[van id=”weather/2018/01/13/california-mudslides-vercammen-sot-nr.cnn”] (CNN) – California evokes images of sunny beaches, majestic mountains, Hollywood celebs, coastal highways and all variations of good times. But lately, the Golden State has elicited visions of a different kind — houses buried in mud, scorched hillsides and flu-stricken hospital patients. Californians have dealt with all that and more in these…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Assemblyman Jim Patterson adjourned the assembly on Friday, January 12th in memory of Sanger resident Wilber Plaugher, who died on January 2nd. Plaugher lived a colorful life, becoming a rancher, actor, rodeo clown and honoree of the PR Rodeo Hall of Fame, with a career that took him all around the…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Man from Huron is arrested on multiple charges of child sex abuse. On January 6th, the Sheriff’s Office received reports that 29 year old Armando Pena had committed sex crimes against a number of children from family he knew well. Sheriff’s Spokesperson Tony Botti says on January 9th, deputies found…… MORE
CLOVIS (KMJ) — Clovis Unified School District said the decision to close Clovis East and Reyburn Intermediate Friday morning was a precautionary measure following a student’s decision to bring loose mercury onto campus. “This appears to be a very inadvertent exposure,” explained the school district’s Kelly Avants. “There was not any intent. I think the…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Volunteers lined Fresno’s Blackstone Avenue, raising money to fight human trafficking in the Central Valley. Seven local non-profits in the Central Valley have formed a coalition and their campaign 2017 Stop Traffic to Stop Trafficking is now in its second year. It’s a day where volunteers and community leaders take to…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — In his first address to staff and faculty in 2018, Fresno State President Joseph Castro said he wants to encourage talent and collaboration, but also express concern for undocumented students facing an uncertain future. “Before I proceed with today’s assembly, I want to take a minute to acknowledge the recent loss of…… MORE
(CNN) – The House of Representatives passed legislation reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is a key tool of the US intelligence community, despite President Donald Trump’s tweeted criticism of the government’s surveillance program. The vote was 256-164. It now goes to the Senate for consideration. [van id=”politics/2018/01/11/trump-backtracks-fisa-tweets-collins-nr.cnn”] House Republican leaders and top administration…… MORE
[van id=”weather/2018/01/11/deadly-mudslides-california-vercammen-pkg-newday.cnn”] (CNN) – Ben Hyatt rushed to wake everyone up when rivers of mud started banging the doors and walls of his Montecito, California home. “Seemed like just heavy rain,” he said. “Five minutes later, heard loud wish sound. Mud came in an instant, like a dam breaking.” Hyatt and other residents are recalling…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — An online register of every rental home in the City of Fresno is now being established. “I made a promise to the people of Fresno to dramatically improve our housing stock and substantially reduce substandard housing,” said Mayor Lee Brand as he started Wednesday’s announcement inside Fresno City Hall. That promise came…… MORE
[van id=”politics/2018/01/10/trump-collusion-between-russia-and-democrats-sot.cnn”] WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning again labeled the probe into potential coordination between his associates and Russia the “single greatest witch hunt” in US history. “The single greatest Witch Hunt in American history continues. There was no collusion, everybody including the Dems knows there was no collusion, & yet…… MORE
