FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno District 5 city councilman Luis Chavez was an early entrant to the mayor’s race, announcing his candidacy the day Mayor Lee Brand said he wasn’t seeking another term. On Thursday, he ended his campaign. “I had a conversation with my family, with my kids and I think for me, I think…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – President Trump will have to release his tax returns to appear on California’s 2020 ballot that’s only if a new law holds up in court. A law requiring that presidential candidates release their tax returns in order to be placed on the California ballot was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB-27, a controversial bill to force President Donald Trump to release his tax returns or face the prospect of not appearing on the 2020 California primary ballot. California becomes the first state in the nation to make the release of tax returns a requirement for a ballot…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – More trouble for the embattled High Speed Rail project, as some big Democrats suggest their support for the Central Valley project may be at an end. The Los Angeles times is reporting some key lawmakers want to shift billions of dollars from HSR’s Central Valley segment to rail projects in Southern California…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The Trump administration has given California permission to oversee federal environmental reviews for its high-speed rail project. It comes as the administration is simultaneously trying to cancel a nearly $1 billion federal grant for the project. California won about $3.5 billion in federal help during the Obama administration to build the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Governor Gavin Newsom in Sanger, talking about the Department of Motor Vehicles. His remarks coming the same day DMV offices statewide were shutdown until early afternoon, while its employees underwent additional training. Newsom says he was personally at the DMV yesterday, as a customer, to get his Real ID. “I sat in…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Important High Speed Rail documents disappear, now a local assemblyman is asking why, and demanding their return. Fresno Assemblyman Jim Patterson is demanding the return of thousands of pages of public records that were removed from the California High Speed Rail Authority website last month. “In the dead of night, without notifying…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Calls for FUSD trustee Terry Slatic to resign at Thursday night’s school board meeting. A packed room at the Fresno Unified School District building downtown for a special meeting to decide whether Trustee Terry Slatic should be sanctioned for his conduct during a visit to Bullard High School’s cheer practice on July 10th.…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Orphaned kitties in the State of California could have a new chance at life. California’s stray kittens can be adopted more easily, thanks to a new law signed by the governor on Wednesday. It allows people to adopt kittens under eight weeks old at animal shelters, waiving a mandatory six-day waiting period…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – FUSD Bullard-area trustee Terry Slatic is under scrutiny from his board colleagues, who have called a special meeting to discuss Slatic’s behavior, related to his recent controversial visit to Bullard to address the school’s cheerleading squad. “We’ll see how that goes, I think it’s pretty unprecedented,” Slatic said. Slatic says he will…… MORE
