FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Valley Republican Congressman Devin Nunes is seeking more than $435,000,000 in compensatory and punitive damages from CNN for what he calls the “false and defamatory’ Ukraine story. A 47-page lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Representative Nunes accuses the cable network…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Highway Patrol says a driver is lucky to be alive after his car crashed into a big rig. It happened Tuesday around 6:45 a.m. in the area of Golden State Boulevard and Chestnut Avenue in Fresno. According to CHP, speed and reduced visibility due to fog…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – The jury in the case of Erika Sandoval has hung, said Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward. A future trial date will be set. “We are certainly disappointed on behalf of the Green family that the jury was not able to render a verdict. We commend the jury for their…… MORE
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter’s guilty plea to misusing campaign money (all times local): 10:20 a.m. California Rep. Duncan Hunter faces five years in prison after pleading guilty to misusing campaign money. Hunter, 42, changed his not guilty plea in federal court in San Diego…… MORE
(AP NEWS) – Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris told supporters on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. “I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life,” she wrote in…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Merced Police Department wants shoppers in that city to be on alert for a pair of alleged wallet thieves. Officers say two women (pictured above) work in tandem to target victims at various Merced Stores. And they rip you off by having one of the females distract you with casual conversation…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is now asking for your help locating a missing, at-risk man. The family of 81-year old Victor Williams, Senior says he was last seen Thanksgiving day walking on Road 225 near North Fork. But he has not been seen since. Williams is considered at-risk and was last seen…… MORE
HESPERIA, Calif. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the California city of Hesperia, alleging it discriminated against black and Latino renters. The lawsuit announced Monday takes aim at a city ordinance that required landlords to evict tenants who had allegedly committed crimes. The law was later revised to make the program voluntary.… MORE
FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) – A Calaveras County man pleads guilty in a Fresno courtroom to embezzling housing assistance program funds. Raymond Cawthorne, 57, of Valley Springs, pleaded guilty Monday to embezzlement of public funds, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court documents, between May 2015 and Oct. 2016, Cawthorne embezzled over…… MORE
(KMJ) – The California Highway Patrol arrested a Madera man following a deadly crash on Highway 99 early Sunday morning. Around 1 a.m., officers say 28-year old Joshua Eisen of Merced and an unidentified woman got out of their SUV on the 99 near the Clinton Avenue exit after it struck a concrete wall from…… MORE
