(KMJ) – A Kingsburg woman now faces more than a dozen counts of animal cruelty after Police find dogs at her home living in foul, filthy conditions. KIngsburg Police say its officers were called to the home on the 200 block of West Orange Street Sunday after neighbors complained of foul smells and barking dogs. …… MORE
SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – California’s Governor Issues a formal apology to tribal leaders from around the state. Governor Gavin Newsom attended a blessing ceremony in West Sacramento, at the future site of the California Indian Heritage Center. Newsom apologized Tuesday for the violence, mistreatment and neglect inflicted on Native Americans throughout the state’s…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Governor Gavin Newsom is issuing a formal apology for violence, mistreatment and neglect inflicted on Native Americans throughout the state’s history. Newsom is making the apology Tuesday to tribal leaders from around California. He’s also announcing the creation of a Truth and Healing Council to examine the state government’s role…… MORE
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – One of two men being blamed for a warehouse fire that killed 36 people in the San Francisco Bay Area two years ago denied being involved in organizing a concert the night the fire broke out. Max Harris faces involuntarily manslaughter charges and is accused of helping co-defendant Derick Almena illegally…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California utility blamed for igniting several wildfires that killed dozens and destroyed thousands of homes has agreed to pay $1 billion to local governments. Attorneys representing 14 local public entities announced the settlement with Pacific Gas & Electric on Tuesday to cover “taxpayer losses.” The fires include a 2015 fire…… MORE
Sprouts Farmers Market recalls spinach in 19 states due to deadly Listeria. Sprouts Farmers Market of Phoenix, AZ is recalling Frozen Cut Leaf Spinach conventional and organic 16oz bags, manufactured by National Frozen Foods of Oregon, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – California lawmakers are negotiating a pair of proposed tax increases as the deadline approaches for Governor Gavin Newsom to sign a nearly $215 billion budget. Lawmakers approved the budget bill last week. But they must pass more than a dozen “trailer bills” that detail how the money must be spent. Monday, the…… MORE
(KMJ) – At a news conference in Bakersfield Monday, 52-year old Syliva Gomez Ray claims she was sexually abused by Monsignor John Esquivel when she was a teenager. Esquivel now serves as a priest at Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Reedley. The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, adds four…… MORE
FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – A 28-year-old man is arrested for threatening to shoot up a Fresno LGBTQ nightclub. A social media post on June 9th showed a photo of the Pulse Nightclub shooter, who killed 49 people. The post was threatening to do the same at the Fab Nightclub in the Tower District. Police Chief…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – State lawmakers would have to partially adopt some of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax changes to allow economically disadvantaged people to get a bigger state tax refund. The budget they sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom included the expansion of the state’s earned income tax credit. But they have yet to adopt the tax…… MORE
