Elisabeth Martinsson. The 21-year-old vanished on Jan. 17, 1982. She was working as a nanny and staying…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Valley schoolchildren have been learning all about how not to get hurt while having fun today – in a massive event inside Fresno’s Chukchansi Park. The 10th Annual May Day Summer Safety Fair and Drowning Prevention Program was all about making sure valley kids are as safe as possible in the summer…… MORE
(KMJ) According to a new report from the state’s Employment Development Department Fresno County’s unemployment rate is dropping. In April, according to Friday’s report, the jobless rate in Fresno Co. fell to 10.2%, down nearly a full point from March. Madera Co: 10.4% Kings Co: 10.8% Merced Co: 11.6% Tulare Co: 11.5%… MORE
(KMJ) Authorities in Las Vegas say entertainer Flavor Flav has been arrested on allegations of driving under the influence, speeding, possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol in the 2005 black BMW he was driving. The Nevada Highway Patrol said Thursday that the 56-year-old entertainer was pulled over…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Undergraduates from outside California and graduate students preparing for careers outside academia will pay more to attend the University of California in the fall under a revised plan approved by members of the 10-campus system’s governing board on Thursday. The tuition hikes endorsed by a Board of Regents committee included an…… MORE
200 Fresno Unified students competed at Kids Innovation Day at Fresno State. Lyles Executive Director Tim Stearns: “This demonstrates really the power of kids and their ability to come up with all sorts of cool ideas. these people are the inventors and this is the future,,, these little people make things that we like down…… MORE
