(KMJ) – Sacramento Police confirm one of its officers lost her life after being shot while responding to a domestic violence call in the northern part of that city Wednesday night. 26-year old Tara O’Sullivan died after being rushed to UC Davis Medical Center. And the Sacramento Police Department posted this message on its Facebook page…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — 21-year-old Myron Johnson of Tulare is set to spend more than 30 years behind bars, after threatening to kill a female minor, whom he had been selling for sex. The victim contacted Visalia Police in January 2017, after escaping from the home where Johnson had been holding her captive. Investigators were then…… MORE
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) – A plan by U2 guitarist The Edge to build a cluster of mansions on a ridgeline above Malibu appears to be dead after California’s highest court declined to consider his last-ditch appeal. The musician’s real name is David Evans and he staged a 14-year legal fight to build five eco-friendly homes…… MORE
KINGS COUNTY, CA (KMJ) — A multi-agency operation targets the Nuestra Familia gang, accused of selling drugs from inside a state prison in Coalinga. US Attorney McGregor Scott, speaking Wednesday at a press conference in Hanford, said nearly 100 people are connected to the gang. It’s been flooding the streets of Kings and Tulare Counties…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – The Fresno city council will consider whether to spend $200,000 to fund the Advance Peace program designed to get gang members to give up the gang lifestyle, with a potential payout for each totaling between four and hundred dollars a month. Councilmembers Miguel Arias and Garry Bredefeld debated the plan on KMJ’s…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted Tuesday to end daily random metal-detector searches by July 1 of 2020, but schools still can search students if they suspect rule violations. The board asked the superintendent to come up with an alternative safety policy. Random searches were introduced in the wake of deadly…… MORE
(KMJ) – A Kingsburg woman now faces more than a dozen counts of animal cruelty after Police find dogs at her home living in foul, filthy conditions. KIngsburg Police say its officers were called to the home on the 200 block of West Orange Street Sunday after neighbors complained of foul smells and barking dogs. …… MORE
SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – California’s Governor Issues a formal apology to tribal leaders from around the state. Governor Gavin Newsom attended a blessing ceremony in West Sacramento, at the future site of the California Indian Heritage Center. Newsom apologized Tuesday for the violence, mistreatment and neglect inflicted on Native Americans throughout the state’s…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Governor Gavin Newsom is issuing a formal apology for violence, mistreatment and neglect inflicted on Native Americans throughout the state’s history. Newsom is making the apology Tuesday to tribal leaders from around California. He’s also announcing the creation of a Truth and Healing Council to examine the state government’s role…… MORE
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – One of two men being blamed for a warehouse fire that killed 36 people in the San Francisco Bay Area two years ago denied being involved in organizing a concert the night the fire broke out. Max Harris faces involuntarily manslaughter charges and is accused of helping co-defendant Derick Almena illegally…… MORE
