SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Four pharmaceutical companies collectively are agreeing to pay California nearly $70 million to settle allegations that they delayed drugs to keep prices high. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Monday that the bulk of the money will come from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and its affiliates for paying to delay a…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno PD’s K9 Unit is suffering the loss of one of its police dogs. K9 Axel was born in Czechoslovakia in 2013. He began his career with the Fresno Police Department in 2017, assigned to Officer Brian Sturgeon. The Belgian Malinois was cross-trained as a narcotic detection dog but…… MORE
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – The trial against two men arrested after a deadly warehouse fire in the San Francisco Bay Area is wrapping up. Closing arguments are set to begin Monday in the trial against Derick Almena and Max Harris. They’re charged with involuntary manslaughter after the December 2016 fire at the so-called Ghost Ship…… MORE
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Police say multiple people were arrested as suspects in a northern California bar shooting. The San Jose Mercury News reported Saturday that the San Mateo Police Department and other agencies arrested seven people suspected of shooting at a city bar last week. Authorities say a dozen shots were fired and…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – With the Democratic debates coming up Tuesday night, Senator Kamala Harris is unveiling details of her health care plan. Harris plans to put 330-million Americans onto a single government health insurance system. Saying she supports Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for All,” but that private insurance still has a role to play,…… MORE
(KMJ) – Law enforcement from Gilroy, Santa Clara County, the Bay area, and the ATF continue to investigate a shooting late Sunday afternoon at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Maribel Romero tells Bay Area news stations her grandson, 6-year old Stephen Romero is one of the three left dead. And, she adds, her daughter-in-law and the…… MORE
TULARE, CA (KMJ) – A Dinuba man is found guilty of molesting an 11-year-old girl On Thursday, July 26, 2019, a Tulare county jury has convicted Eduardo Rodriguez for 12 felony counts of lewd acts on a child under 14. The Tulare County DA’s Office said the 36-year-old man had molested the young…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Unified released a second report Thursday, detailing an alleged threat to Bullard High School’s Assistant wrestling coach by District Trustee Terry Slatic. On Thursday, Fresno Unified sent out an email saying that at last Thursday’s special board meeting, Fresno Unified Trustees approved in closed session to waive attorney-client…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – A change in leadership is coming for the Poverello House in downtown Fresno. the Pov, as it is known, is looking for a new chief executive officer. Current CEO is Cruz Avila announced his decision to step down from the nonprofit. Avila joined Poverello house as executive director in 2013. “It’s been…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The Trump administration has given California permission to oversee federal environmental reviews for its high-speed rail project. It comes as the administration is simultaneously trying to cancel a nearly $1 billion federal grant for the project. California won about $3.5 billion in federal help during the Obama administration to build the…… MORE
