FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said that the partisan split on immigration reform means there is no progress on an issue which impacts the entire country. It comes after Sheriff Mims took part in a roundtable with other Central Valley sheriffs, as well as federal immigration and border security officials, in Calexico…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge has halted sales of high-capacity ammunition magazines in California, giving state officials a chance to appeal his order last week that allowed their sale for the first time in nearly 20 years. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez on Friday barred further sales until the 9th U.S. Circuit Court…… MORE
CALEXICO, CA (KMJ) – President Trump was visiting California, holding a roundtable with Border Patrol and Homeland Security on the Southern border with Mexico. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims was part of the roundtable discussion Friday in Calexico. Sheriff Mims told President Trump that the number one issue she hears from other law enforcement across…… MORE
CLOVIS (KMJ) — The City of Clovis has joined a group of 25 local authorities suing the state’s Bureau of Cannabis Control. The lawsuit alleges that allowing cannabis deliveries violates the intent of Proposition 64. The legal action focuses on BCC Regulation 5416(d), considering it invalid because it stops cities and counties from regulating commercial…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A member of Fresno Unified’s school board has alleged that the district engages in revenge tactics against staff members who dare to speak out. The allegation from Trustee Terry Slatic was made on KMJ’s Broeske and Musson on Thursday. Slatic described employees who remain quiet in fear of what would happen otherwise.…… MORE
MERCED, CA (KMJ) – Three Norteno gang members are arrested by Merced Police for the murder of a ranch manager. Back on January 24, 2019, Jeff Bergeron, the Castle Farms ranch manager was found murdered at his house on the 4300 Block Bixby Way near Bancroft Drive. Merced Police were conducting a welfare check…… MORE
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
