(KMJ) – Merced Police continue to search for a 46-year-old suspect accused of continuous sexual abuse against a child. Investigators say they received a call on New Year’s Day about Lucas Rodriguez Salgado. He reportedly committed repeated sexual abuse of a child. But he has, thus far, avoided capture by Merced Police, who have issued…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police announced on Tuesday that they had to euthanized their canine officer after he attack his human police parter. The following is the press release sent by the Fresno Police Department on Tuesday: PRESS RELEASE: It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of one of our K9…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Republican Larry Elder is bypassing a possible rematch with California Gov. Gavin Newsom this year to raise money for House and Senate candidates. Elder emerged last year as the GOP’s star candidate in the failed recall election that sought to remove Newsom from office. There has been widespread speculation about his…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be able to water their lawns for 48 hours after rainstorms or let their sprinkles run onto the sidewalk under new mandatory water restrictions. The rules adopted Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board are designed to spur conservation. Those who don’t comply could face a $500 fine,…… MORE
The United States set a global record of almost 1 million new coronavirus infections reported on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, nearly double the country’s peak of 505,109 hit just a week ago as the highly contagious omicron variant shows no sign of slowing. The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients has risen nearly 50%…… MORE
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., formally resigned from Congress on Monday in order to head former President Donald Trump’s technology and media company. “The honorable, the speaker, House of Representatives, madam, I write to inform you that I have notified California Gov. Gavin Newsom of my resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives effective today at 11:59 p.m.…… MORE
Many Americans with compromised immune systems have skirted government guidelines to receive unauthorized fourth or fifth shots of COVID-19 vaccines, The New York Times reported. Although Israel has begun rolling out fourth shots to its citizens, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in late October that immunocompromised groups would be eligible for a fourth…… MORE
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy wrote a letter to Republican conference members Sunday accusing Democrats of politicizing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack to “divide” the country. McCarthy ripped Democrats for failing to answer “the central question of how the Capitol was left so unprepared and what must be done to ensure it never happens again.” “Instead,…… MORE
A massive sewage spill has led to the temporary closure of all swimming areas at beaches in the Southern California city of Long Beach. City officials announced the spill in a news release Friday, confirming millions of gallons of untreated sewage was discharged into the Dominguez Channel, a waterway that empties into Los Angeles Harbor.…… MORE
TULARE, CA (KMJ) – A woman says she was robbed and pistol whipped at the Tulare Outlet Mall. At approximately 8:50 AM, on December 29, 2021, Tulare Police Dispatchers received a report of an armed robbery that had just occurred. Tulare Police officers responded and contacted two elderly females who advised that they had just…… MORE
