SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate dipped a half-percentage point in December as the most populous state added 50,700 nonfarm jobs, accounting for more than a quarter of the nation’s 199,000 job growth for the month, according to new data released Friday. The state has now regained nearly 72% of the 2.7 million jobs…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno City Councilmember Esmeralda Soria announces she’s running for the California State Assembly, Councilmember Soria currently represents Fresno’s District 1. She says she’s running for the state’s newly drawn 27th Assembly District, which encompasses Madera and Merced counties and parts of Fresno. As the 2018 Fresno City Council President, Soria was…… MORE
(AP NEWS) – Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced that 45 colleges and universities in California, including some of the most prestigious campuses in the state, will be part of a new public service program that will subsidize tuition for students who do community service alongside their studies. The program called “Californians For All College Corps”…… MORE
(KMJ) – A Fresno man sought for in the murder of his mother and grandfather is taken into custody in Southern California. Here are the details, as released by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office: On the night of January 15th, officers with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Van Nuys Patrol Division arrested 25-year-old Rahmad Kerel…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The reward has been increased for the arrest of a man suspected of killing his mother and grandfather in Southeast Fresno. Investigators believe on January 6, 2022, 25-year-old Rahmad Parke killed his 58-year-old motherMelba Abdelaziz and 90-year-old grandfather Mel Abdelaziz at a home on Tulare by Peach. Speaking during a news…… MORE
(KMJ) – A Fresno County Superior Court Judge denies a request by the Medical Board of California to restrict the medical license of a Northern California cardiologist accused in a fatal Valley hit-and-run. Thursday, a judge sided with the attorney for 68-year-old James Comazzi and his argument that, thus far, nothing has been proven against…… MORE
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KMJ/KBAK/KBFX) — Governor Gavin Newsom visited a health clinic in Kern County Tuesday to highlight his proposal in the California Blueprint to increase health care affordability, and expand access to Medi-Cal coverage to all Californians, regardless of immigration status. Newsom announced the state’s proposed plan for universal healthcare yesterday during the state budget…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Backed by soaring revenues amid the pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday proposed a budget that would pay for the health care of all the state’s low-income residents living in the country illegally, while cutting taxes for businesses and halting a scheduled increase in the gas tax later this summer. California taxpayers…… MORE
(KMJ) – An off-duty Santa Barbara County firefighter lost his life over the weekend following a skiing accident at a Fresno County ski resort in the Sierra Nevada. Here are the details, as released by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office: Members of the Fresno County Sheriff’s Crime Scene Unit have identified 33 year-old Joseph (Joey)…… MORE
CDE Releases Student Data for 2020–21 that Show Impacts of COVID-19 on Schools Assessment scores, chronic absenteeism data, and graduation rates underscore the challenges of a year when most students accessed their education through remote learning SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today released student performance data that provide baseline indicators of how the COVID-19…… MORE
