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Calif. Could Create New Hotline for Mental Health Calls

Calif. Could Create New Hotline for Mental Health Calls

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California would take a step toward having counselors instead of police respond to people experiencing mental health crises under a bill backed Monday by gun-violence prevention groups. People who dial or text 9-8-8 would be connected with counselors to get help from mobile crisis support teams staffed with mental health professionals.…MORE

Recall Threat Puts Pressure on Newsom Speech

Recall Threat Puts Pressure on Newsom Speech

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to give perhaps the most important speech of his political life Tuesday. The first-term governor has spent weeks laying the groundwork for an upbeat State of the State aimed at nearly 40 million people exhausted by a year of coronavirus restrictions. It comes as the…MORE

2020 Saw a “Dramatic Exodus from San Francisco”

2020 Saw a “Dramatic Exodus from San Francisco”

By Kelly Murray and Jessica Myers, CNN No, Californians have not been packing up and leaving the Golden State en masse during the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s despite some headlines and anecdotal claims to the contrary, according to a new study published Thursday by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab. And as for the thousands of Californians who did move…MORE

Major Drug Seizure Made In Southeast Fresno

Major Drug Seizure Made In Southeast Fresno

(Photo courtesy:  Fresno Police Department) (KMJ) – A joint operation by Fresno Police and the Drug Enforcement Agency leads to a major seizure in Southeast Fresno. Thanks to information developed by Multi-Area Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC) detectives, Police and DEA agents were able to identify a location within the city where drugs and weapons were…MORE

Sacramento Mom Posts Sign Calling Neighbors “Karens”

Sacramento Mom Posts Sign Calling Neighbors “Karens”

[vemba-video id=”b3146ff60cc2d370bb697350f9b0d7a”] WEST SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A West Sacramento mother of seven put a sign on their family basketball hoop saying, “This neighborhood is full of Karens!” Raquel Davis said that she had reached her breaking point when a neighbor had a problem with her children and others skateboarding in front of their home…MORE

Hanford Man Nabbed for Secret Bathroom Videos

Hanford Man Nabbed for Secret Bathroom Videos

HANFORD, CALIF. (KMJ)  59 year old Gary Canalez is behind bars, facing a long list of charges after being linked to taking illegal videos inside a restroom. Kings County Sheriffs investigators say a family member of one of the victims found a cell phone hidden behind a toilet which was set to record. The suspect…MORE

Gov. Newsom Touts New Schools Plan

Gov. Newsom Touts New Schools Plan

[vemba-video id=”b0bb4114f8cab6e4504bfff7d20221e”] As the recall effort against him continues to gain steam, Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to tour the Golden State to tout his new plan to reopen public schools. The Governor has recently visited mass vaccination and mobile sites in Fresno, San Luis Obispo, Camarillo, Arvin, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Hayward, Coachella, San Francisco, San…MORE