SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California voters will decide in November whether governments and public colleges and universities can consider race in their hiring and admissions decisions. The state has banned affirmative action policies since 1996 when voters approved a constitutional amendment that bans preferential treatment based on race and other factors. The state Senate voted…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in a 2-1 ruling that the Justice Department’s decision to abandon the case against Flynn settles the…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two national parks in California are removing all mention of Robert E. Lee from informational material even though several majestic sequoias are named for the Confederate general. The San Francisco Chronicle and Visalia Times Delta say Sequoia and Kings Canyon parks are removing references to Lee from exhibits and printed and…… MORE
STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ News) — Body camera footage has captured the dramatic rescue of a man from a burning car. A Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputy saw the man drive off the road and flip over, in an embankment in the area of Highway 120 and Kings Ferry. The investigation into the accident is ongoing.… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge says California can’t require a cancer warning label on the weed killer Roundup. The San Francisco Chronicle says a judge in Sacramento issued a permanent injunction Monday barring the label requirement. California wanted the label because Roundup – the world’s most widely used weed killer – contains glyphosate,…… MORE
DINUBA, Calif. (KMJ News) — A south valley man is accused of a car jacking, and ramming the vehicle into a sheriff’s deputies patrol unit, in a crime all caught on camera. Deputies were called to the area of Avenue 384 and Road 48 in Kingsburg, where two people reported that a car had crashed…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lyft Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal law when some of its drivers refused to give rides to people using folding walkers or collapsible wheelchairs in the Los Angeles area. The U.S. attorney’s office on Monday says Lyft agreed to pay thousands of dollars to four riders…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ News) — Richard Atkins wrote on his personal Facebook page over the weekend, “If you don’t love the country you live in, then go back to the country you or your ancestors came from. I’m sick of this [expletive].” Atkins now claims that he’s “truly sorry” for his “insensitive comments.” More than…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Arnold Schwarzenegger and three other former California governors have joined Gov. Gavin Newsom in a video campaign promoting use of face coverings to prevent spread of COVID-19. The public service announcement released Monday also features Jerry Brown, Gray Davis and Pete Wilson. The message is that nobody wants to wear…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – An inmate from Avenal State Prison in California has died from what appear to be complications from the coronavirus. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said late Saturday the inmate died at a hospital and the exact cause of death has yet to be determined. No additional information was provided.…… MORE
