A huge forest fire in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks has been fully contained more than three months after it broke out, officials said. Fire managers declared the KNP Complex 100% contained on Dec. 16 after significant precipitation in the Sierra Nevada, the National Park Service said Friday. The fire has not grown in…… MORE
Pfizer said Friday it was changing plans and testing three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in babies and preschoolers after the usual two shots didn’t appear strong enough for some of the children. Pfizer announced the change after a preliminary analysis found 2- to 4-year-olds didn’t have as strong an immune response as expected to…… MORE
Press Release Gov. Newsom’s Office: Published: Dec 17, 2021 Real Public Safety Plan focuses on strengthening local law enforcement response, ensuring perpetrators are held accountable and getting guns and drugs off our streets Plan funds state and local efforts to combat organized retail crime, provides grants for local prosecutors and small businesses victimized by retail theft,…… MORE
(KMJ) – California joins Arizona and Nevada, signing an agreement Wednesday to significantly reduce the amount of water pulled from the Colorado River. The Colorado River provides a source of water for around 40 million residents and farmers from Wyoming to the U.S-Mexico Border. Lake Mead is seeing dangerously low water levels due to rising…… MORE
(KMJ) – The 13th Annual Holiday Heroes Blood Drive is underway in Clovis. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Central California Blood Center to help donors give the gift of life. The blood drive runs from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. every day at the Clovis Rodeo Hall, located at 748 Rodeo…… MORE
Tulare County Sheriffs deputies are on the hunt for a serial robber. Caleb Jones, 28, of Visalia failed to appear in court after a recent arrest for an armed hold-up of a smoke shop in Ivanhoe. Investigators say he targeted the shop at least twice. Jones is believed to be involved in several other robberies…… MORE
It’s time to dust off your old facemask. After a sharp increase of coronavirus cases in recent weeks, the state of California is imposing a statewide mask mandate for indoor public spaces starting Wednesday. The order lasts through January 15, 2022. MORE: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is bringing back a statewide indoor mask mandate.…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Monday proposed reducing the discounts people who install home solar panels and storage systems get on their energy bills, meaning it will take more time — a decade — to recoup the costs of installation. California’s wildly successful 26-year-old program to get more people to put solar panels…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office arrests a man for allegedly committing multiple drive-by shootings near the city of Tulare. Here are the details, as released by the Sheriff’s Office: Around 6 p.m. Sunday, Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the area of Road 56 and Ave 256 in Tulare for someone shooting…… MORE
California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed his “outrage” Saturday at a Supreme Court decision to allow the Texas six-week abortion ban to remain in effect and said he would use similar legal tactics to tackle gun control in his state. “I am outraged by yesterday’s US Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’s ban on most abortion services to remain…… MORE
