SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California hospitals are asking lawmakers to scale back some earthquake standards because they cost too much and might not be needed. Most hospitals in the earthquake prone state have met a 2020 deadline for standards designed to keep hospital buildings from collapsing in an earthquake. But a 2030 deadline requires hospital…… MORE
Passengers Say Fresno Man Made Threats on Amtrak Train
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – Police say an Amtrak passenger train was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Oregon after a Fresno man threatened to harm himself and others. The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year-old Mason Lira of Fresno, California, was charged with disorderly conduct and interfering with public transportation Sunday. Police say…… MORE
“Move That Bus!” HGTV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Reveals Home To Reeder Family
CLOVIS, CA (KMJ) – Sunday was the “big reveal” as HGTV’s reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition unveiled a house that was built from the ground-up for a Clovis widower and his family. One week, one goal, one family’s dream come true. Today will see the completion of the Reeder family’s brand new De Young…… MORE
Construction Day 4 in Clovis for HGTV’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition
CLOVIS, CA (KMJ) – Day 4 of construction for HGTV’s reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition took place Friday in Clovis. The building team is constructing a house from the ground-up for a Clovis man and his family, and mother. Cal Fire Captain Nick Reeder was widowed with three young children, when his…… MORE
Coroner: Gilroy Shooter Killed Himself
GILROY, Calif. (AP) – The Santa Clara County coroner’s office says the gunman in the deadly Northern California festival shooting killed himself, a finding that contradicts earlier police accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. Santino William Legan, 19, shot and killed three people – including two children – Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.…… MORE
New California law frees man facing life term for burglary
SAN DIEGO (AP) – A man facing the rest of his life in prison for a “three strikes” conviction has been released under a new California law allowing a second look at such sentences. The San Diego Union-Tribune says 57-year-old Kent Joy Williams appeared at a news conference Thursday in which he thanked his wife,…… MORE
One of last known USS Arizona survivors, dies in Salinas
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – An Oklahoma native who was one of the last known survivors of the U.S.S. Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Daughter Pat Cunanan says Lonnie David “L.D.” Cook died Wednesday at age 98 in California, where he was living near her family in Salinas. Cook was…… MORE
Plastic bottles sales banned at San Francisco airport
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco International Airport is banning the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Friday that the unprecedented move at one of the major airports in the country will take effect Aug. 20. The new rule will apply to airport restaurants, cafes and vending machines. Travelers needing…… MORE
Woman stabs self while trying to stab sister-in-law, husband
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) – Police in Northern California say they arrested a woman who was trying to stab her husband and sister-in-law outside a bank when she accidentally stabbed herself in the abdomen. The Roseville Police Department said Friday that officers responding to a call about a fight outside a bank found 32-year-old Ziaoxin Wu…… MORE
Nunes Campaign Suing Activists, Condemns ‘Dark Money’ Use
FRESNO (KMJ) – Congressman Devin Nunes’ campaign is suing four activists who tried to stop him from using the word “farmer” to describe his occupation on the 2018 ballot, saying they were working with a super PAC and likely the Andrew Janz campaign. Fresno attorney Peter Kapetan is representing Nunes. “The suit is an attempt…… MORE
