SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – An affiliate of the National Rifle Association in California is asking a federal judge to block a new law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition. The California Rifle & Pistol Association on Monday asked U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego to halt the checks and related restrictions on…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The country’s second-largest retirement system says it earned 6.8% on its investments last year. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System says its goal is to average returns of 7% each year. The fund that covers more than 600,000 educators is valued at a record high of $236.9 billion. The system has…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Governor Gavin Newsom, releasing his strike team report on how the Department of Motor Vehicles does business, and how to improve it. The report makes recommendations on ways the department can improve going forward with an emphasis on transparency, worker training and performance, speed of service and overall consumer satisfaction. But Assemblyman Jim…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – It started at the Hanford Home Depot on Monday. Lemoore police responded to a shoplifting report, officers tracking down the getaway car driving westbound on State Route 198 at 19th Ave., the driver wouldn’t pull over and a 20-minute chase was on. 26-year-old Sean Frain of Visalia was driving, he finally stopped…… MORE
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) – Watermelons are set to replace piglets in an annual event celebrating agriculture at a California fair. The Press Democrat reported Saturday that the Sonoma County Fair has eliminated the pig scramble from Farmers Day due to rising public concern and protests over animal welfare. In the long-running event at the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is introducing a bill responding to water crises across the country. The senator from California says the “Water Justice Act” being introduced Monday is meant to ensure the country’s water supply is safe, affordable and sustainable. Harris would invest nearly $220 billion in clean and safe drinking…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Important High Speed Rail documents disappear, now a local assemblyman is asking why, and demanding their return. Fresno Assemblyman Jim Patterson is demanding the return of thousands of pages of public records that were removed from the California High Speed Rail Authority website last month. “In the dead of night, without notifying…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – This weekend marks the half-century anniversary of the moon landing, and everyone from the president to professors at Fresno State are marking the occasion. President Donald Trump commemorated the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon at an oval office meeting with former Apollo 11 astronauts. The group included Buzz…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Calls for FUSD trustee Terry Slatic to resign at Thursday night’s school board meeting. A packed room at the Fresno Unified School District building downtown for a special meeting to decide whether Trustee Terry Slatic should be sanctioned for his conduct during a visit to Bullard High School’s cheer practice on July 10th.…… MORE
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) – San Joaquin Valley authorities have recovered and identified the bodies of four of the five people who have gone missing in the southern Sierra Nevada’s Kern River so far this year. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for an 11-year old girl from Bakersfield who fell into the river…… MORE
