SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra joins Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filing a lawsuit Thursday in the district court for the District of Columbia challenging what he calls President Trump’s “absurd and illegal ‘two for one’” executive order. The order was issued in…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – PG&E Announces New CEO. William Johnson takes over as Chief Executive Officer and President of the embattled utility, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In a press release sent out late Wednesday, the power company said Johnson is due to start later this month. The utility says the new leadership…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The continued presence of the flu in the Central Valley has prompted Fresno County Department of Public Health to extend flu season by one month. Instead of the official end-date of March 31st, officials announced Wednesday that it will come to an end on April 30th. The alert’s central message was…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – An elderly sex offender is facing new charges after exposing himself to a 10-year-old girl, says the Porterville Police Department. Geronimo Sierra is facing seven felony counts of child molestation in the Porterville area. Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward announced the charges on Wednesday, saying Sierra was to be…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Hundreds of kids cast a line at a free kids fishing derby, this weekend. 600 trout were put into the ponds at Fresno’s Woodward Park on Saturday. The non-profit Central Valley Sportsman Club hosted the derby. Club Secretary Mike Aranaydo said normally the event is held the first weekend…… MORE
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP NEWS) -– The Latest on California officials using a spillway at the nation’s tallest dam for the first time in two years and surveying mountain snowpack (all times local): 1:20 p.m. California officials say the Sierra Nevada snowpack is now 162% of average to date, a measurement that determines the outlook for…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – PG&E must comply with wildfire prevention rules and its own plans to combat wildfires, according to a ruling by a Federal judge on Monday. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup is allowing the utility to avoid severe new regulations that the company said would cost it up to $150 billion.…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno Mayor Lee Brand has pulled his spending plan for SB1 funds from Thursday’s Fresno City Council agenda, following a public feud by councilmembers over where the money should be spent. The split over where the gas-tax money was distributed started on Monday, when a group of councilmembers representing areas south of…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The City of Fresno breaks ground Monday on the new Southeast District Police Substation. City officials say it’s been an idea two dozen years in the making, through the administrations of four different mayors. Police Chief Jerry Dyer speaking at the ceremony said the one hundred or so officers patrolling…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles prosecutors are joining other California district attorneys to tap technology that could wipe out or reduce more than 50,000 old marijuana convictions. District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced Monday that she is joining forces with a nonprofit organization that uses computer algorithms to identify eligible cases. San Francisco became the…… MORE
