SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The election of whether to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom cost taxpayers just over $200 million. The final tally released Thursday by the Secretary of State’s office is about 28% less than what state officials had budgeted. The state Legislature set aside just over $278 million for the Sept. 14 election.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers investigating the “violent insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it’s not the party’s job to police the views of lawmakers. As former President Donald Trump has downplayed the attack by his supporters last year —…… MORE
DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A group of people was skating on a Northern California reservoir when the ice broke and six of them plunged into the frigid water, including one who was later found dead, authorities said. The group of eight was skating at the Stampede Reservoir, north of Lake Tahoe, when the accident happened…… MORE
(KMJ) – The former Chief of Staff to a Fresno County Supervisor pleads guilty to violating conflict of interest laws. Thursday, the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office says Steven Rapada was sentenced for the misdemeanor violation. In October 2020, the former chief of staff to Supervisor Sal Quintero was found to have a personal financial…… MORE
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A 21-year-old man who was acting erratically opened fire inside a Greyhound bus in Northern California, killing a 43-year-old woman and wounding four others before he was arrested, naked, inside a Walmart after getting into a fight, authorities said. Asaahdi Coleman started shooting at passengers as they exited the Los Angeles-bound…… MORE
(KMJ) – A tip helps the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office keep hundreds of fake purses and designer clothing from hitting the Valley’s streets. Here are the details, as released by the Sheriff’s Office: Tuesday, Tulare County Sheriff’s Detectives received information from Homeland Security about a large shipment of counterfeit goods heading to Tulare County from…… MORE
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow Wednesday to perform his Groundhog Day duties. Thousands of people from around the nation and other countries gathered at Gobbler’s Knob as members of Punxsutawney Phil’s “inner circle” summoned him from his tree stump…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office has been launched into space from California. The NROL-87 satellite lifted off at 12:27 p.m. Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon’s first stage flew back to the seaside base northwest of Los Angeles…… MORE
(KMJ) – The search continues for four suspects wanted for stealing more than $2,000 in merchandise from the Kohl’s in Northwest Fresno. Investigators say on Friday, January 28th, three men and one woman got out of a gold GMC Yukon (pictured below) and walked into the store on East Alluvial near North Fresno. The four…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A former UCLA employee is arrested in Colorado in Tuesday, after allegedly threatening UCLA. 31-year-old Mathew Christopher Harris allegedly wrote an 800 page manifesto and sent a video to the UCLA philosophy dept. The video was titled “UCLA PHILOSOPHY MASS SHOOTING” and it threatened a mass shooting on UCLA’s campus. That…… MORE
