BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced Friday to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man. Murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Legislation is introduced Tuesday in the California State Capitol to counter a wave of petty crime. Proposition 47 is titled the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,” and reduced many drug and theft crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. It also made the crime of shoplifting a misdemeanor as long as the amount…… MORE
(KMJ) – Merced Police continue to search for a 46-year-old suspect accused of continuous sexual abuse against a child. Investigators say they received a call on New Year’s Day about Lucas Rodriguez Salgado. He reportedly committed repeated sexual abuse of a child. But he has, thus far, avoided capture by Merced Police, who have issued…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police announced on Tuesday that they had to euthanized their canine officer after he attack his human police parter. The following is the press release sent by the Fresno Police Department on Tuesday: PRESS RELEASE: It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of one of our K9…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Republican Larry Elder is bypassing a possible rematch with California Gov. Gavin Newsom this year to raise money for House and Senate candidates. Elder emerged last year as the GOP’s star candidate in the failed recall election that sought to remove Newsom from office. There has been widespread speculation about his…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be able to water their lawns for 48 hours after rainstorms or let their sprinkles run onto the sidewalk under new mandatory water restrictions. The rules adopted Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board are designed to spur conservation. Those who don’t comply could face a $500 fine,…… MORE
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., formally resigned from Congress on Monday in order to head former President Donald Trump’s technology and media company. “The honorable, the speaker, House of Representatives, madam, I write to inform you that I have notified California Gov. Gavin Newsom of my resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives effective today at 11:59 p.m.…… MORE
TULARE, CA (KMJ) – A woman says she was robbed and pistol whipped at the Tulare Outlet Mall. At approximately 8:50 AM, on December 29, 2021, Tulare Police Dispatchers received a report of an armed robbery that had just occurred. Tulare Police officers responded and contacted two elderly females who advised that they had just…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the…… MORE
TULARE, COUNTY CA (KMJ) – Detectives are investigating a body found Monday morning in Tulare. Just after 10:00 a.m., the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said their Deputies were called to the area of Ave 244, west of road 68, in Tulare for a man down in a field. When they arrived, Deputies found a man…… MORE
