SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state’s Democratic leaders that most of the often overlooked workforce are the primary earners for their low-income households. When it takes effect on April 1, fast food…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90. Feinstein died on Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C., her…… MORE
September 28, 2023 The Honorable Gavin Newsom Governor Dear Governor Newsom, Gas prices are once again soaring, and Californians are paying $2 more per gallon than the rest of the country. Drivers are spending more than $100 each month just on gas. This elevated energy cost cuts into family’s already strained budgets. We ask you…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned. California already has a law protecting doctors who provide abortions from out-of-state judgements. But that law was…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A Fresno woman offered a telling testimony Wednesday against a mother and son accused of kidnapping a little girl. Therese Maria Knutsson rushed to the Clovis home where prosecutors say a teenage girl was kidnapped and sexually assaulted in February 2016. Watch coverage from ABC30: https://abc30.com/video/embed/?pid=13836543 The incident happened while the…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will ban people from carrying firearms in most public places while doubling the taxes on guns and ammunition sold in the state under two new laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday that will test the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new standard for interpreting the Second Amendment. The federal…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — We’ve learned the name of a man killed in a crash in Fresno County. The coroner’s office says 69-year-old James Mattos died in the collision yesterday on Dinuba and West Avenues. The California Highway Patrol says two men were in a car when they collided into Mattos’s pick-up truck at the…… MORE
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — An investigation is underway following a shooting in Merced County. The sheriff’s office says it happened after 11:30 pm Tuesday at a home on Highway 140 near Arboleda Drive — that’s between Merced and the community of Planada. When deputies arrived, they found one person suffering from a gunshot. Deputies…… MORE
(KMJ) California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction wants a bigger office. Tony Thurmond kicked off his bid for the governor on Tuesday. His campaign said focused on his life story and overcoming adversity: “being without his parents from a young age, growing up in poverty, working his way through school, becoming a social worker and eventually…… MORE
MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A former marine who pleaded guilty to the murder of a teenage girl in Madera County has been sentenced. Codi Slayton will serve the next 15 years in prison. He will also be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He was accused of…… MORE
