SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California is moving toward awarding a $1.65 billion contract to design and construct the tracks and system for the first segment of its beleaguered high-speed rail project. The California High Speed Rail Authority’s board of directors on Tuesday approved releasing a request for qualified bidders for the project. Rail officials hope…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 has rattled parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. There are no immediate reports of damage. The quake struck Tuesday afternoon 9 miles (14 kilometers) south of Brentwood, California. People took to social media to say they felt a sharp jolt in the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Governor Gavin Newsom, announcing the names of the regional leaders and statewide experts who will advise him on solutions to the state’s homelessness epidemic. Fresno City Councilwoman Esmeralda Soria will join a statewide group for meetings across the state to assist local governments in crafting strategies to address homelessness.. “We’ve been working…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Campers are evacuated as firefighters battle a new wildfire in the Sierra National Forest 60 miles northeast of Fresno. The Fish Fire was reported Monday evening near the Fish Creek campground. Firefighters say the fire is burning heavy brush and fallen trees at a moderate rate of spread. So far about 95…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Kamala Harris raised money from a group of attorneys on the same day she blasted their firm’s work on the Jeffrey Epstein case for calling “into question the integrity of our legal system.” An invitation obtained by The Associated Press shows Harris’ husband headlined a Chicago fundraiser last Tuesday that was hosted…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims is speaking out on the Trump Administration’s current nationwide crackdown on undocumented immigrants. “I just think it was blown out of proportion by the media,” Mims said. Immigrant communities, on edge since President Trump’s administration announced plans for the operation, inflaming the political debate over immigration. “Nationwide there…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Delaware North, the federal government, and Aramark have settled a lawsuit filed by Delaware North, over its former concession contract at Yosemite National Park. The company had trademarked the names of several locations without the National Park Service’s knowledge. When they lost the concession contract to Aramark in 2016, Delaware…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – An elementary school superintendent in Central California says he allowed a janitor to wear a mask and carry a fake gun during an active shooter drill to “make sure this was realistic.” A teacher told KSEE-TV that the drill, which happened at Raisin City Elementary School before the summer break, went…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is tapping Marybel Batjer to serve as the state’s top utilities regulator. Batjer will serve as president of the California Public Utilities Commission, which oversees power companies and other services. The commission is in the spotlight as the state’s largest electric utility, Pacific Gas &…… MORE
(KMJ) – The U.S. Geological Survey says a preliminary earthquake measuring a magnitude of 4.9 struck this morning at 6:11 am about five miles east-northeast of Ridgecrest in the Mojave Desert. The USGS says it was followed by a 3.1 magnitude aftershock two minutes later and then a 2.5 tremor about two miles south-southwest of…… MORE
