FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Four California voters are going to court, in an effort to block a new state law that’s aimed at forcing President Donald Trump, to release his personal income tax returns. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the law last week, requiring that presidential candidates file five years of their income tax returns…… MORE
Raiders Practice Facility Taking Shape in Nevada
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) – With a stadium for the relocated NFL Raiders about halfway complete just off the Las Vegas Strip, a team headquarters and practice facility is taking shape in suburban Henderson. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the $75 million campus includes a structure enclosing an artificial turf football field, a three-story office building…… MORE
Man Trashes Life Savings; Found at Recycling Facility
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) – A man who accidentally tossed $23,000 into the recycling bin reunited with his life savings Saturday after a worker at a recycling facility in Northern California spotted a shoebox stuffed with money. When the man from Ashland, Oregon, realized his mistake on Thursday, the recycling bin had already been emptied into…… MORE
California Hospitals Question 2030 Earthquake Standards
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
