SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Some California Democratic state lawmakers have announced legislation that would require telecommunications companies to have at least 72 hours of backup power at cellphone towers in high-risk fire areas. Representatives from the telecommunications industry told lawmakers in a separate oversight hearing on Wednesday that the bill is unfair. Data from the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – The California Food Expo… dissolving — amid financial and organizational issues. Formerly the Fresno Food Expo it spent nine years highlighting the Valley’s food, beverage and AG industries. It will be closing operations by January 31st. Exhibitors who had registered for this year will be now be refunded their payments by…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s governor is seeking $750 million in part to help pay rent for people facing homelessness in the most populous state’s latest attempt to fight what he called a national crisis. Gov. Gavin Newsom planned to sign an executive order Wednesday creating the fund, two days before he presents his second…… MORE
[vemba-video id=”politics/2020/01/08/trump-iran-appears-to-be-standing-down-sot-vpx.cnn”] There is a growing belief among some Trump administration officials that Iran’s missiles intentionally missed areas populated by Americans when they targeted two Iraqi bases housing US troops early Wednesday local time, multiple administration officials said. Iran fired a number of missiles aimed at the bases in retaliation for the American strike that killed Iranian general…… MORE
(KMJ) – A female Fresno Police officer continues to recover after “fighting for her life” during at attempted arrest Tuesday night in the West Central part of the city. The officer reportedly contacted 22-year old Dontrea Castro around 5 p.m. in front of an Inn on Parkway north of Belmont after suspecting she was a…… MORE
(KMJ) – A three-month investigation leads to an arrest for embezzlement at a South Valley Ag company. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office says its deputies were contacted back in September by representatives from Best Agri Marketing in Traver. They told investigators the company’s vice president of 19 years, Denise Franks, embezzled more than $300,000 over…… MORE
SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT (KMJ) – A Fresno teenager is now recovering in a hospital in Utah after being stranded in snow overnight. Click to listen to the exclusive interview with his mother, Jenni Alcantara by KMJ’s Liz Kern below. A phone call on January 2 turned Jenni Alcantara’s world upside down, when…… MORE
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SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – SB 57 which would have made voter registration optional at the California DMV is shot down by a partisan vote. Senate Bill 57 died Tuesday in the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee. It was authored by Senator Patricia Bates, a Republican from Laguna Niguel, and co-authored by members of the…… MORE
PORTERVILLE, CA (KMJ) – A Porterville man is arrested for allegedly molesting children at his daycare center. Porterville Police released a statement that 58-year-old Jose Luis Cortez Caballero was arrested Monday morning after an investigation that started in December 2019. Police said for the past 22 years, Caballero and his wife ran the licensed…… MORE
