(AP) – Embattled vaping company Juul Labs has reached settlements covering thousands of lawsuits over its e-cigarettes, which in recent years became a scourge in schools and communities nationwide. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Juul said that it has secured an equity investment to fund it. Buffeted by lawsuits, Juul announced…… MORE
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast attracted $757 million in winning bids Wednesday from mostly European companies, in a project watched by other regions and countries just getting their own plans for floating offshore wind started. The…… MORE
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — A prison inmate who spent more than 30 years on California’s death row for beating to death a woman and her 2-year-old daughter during a burglary died early Wednesday of natural causes, state corrections officials said. Richard Gonzales Samayoa, 69, was found unresponsive in his cell in the infirmary at…… MORE
(KMJ) — We’re often flooded with environmental reports full of doom and gloom. But there’s some good news for butterflies. The Xerces Society’s Western Monarch count has found over 300,000 Western Monarchs in over 183 sites across California. We’re told this is the first time this benchmark has been reached since the fall of 2000.…… MORE
AVENUE 12 INVESTIGATION UPDATE The investigation into the murder/suicide incident on December 6, 2022 at a residence in the 33000 block of Avenue 12 in Madera remains ongoing. The decedents have been identified as Monty Bounds, 60, and Julie Bounds, 58. The pair had been married for approximately 10 years prior to their deaths. Madera…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man killed in Tuesday’s deputy involved shooting. Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies responded to shots fired at 2:00am Tuesday morning, near the Belmont Country Club. One deputy arriving on scene saw Dennis Happawana walking on the roadway near Belmont and N. Wintergreen and shined a…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On New Year’s Day nearly two years ago, Parker Kinney spent the day with Brian Lilly Jr. at picturesque Scripps Beach in the San Diego area and realized his friend had become a shadow of his former self. Kinney and Lilly walked on the sand for hours and went to dinner.…… MORE
Multiple sources are reporting former Fresno State slugger Aaron Judge will return to the Bronx with a 9 year, $360 million dollar contract. Judge, who smacked an AL record, 62 home runs last season had been courted by numerous suiters this off-season including his favorite childhood team, the San Francisco Giants. The 30 year old…… MORE
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KMJ/KBAK/FOX58) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man that went missing Nov. 25 out of Wofford Heights. Nathan Jackson, 42, was reported missing by a family member Nov. 26, said the department. He did not arrive at his expected destination is Bakersfield and has yet to be found. He is…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to fine big oil companies for making too much money, a reaction to the industry’s supersized profits following a summer of record-high gas prices in the nation’s most populous state. Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democratic allies in the state Legislature introduced the proposal Monday…… MORE
