SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A veteran police inspector and shooting instructor testified Monday at a San Francisco murder trial at the center of an immigration debate that accidental gun discharges start with the shooter’s finger on the trigger. John Evans, who helped lead the investigation of Kate Steinle’s 2015 shooting death, said handguns don’t fire…… MORE
Hiker Missing in Kings Canyon National Park
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – Park Rangers are seeking additional leads to aid in the search for a missing hiker, 37-year-old Joseph Patrick Leap, from Lakewood, CO. Mr. Leap is overdue from a solo day hike out of Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon National Park. Mr. Leap planned to hike from Roads End to…… MORE
Who is George Papadopoulos?
[van id=”politics/2017/10/30/george-papadopoulos-profile-raju-dnt-tsr.cnn”] (CNN) – House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Eric Swalwell on Monday suggested his Republican colleagues were looking to help the White House push its version of events rather than seek the truth in their probe of Russian meddling in the US election. “At best it’s been an incuriosity, at worse it looks like…… MORE
CA Assemblyman Proposes Ending Early Release for Certain Rapists, Sex Traffickers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A Democratic assemblyman is proposing a ballot initiative that would bar certain convicted rapists and sex traffickers from being eligible for early release. Assemblyman Jim Cooper says he is taking his initiative to California voters because he has been stonewalled by fellow Democrats in the Legislature. It would also expand the…… MORE
Halloween Safety Tips For Your Pets
[Photo: CHOTK Facebook] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – It’s time for safe trick or treating…but what about your pets? Front doors open and close frequently on Halloween, so Beth Caffrey from the Central California Animal Disaster Team says make sure all of your pets are wearing tags with current ID. “The best thing you can do…… MORE
Manafort Attorney: No Russia Collusion
[van id=”politics/2017/10/30/paul-manafort-attorney-kevin-downing-mueller-investigation-sot-nr.cnn”] WASHINGTON (CNN) – Paul Manafort and Rick Gates were both ordered to home confinement Monday and ordered to surrender their passports after pleading not guilty to charges stemming from Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Judge Deborah Robinson agreed to Justice Department requests to set bond at $10 million for Manafort and…… MORE
Fresno Fighting FAX’s “Significant Decline In Ridership”
FRESNO (KMJ) — Current and potentially future riders of the City of Fresno’s FAX bus are being asked to tell officials what they think of the service, with a view to redefining the transit system for years to come. “The system is essentially an extension or adaptation of the same system that was around in…… MORE
Young And Old Warned Of The Dangers Of Halloween
FRESNO (KMJ) — The annual gathering of costumed youngsters, also known as Halloween, is prompting a warning from law enforcement. “This time of the year we see an uprise in collisions and of course with all the children and pedestrians out on the roadways there is an additional danger there,” revealed Fresno Police Officer John…… MORE
Californian Makes History as National FFA President
The California Farm Bureau Federation is reporting that students from Arizona, California, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky and Oklahoma have been elected by delegates throughout the United States to serve on the 2017-18 National FFA Officer team. Breanna Holbert of Lodi, an agricultural education major at California State University of Chico, was elected national president. Holbert is…… MORE
Toxic Ash Poses Risk During Calif. Wildfire Cleanup
(CNN) – Homes leveled, cars reduced to their frames. Entire neighborhoods in California gone. Families left with nothing. “All your life savings and work for all the years is gone,” Penny Wright told CNN. “We lived here 10 years. I never thought that Santa Rosa would have a fire like this and we would lose…… MORE
