FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The number of data breaches is down by about 17 percent, compared this time last year. However, the number of compromised records is soaring, according to cyber security firm Risk Based Security. During the first six months of 2016, more than 1.1 billion records were exposed. About 150 American organizations have reported giving…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Some new parents in the Golden State would be able to request unpaid time off, without the fear of ending up unemployed, under a revived bill that’s advancing in Sacramento. An almost identical measure failed in the Assembly Labor Committee, back in June. However, that vote followed a public call by the legislation’s…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Assembly has sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill, which would allow police and sheriff departments to increase the fee for concealed carry permits. Currently, there’s a $100 cap. The measure’s author, Sacramento Democrat Kevin McCarty, says his bill does not change the requirements to obtain a CCW, and will give counties…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The sharp drop in union membership over the last few decades has negatively affected the overall American workforce. That’s the assessment of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, whose latest study concludes that wages for nonunion male workers, would have been at least $2,700 higher in 2013, if union levels would have remained at…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Secretary of State’s office is keeping a close eye on voter data, following database breaches affecting Arizona and Illinois. Foreign hackers have stolen information on hundreds of thousands of voters, prompting the FBI to warn states. So far, California has not been hit by cyber criminals. The Secretary of State’s office…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Assuming that living in a certain state automatically determines your financial success is incorrect. However, according to a new GOBankingRates study, certain regions of the country certainly house more financially successful citizens than others. The Los Angeles-based financial portal says the most successful states in the country, are along the East Coast. Connecticut,…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — AB 1066, if signed into law, would make overtime pay for California farmworkers kick in at 40 hours a week, instead of the current 60. Supporters say it aims to promote equality. However, several ag groups and Republican lawmakers rallied against the measure, arguing that doing so will burden growers, and result in…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Senate has approved a bill which would require that county jail inmates be notified, before they’re interviewed by federal immigration officials. Supporters argued that federal policies are harming immigrant communities, and tearing apart families. If the the bill’s approved, local law enforcement agencies would have to promptly notified inmates and their…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A controversial law allowing terminally-ill patients to obtain life-ending drugs, has been in effect in the Golden State since June. It aims to help those with 6 or fewer months to live, although it’s seen no shortage of criticism from those who believe it’s immoral. A request made by a group of physicians…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — In a study involving more than 1.7 million patients, women had significantly more allergic reactions to common medications than men. According to the journal Allergy, the more than 2 decades of research also found white patients, tend to suffer more than other ethnic groups. The most common allergies are to penicillin, sulfonamide antibiotics,…… MORE
