FRESNO (KMJ) – Another campus controversy involving Fresno Unified School Board member Terry Slatic. Dozens of parents of Bullard High School cheerleaders gathered in the school library, along with Superintendent Bob Nelson, to address safety concerns surrounding Trustee Terry Slatic. Parents say Slatic showed up to cheer practice on campus Wednesday afternoon and held held an…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Vice President Mike Pence flew in for a fundraising lunch benefiting President Trump’s reelection campaign at Harris Ranch in Coalinga. Then he spoke at the Freitas family farm, just outside Lemoore. Pence spoke to a crowd of hundreds to rally support for the Trump Administration’s USMCA, the renegotiated trade deal with Mexico…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – It was originally believed there was no loss of life caused by last week’s major earthquakes, but that may have changed. Authorities say the July Fourth temblor in the Southern California desert may have killed a man – in Nevada. Tuesday, sheriff’s deputies in Nye county discovered the body of a 56-year-old…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – A state bill that includes keeping federal environmental laws in place, even if the federal government changes those laws, is raising concerns. The assembly Judiciary Committee approved SB-1 on Tuesday. It’s a bill authored by Senator Toni Atkins of San Diego, who spoke about it earlier this year. “SB-1 is California’s insurance…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno police are looking for help in catching whoever is responsible for a shooting that left a small child hospitalized. Detectives are investigating a drive-by shooting that wounded a five-year-old boy while he was sitting in the backseat of his mother’s car. Officers were called to the area of North winery and…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – A bill to limit emergency room bills for patients with health insurance faces a key vote amid strong opposition from hospitals. The bill by assemblyman David Chiu would make sure patients in emergency rooms with health insurance never pay more than their copayments or deductibles, even if they are treated at a…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – As it turns out, President Trump and Governor Gavin Newsom can work together when the chips are down. Gavin Newsom had a phone conversation with President Trump following the two major earthquakes that struck Ridgecrest over the weekend. The governor saying that the conversation went well, that the president responded to the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – A federal jury has found that two San Jose police officers used excessive force when they fatally shot a man as he experienced a suicidal breakdown in front of his home three years ago. The Mercury News reports the verdict announced Tuesday by a six-member jury panel also recommended a $2.6 million…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Governor Gavin Newsom signed a $214.8 billion operating budget that expands the state’s Medicaid program to include people 25 and younger living in the country illegally. Monday, Newsom told a crowd of supporters he plans continue expanding that coverage next year and in 2021. The issue is becoming more prominent in the…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) – Have any idea what snails smell like? If you’re like most people you don’t – but two beagles who work for the U.S. Customs patrol do. And they are being credited with sniffing out two Giant African Snails in luggage from a passenger traveling from Nigeria to Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports…… MORE
