FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Secretary of State Alex Padilla has cleared a new initiative to start collecting signatures, which would split California into three states. If approved by voters, it would then have to be blessed by Congress. Were that to happen, existing assets and liabilities would be divided, among the three new states. The initiative…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Road-rage in the Golden State is almost the worst in the country. That’s according to a new InsuranceQuotes.com study, which finds that California drivers are the nation’s second-angriest. Researchers blame congested freeways and bumper-to-bumper traffic. The State of Hawaii is home to the most enraged motorists, and after California drivers, are those…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A new UC Berkeley study claims gun-related deaths and injuries increase by 70 percent of in areas of California, following gun shows in neighboring Nevada, where there are fewer regulations. Researchers say rates of firearm injuries remain steady after shows in the Golden State, which they attribute to tougher restrictions. The most…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a motion with 18 other states on Wednesday, in an effort to compel the federal government to pay the subsidies to state health exchanges, under the Affordable Care Act. “This is no longer about a campaign promise or a punchline. The Trump Administration is willingly breaking…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Dogs, cats, and rabbits sold in California pet stores, will soon have to come exclusively from shelters or rescue organizations. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a measure requiring that to become state law this January. It aims to lower the expense of running animal shelters in the Golden State, which is presently…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that counties in the Golden State are allowed to restrict the location of stores that sell firearms. An 11-judge panel has upheld an Alameda County ordinance, which bans gun stores within 500 feet of schools, day-care centers, residential areas, liquor stores, as well…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Governor Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 54 into law, which aims to substantially limit contact between state and local law enforcement, and federal immigration authorities. The controversial measure, authored by Democratic State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, is part of an effort to protect California’s more than 2.3 million…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California High-Speed Rail Authority is now expecting the 119-mile stretch through the Central Valley to cost 27 percent more than anticipated. The latest estimate for construction and planning is $8 billion, on a track originally scheduled to be completed this year, but is about 7 years behind schedule. The higher figure…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Pamela Chimenti, the mother of 30-year-old Michael Ryan Flores, appeared on HLN show Prime Time Justice Wednesday night, as her son seeks to sue 58-year-old Cregg Jerri, who struck him over the head with a chair, when he tried to hold up a Starbucks, back in July. Flores entered the Starbucks wearing…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — More of those coming to the United States illegally are avoiding California and settling in Texas, according to the latest federal data. The Golden State’s undocumented population expanded by 16 percent, between 2000 and 2014. Meanwhile, in Texas, the figure was 75 percent, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Greater immigration…… MORE
