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Man Arrested in Hanford for Drug Possession, Driving Under the Influence

Man Arrested in Hanford for Drug Possession, Driving Under the Influence

HANFORD, CA (KMJ) – A man is arrested in Hanford for drug possession and driving under the influence. On Tuesday, October 26, at 2:24pm, a Kings County Sheriff’s Deputy was patrolling in the area of N and R Market located at 11998 South 10th Avenue in Hanford. The Deputy spotted a Toyota Camry in the…MORE

Search Continues for Tulare County Murder Suspect

Search Continues for Tulare County Murder Suspect

(KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for the third suspect wanted in connection the murder of man who’s body was found in a Terra Bella orchard last month. Here are the details as released by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office: On October 15th Deputies were called to the area of Avenue…MORE

Fresno Unified Responds After Trio of Grievances Are Being Submitted by Teachers Union

Fresno Unified Responds After Trio of Grievances Are Being Submitted by Teachers Union

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno Unified School District released a statement Thursday afternoon, saying it continues to bargain in good faith during the pandemic. That release comes after the Fresno Teachers Association announced on Wednesday, that it would be filing three grievances against the district. FTA President Manuel Bonilla said the system is built…MORE

California Announces Plan to Vaccinate Young Children Against Covid-19

California Announces Plan to Vaccinate Young Children Against Covid-19

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California announces on Wednesday a plan to vaccinate young children against Covid-19. “The more vaccinations we get into the arms of eligible Californians, the more we stop the spread and shrink the pool of people vulnerable to COVID-19. This will get us closer to ending the pandemic.” – Dr. Erica Pan, California…MORE

Porterville Police Search For Suspect Who Shot Man

Porterville Police Search For Suspect Who Shot Man

PORTERVILLE, CA (KMJ) – Porterville Police are searching for the suspect who they say shot a man several times. Porterville police say officers were called to a scene near Westfield and Prospect just after 9:30 Tuesday morning. Police says they found a man who had been shot several times. He was rushed to Sierra View…MORE

Judge Kicks Trump’s Twitter Lawsuit to California Courts

Judge Kicks Trump’s Twitter Lawsuit to California Courts

Former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit to get his Twitter account restored has been transferred from his state of filing, Florida, to Twitter’s state of business, California, a federal judge in Florida ruled Tuesday. Twitter filed the motion to transfer to the lawsuit to the Northern District of California as required by the forum selection clause…MORE

Vaccine Mandates Force Another In-N-Out Location to Close

Vaccine Mandates Force Another In-N-Out Location to Close

(KMJ) – Contra Costa County suspends the permit of the In-N-Out in Pleasant Hill after it is issued more citations to the business for not following county vaccine mandates. This means the restaurant is currently closed. Earlier this month, the Bay Area’s ABC7 News reported on the restaurant’s first two citations, as well as the…MORE

Merced Man Killed in Highway 99 Median Strip Identified

Merced Man Killed in Highway 99 Median Strip Identified

MERCED, CA (KMJ) – A Merced man who died in the center median of Highway 99 has been identified. The Fresno County Coroner says it was 27-year-old Daniel Davis who died on Monday. The Fresno CHP says it was around 4:00 p.m. and there was heavy rainfall at the time when they received a call…MORE

$24 billion in goods is floating outside California’s ports

$24 billion in goods is floating outside California’s ports

Extreme port congestion has become a major nuisance that just won’t go away this year. Unfortunately, it could be one of the biggest problems of 2022, too. Backlogs and elevated shipping costs are likely to persist “at least” through the middle of next year, Goldman Sachs warned clients in a note Monday. “No immediate solution for…MORE

Storm Dumps Rain, Snow, in Sierra; I-80 Partially Open

Storm Dumps Rain, Snow, in Sierra; I-80 Partially Open

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Mountain snowfalls are piling up, Interstate 80 was closed for hours and Lake Tahoe-area schools are shuttered as a wet storm packing historic moisture sweeps from the Pacific Ocean into the Sierra Nevada. The freeway between Reno and San Francisco reopened to passenger traffic Monday but remained closed to commercial vehicles…MORE