CORCORAN, CA (KMJ) – A 14-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were arrested after they led police on a chase in a stolen car. Corcoran Police say it happened Monday around 6:40 p.m. on Cottonwood Avenue. Officers were initially called to the area for a reported hit-and-run crash, but then got a description of the…… MORE
HANFORD – The Kings County Department of Public Health confirms Monday that a person from Kings County has died from complications related to the use of e-cigarettes. The Kings Co. Heath Dept. is warning community members about the dangerous effects of using electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes. “With sadness, we report that there has been…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – California becomes the first state to tackle pay-for-delay agreements. On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed 3 bills to fight the high costs of prescription drugs, and increase healthcare access. AB 824 authored by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa) and sponsored by Attorney General Xavier Becerra stops pharmaceutical companies from keeping…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A woman in her 60’s has become Fresno’s 33rd homicide victim of the year. She was identified on Monday by Fresno Police as Anita Shelby. Fresno Police Lieutenant Ron Hughes said the 61-year-old woman’s body was found around 9:00 am. Sunday morning, inside her home on the 3300 block of…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California is trying to stop the use of deceptively edited videos and audio aimed at influencing elections. Legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom targets “deep fakes.” That includes deceptively edited audio and video designed to give someone a false impression about a political candidate’s actions or words. A state Democratic lawmaker…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An Army veteran becomes the victim of a social security scam, after nine months of serving the US military in Syria. 22-year-old Ruben Diaz was convinced by con artists impersonating Army staff that his social security information had been stolen by a Mexican drug cartel to launder money. They told…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ News) — The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in locating a registered sex offender, who’s failed to update his address. James Kenyon, 53, is a convicted rapist, who was released from prison in 1988. Kenyon was last known to be residing near Tulare and Locan Avenues in Fresno. Kenyon…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A new state law in California lets local governments form their own banks to handle taxpayer money. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he signed a law co-authored by Assemblymen David Chiu of San Francisco and Miguel Santiago of Los Angeles. They argued that because public banks don’t have to worry…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California is adopting nearly two dozen new laws aimed at preventing and fighting the devastating wildfires that have charred large swaths of the state in recent years, killing scores and destroying a Sierra foothills city last fall. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced signing the 22 bills Wednesday, saying several will also help…… MORE
(AP) SACRAMENTO — A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a California law aimed at forcing President Trump to release his personal income tax returns in order to appear on the 2020 primary ballot. U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. issued a written opinion saying the law likely violates the U.S. Constitution. He had…… MORE
