LOS ANGELES (AP) – State officials are expected to extend the strictest stay-at-home orders in central and Southern California as hospitals there are quickly running out of intensive care unit beds for coronavirus patients ahead of the presumed post-holiday surge. The situation is already dire, and the worst is expected to come in the next…… MORE
Associated Press – California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the state’s next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The child of Mexican immigrants, Padilla will be California’s first Latino senator, giving a new level of representation to the demographic group that…… MORE
(KMJ) – The KMJ listener army has delivered once again. All last week, Fresno’s Morning News shared the address of Operation: Dear Veteran. It is an effort from Fresno Pacific University to collect about 500 Christmas cards to send to Valley Veterans in the VA or those in the California Veterans Home. And that goal…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff’s Department press release: Denver law enforcement officials have arrested 40 year old Nathan Daniel Larson of Catlett, Virginia. Larson is currently in the Denver County Jail facing a misdemeanor charge of harboring a minor. However, he is also facing felony charges in Fresno County for kidnapping, child abduction, soliciting child pornography from…… MORE
Associated Press: California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers. As of Friday, nearly 17,000 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections — more than double the previous peak reached in July — and a state…… MORE
MERCED, CA (KMJ) — The Merced Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a man suspected of child molestation. Police say they were investigating a report of lewd and lascivious acts against a child under the age of 8-years-old in August of this year. Detectives identified the suspect as Jose Guadalupe Mendoza.…… MORE
KINGSBURG, CA (KMJ) — Kingsburg police say they arrested a 53-year-old Selma man for the hit and run that injured a Kingsburg Fire captain. Captain Kevin Clark was on the scene of a gas leak call on Tuesday, Dec. 8 in the area of 10th and Winter when he was hit by the car.…… MORE
Associated Press: A pair of advisory committees is making potential life-and-death decisions starting Wednesday over who’s next in line for scarce coronavirus vaccines that aren’t expected to be universally available to California’s nearly 40 million residents until sometime deep into next year. Should teachers be among the chosen few? Farmworkers? Grocery workers? Ride-hailing drivers? How…… MORE
(KMJ) – Wednesday, Southwest Airlines confirmed its intent to launch first-ever air service at Fresno Yosemite International Airport beginning in spring 2021. In addition to Fresno, Southwest says it is adding service to the Santa Barbara Airport in the second quarter of 2021. “Our arrival in the Heart of California, both on the Central Coast…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Tulare County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – A store clerk in his 40’s is gunned down Monday night in Tulare County. Sheriff’s Deputies, along with officers from the Corcoran Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls made just after 7 p.m. Monday from the Waukena Market on the 2800 block of Waukena Drive. The…… MORE
