FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno’s mayor used his veto pen Monday. Lee Brand issued the third veto of his term, saying ‘no’ to an amendment to the “Transparency in City Government Act.” It was the council’s attempt to prohibit retroactive raises after an employee has given notice to quit. “Its roughly 100-plus employees affected by this,”…… MORE
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) – With a stadium for the relocated NFL Raiders about halfway complete just off the Las Vegas Strip, a team headquarters and practice facility is taking shape in suburban Henderson. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the $75 million campus includes a structure enclosing an artificial turf football field, a three-story office building…… MORE
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) – A man who accidentally tossed $23,000 into the recycling bin reunited with his life savings Saturday after a worker at a recycling facility in Northern California spotted a shoebox stuffed with money. When the man from Ashland, Oregon, realized his mistake on Thursday, the recycling bin had already been emptied into…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California hospitals are asking lawmakers to scale back some earthquake standards because they cost too much and might not be needed. Most hospitals in the earthquake prone state have met a 2020 deadline for standards designed to keep hospital buildings from collapsing in an earthquake. But a 2030 deadline requires hospital…… MORE
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – Police say an Amtrak passenger train was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Oregon after a Fresno man threatened to harm himself and others. The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year-old Mason Lira of Fresno, California, was charged with disorderly conduct and interfering with public transportation Sunday. Police say…… MORE
GILROY, Calif. (AP) – The Santa Clara County coroner’s office says the gunman in the deadly Northern California festival shooting killed himself, a finding that contradicts earlier police accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. Santino William Legan, 19, shot and killed three people – including two children – Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.…… MORE
SAN DIEGO (AP) – A man facing the rest of his life in prison for a “three strikes” conviction has been released under a new California law allowing a second look at such sentences. The San Diego Union-Tribune says 57-year-old Kent Joy Williams appeared at a news conference Thursday in which he thanked his wife,…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco International Airport is banning the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Friday that the unprecedented move at one of the major airports in the country will take effect Aug. 20. The new rule will apply to airport restaurants, cafes and vending machines. Travelers needing…… MORE
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) – Police in Northern California say they arrested a woman who was trying to stab her husband and sister-in-law outside a bank when she accidentally stabbed herself in the abdomen. The Roseville Police Department said Friday that officers responding to a call about a fight outside a bank found 32-year-old Ziaoxin Wu…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Congressman Devin Nunes’ campaign is suing four activists who tried to stop him from using the word “farmer” to describe his occupation on the 2018 ballot, saying they were working with a super PAC and likely the Andrew Janz campaign. Fresno attorney Peter Kapetan is representing Nunes. “The suit is an attempt…… MORE
