Dick’s Sporting Goods To Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – Dick’s Sporting Goods, the nation’s largest sporting goods retailer, will stop selling assault-style weapons like the one used in the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting. The company said it will also raise the minimum age for all gun sales to 21. Dick’s will not sell high-capacity magazines that allow shooters to…MORE

F.U.S.D. & Fresno PD Say They Will Prosecute Students For Copycat Threats

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Unified and Fresno Police are sending a strong message — they will not tolerate copycat school threats. There have been 12 threats investigated by Fresno Police after the Florida school shooting. Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson said it’s costing them time, money, resources and inciting fear. “Parents are having…MORE

No Endorsement Could See De Leon And Feinstein Reach Out To GOP Voters

FRESNO (KMJ/AP) — Neither of the two front-runners for California’s U.S. Senate seat have been endorsed by the California Democratic Party, and it could force them both to step outside the usual campaign trail in order to win votes. Current U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein went up against California’s Senate leader Kevin De Leon at the…MORE

Lemoore High School Student Jailed For Bringing Gun To Campus, Father Arrested

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Police are investigating a student who brought a weapon to campus at Lemoore High School. The school sent a message to parents on Monday, after students saw it in the 16 year-old’s backpack at school and reported it. Officers searched the student’s residence in Lemoore and confiscated the weapon, an illegal…MORE

California Ag Business Seek Expanded Trade

The United States Department of Agriculture and even California farm businesses are in Central America this week to beef up farm trade. That group includes a Reedley grower shipper. More than 95% of U.S. agricultural exports enjoy duty free access to the region under a trade agreement and are worth more than two billion dollars…MORE

California OKs Driverless Car Testing Without Backup Drivers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Driverless cars will be tested on California roads for the first time without a human being behind a steering wheel under new rules for the fast-developing technology. The regulations approved Monday are a major step toward getting autonomous vehicles onto the streets of California, the nation’s self-driving car hub. Until now, driverless…MORE

Edward Vallejo

Edward Vallejo of Orange Cove. An arrest warrant has been issued for failing to show up to court on charges from two separate cases involving vehicle theft and possession of a gun. Last May, a Fresno County Sheriff’s deputy caught Vallejo running away from a stolen car during a traffic stop. Vallejo was booked into…MORE

Tulare Teens Busted for School Threats

(KMJ)   Two South Valley students are facing charges for allegedly threatening to shoot up schools. On Friday, Tulare Police arrested a 14 year old student at Tulare Western and a 16 year old student at Mission Oak High. Both kids were booked into the Tulare County Juvenile Justice Center. Tulare PD determined that neither student had…MORE