Category Archives: Local News

California Imposes Water Restrictions With $500 Fines As Drought Drags On

California Imposes Water Restrictions With $500 Fines As Drought Drags On

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be able to water their lawns for 48 hours after rainstorms or let their sprinkles run onto the sidewalk under new mandatory water restrictions. The rules adopted Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board are designed to spur conservation. Those who don’t comply could face a $500 fine,…MORE

Nunes’ Resignation from Congress Now Official

Nunes’ Resignation from Congress Now Official

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., formally resigned from Congress on Monday in order to head former President Donald Trump’s technology and media company. “The honorable, the speaker, House of Representatives, madam, I write to inform you that I have notified California Gov. Gavin Newsom of my resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives effective today at 11:59 p.m.…MORE

Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted in Epstein Sex Abuse Case

Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted in Epstein Sex Abuse Case

NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the…MORE

Detectives Investigating Body Found in Tulare

Detectives Investigating Body Found in Tulare

TULARE, COUNTY CA (KMJ) – Detectives are investigating a body found Monday morning in Tulare. Just after 10:00 a.m., the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said their Deputies were called to the area of Ave 244, west of road 68, in Tulare for a man down in a field. When they arrived, Deputies found a man…MORE

Skier Missing Amid Blizzard Conditions at Tahoe-Area Resort

Skier Missing Amid Blizzard Conditions at Tahoe-Area Resort

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Searchers were battling blizzard conditions at a closed Lake Tahoe-area ski resort in a bid to find a 43-year-old California ski shop manager reported missing after failing to meet friends for Christmas dinner. A Placer County sheriff’s sergeant says Rory Angelotta of Truckee was reported missing late Saturday at Northstar California…MORE

Snow Blasts California, Sierra

Snow Blasts California, Sierra

Blowing snow in mountains of Northern California and Nevada closed key highways over the weekend, while an arctic blast brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest and unusually warm weather settled over parts of Texas and the Southeast. At Donner Pass in the Sierra, officials with the University of California, Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Laboratory…MORE

Reedley Man Suspected of Killing Grandmother, Dad’s Girlfriend

Reedley Man Suspected of Killing Grandmother, Dad’s Girlfriend

Homicide detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office have arrested 23 year old Austin Alvarez of Reedley. He has been booked into the Fresno County jail on two charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder. His bail is set at $2.5 million. Around 1:45 pm on December 25th, Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies responded…MORE

Shark Kills Surfer at Morro Bay

A male surfer was killed in a shark attack in Morro Bay, California, on Christmas Eve, the Morro Bay Harbor Department confirmed to CNN. “Harbor, Police and Fire Departments responded to a report of a male victim unresponsive on the beach after he was pulled from the water suffering from an apparent shark attack,” the…MORE

Governor Newsom Announces New COVID-19 Actions, Testing & Booster Requirements 

Governor Newsom Announces New COVID-19 Actions, Testing & Booster Requirements 

PRESS RELEASE: SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced new booster requirements and testing measures to better protect all Californians as the Omicron variant becomes the dominant COVID-19 strain in the nation. The COVID-19 booster requirement for health care workers will mitigate potential staffing shortages while helping to safeguard the state’s hospital capacity and protect the health…MORE