Category Archives: Local News

Battle Over Resuming California Voter-Backed Executions Heads To Court

Battle Over Resuming California Voter-Backed Executions Heads To Court

  [Photo: AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File] FILE — This Sept. 21, 2010, file photo shows the interior of the lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif.   SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The battle over California’s voter-backed effort to resume executions will begin in earnest when state officials and death penalty…MORE

AG Becerra Suing Over “Illegal” Citizenship Question Added To 2020 Census

AG Becerra Suing Over “Illegal” Citizenship Question Added To 2020 Census

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California files a lawsuit after the Trump Administration adds a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. On Tuesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and California’s Secretary of State Alex Padilla held a news conference in Sacramento to announce the lawsuit.     Becerra says the question is “not just a bad…MORE

Atty Gen. Brought In To Investigate Stephon Clark Shooting

(CNN) – Citing the “extremely high emotions, anger and hurt” in Sacramento following the shooting death of Stephon Clark by police in his grandmother’s backyard, Police Chief Daniel Hahn said Tuesday that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will hold an independent investigation into the shooting. Hahn, surrounded by community leaders at a news conference, called…MORE

Human Remains Found in Search for Missing Actress

Human Remains Found in Search for Missing Actress

[van id=”van/ns-acc/2018/03/27/WE-007TU_CNNA-ST1-10000000047ebf75″] UPDATE: KNX1070 reports that LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division commander William Hayes says human remains have been recovered from a shallow grave in the northern part of the state. Although not yet conclusive, he believes they are the remains of aspiring model and actress Adea Shabani. LAPD detectives were in Dry Creek Tuesday in the…MORE

Search Cut Back For 2 Missing People After Storm In Mariposa County

Search Cut Back For 2 Missing People After Storm In Mariposa County

  [Photo: Madera Sheriff’s Office]   FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A search in Mariposa County for two people believed swept away in Thursday’s storm is being cut back. The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office says 72-year-old Carol Brown of Catheys Valley (below) & 67-year-old John Honesto of Don Pedro were both reported missing during Thursday’s storm.…MORE

Fresno State’s March Match Up Meets $100,000 Goal

Fresno State’s March Match Up Meets $100,000 Goal

[Photo: Fresno State]   FRESNO; CA (KMJ) – Fresno State’s March Match Up meets it’s $100,000 goal. With a week left to go in Fresno State’s fundraising campaign to stock its Student Cupboard, the good news was announced Monday, March 26th on Twitter that the school had hit its goal. It’s the third year of the…MORE

Council Member Chavez Pitching Plan To Develop Fresno’s Ventura-Kings Canyon Corridor

Council Member Chavez Pitching Plan To Develop Fresno’s Ventura-Kings Canyon Corridor

  [Photo: City of Fresno] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Developing business in Fresno’s Ventura-Kings Canyon Corridor is the gist of one city council member’s plan. Fresno City Council Member Luis Chavez (above) is pitching a plan to the City of Fresno and the Fresno Chamber of Commerce. According to the Business Journal’s Gabe Dillard –…MORE

Scenes of ‘March for Our Lives’ at Fresno High

Scenes of ‘March for Our Lives’ at Fresno High

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  Speaker after young speaker spoke passionately Saturday afternoon about the need for stricter gun control in order to prevent the next Parkland.  Or Columbine, or Sandy Hook, or Pulse, or San Bernardino, or Aurora, or Las Vegas.  All of the mass shootings were mentioned by several high school students who took the…MORE

Possible Chinese Tariffs on California Farm Exports

Within hours of President Trump announcing Tariffs against China, the Chinese government released a possible tariff list on American products. Part of that list includes farm goods, which according to the New York Times, include fresh fruit, nuts and wine. Those and other farm goods face a 15 percent tariff. Fresno County Farm Bureau CEO/Executive…MORE