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
FRESNO (KMJ) — A majority of Fresno City Council has come out against Mayor Lee Brand’s plan to distribute SB1 highway-improvement funds. District 7’s Nelson Esparza has labeled it “dead on arrival.” Esparza, along with District 1’s Esmeralda Soria, District 3’s Miguel Arias, and District 5’s Luis Chavez, announced on Monday that they are against…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — A man is accused if stealing a “prolific” amount of mail. Fresno Police held a news conference at the Northwest Police District on W Shaw Ave. on Friday. They announced the arrest of Justin Deger, suspected of stealing 1500 to 2000 pieces of mail. Captain Burke Farrah said Deger was taken…… MORE
UPDATE: The TCSO SWAT Robot located 49-year-old Ramiro Garcia inside his home, unarmed. He was taken into custody without incident. He’s facing charges of Felony Criminal Threats and Committing a Crime While Out on Bail on a Previous Crime . TULARE, CA (KMJ) – A man barricaded himself inside of house in Tulare County. About…… MORE
REEDLEY, CA (KMJ) – A man is shot in Reedley, police there are looking for the suspect vehicle – a silver SUV. Around 1:20p.m Friday, 911 calls came in top Reedley police dispatch that a man in his mid-twenties had been shot in the 900 block of East Springfield. Officers arrived to the victim struck…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ – A school bus driving the wrong way collided with a truck on Highway 99. The California Highway Patrol says just before 11:00p.m. Thursday night, they responded by Highway 99 North and Ashlan Avenue. Officers say a 55-year-old woman driving the bus was following another bus and entered the wrong way…… MORE
