(KMJ) – The California Highway Patrol says the shooting of a 22-year old on Highway 41 near Dakota over the weekend appears to be gang-related. Around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, shots were fired into a car driving on the 41, striking the victim several times Officers say he was rushed to Community Regional Medical Center and…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury recently returned a 13-count indictment against 12 individuals for drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. The defendants are: Carlos Javier Felix Lopez, 42, of Fresno David Michael Marin, 61, of Fresno Angel Delgadillo Sr., 62, of Fresno Ronal Van Warsinger, 35, of Fresno Demar…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Catholic Diocese of Fresno is cooperating with church wide investigations into abuse, churchwide. Since May of this year, the Diocese of Fresno, along with five others, has cooperated on a voluntary basis as the Attorney General’s Office examines the practices and procedures that seek to protect the children entrusted to…… MORE
Jennifer Barbosa, an independent running against Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, came on the Ray Appleton Show Friday afternoon. Listen to the full interview below: … MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The California Supreme Court says while secretly recording someone else’s conversation is illegal, prosecutors can use the illicit recording as evidence in a criminal case. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the unanimous ruling Thursday cites a 1982 ballot measure that allows all “relevant evidence” to be introduced at trial. The case…… MORE
MERCED, Calif., (KMJ) – Tis the season of giving and families at one Merced City School District campus are feeling the impact. A parent whose child attends John C. Fremont Elementary school has given an extremely generous gift to the campus. This week, Rey Lupian offered to pay off the outstanding school lunch debt…… MORE
A 29-year-old man was arrested while allegedly on his way to kill his girlfriend’s ex and his family, police say. It happened Wednesday around 7:30 p.m. on Kim Avenue in Atwater. According to the Atwater Police Department, officers found out that Ramon Maldonado threatened to kill his girlfriend’s ex. Maldonado’s girlfriend, Jillian Johal, and…… MORE
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Authorities say a flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people in Southern California. San Diego County health officials say nine people who injected heroin in the past two months were hospitalized with a soft-tissue infection that destroys muscle. Investigators are trying to…… MORE
OAKLAND, Calif. — Today Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies non-renewing policyholders–helping at least 800,000 homes in wildfire disaster areas in Northern and Southern California. The commissioner’s action is the result of Senate Bill 824—authored last year by Lara while serving as state senator—in order to give temporary…… MORE
(AP NEWS) – California’s governor blamed the Trump administration for withholding data needed to release $650 million in state aid to combat homelessness. California’s cities and counties have been waiting since June for the money approved by the state Legislature. But state law says the money can only be distributed based on federally approved…… MORE
