SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former California state senator charged in a sweeping organized crime and public corruption case centered in San Francisco’s Chinatown may have reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Ex-Sen. Leland Yee, who previously has pleaded not guilty to bribery, money laundering and other felony charges, was scheduled to go on…… MORE
MERCED, Calif. (AP) – A central California sheriff has acknowledged the error of arresting a 19-year-old on a warrant for a murder charge he had been cleared of. Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke says he’s looking into what went wrong. Jacob Tellez spent a night in jail over the weekend before he was…… MORE
Cooling Centers in Fresno Open Again Tomorrow FRESNO – The National Weather Service in Hanford has forecasted that the high temperature in Fresno for Friday, June 26, 2015 will be at or above 105 degrees. As a result, the City of Fresno will open its cooling centers again tomorrow from noon to…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff’s Detectives are investigating California Highway Patrol Officer Involved Shooting Around 4:30 Monday morning, the California Highway Patrol and Fresno County Sheriff’s Office received information of a stolen Ford work pickup being in the area of E. Shaw Ave. and N. Zediker Ave. near Clovis. The owner of the stolen truck used a…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Governor Jerry Brown and the California legislature have reached a deal on a $115.4 billion budget. That’s closer to Brown’s proposal, than that of legislative Democrats, who passed a spending plan relying on higher tax revenues. It includes $265 million for 7,000 extra spots in state-funded preschool and 6,800 child care spots, in addition…… MORE
By Peter Hamby and Chris Moody (CNN) — Jeb Bush, a scion of the most recognizable family in Republican politics who fashioned an image as a sober-minded conservative truth-teller while governor of Florida, is running for president. Bush made his formal announcement Monday afternoon here in his adopted hometown during an appearance at Miami Dade…… MORE
High School football players, who will be playing in the 60th Annual City / County All-Star Football Game, visited Valley Children’s Hospital on Friday, June 12, 2015. Players were passing-out official “game-day” t-shirts to patients in anticipation of this year’s City / County All-Star Football Game on June 19, at 7:30 p.m. The All-Star game…… MORE
House Agriculture chair Mike Conaway told colleagues on the house floor before the vote that mandatory country of origin meat labeling is a failure. And after 13 years of debate and four negative World Trade Organization rulings, it’s time to end cool. The final WTO decisions ruled that cool discriminates by requiring segregation of…… MORE
Fresno Unified is working to ensure that students maintain good nutrition, even during the summer months. Free meals will be available to all youth ages 1 through 18 at more than 40 locations throughout the city beginning June16. No registration, application or demonstration of financial need is required, but meals must be eaten on…… MORE
Families await the homecoming of Carrier Air Wing 17 squadrons after nearly a 10-month deployment. KMJ News spoke to Jennifer, whose husband Josh is a Hornet pilot, she and her children 5 1/2 year old Ellen, and 3 year old Conrad made a sign on their home that reads: “Welcome Home Daddy”. Some 700 Sailors from three strike fighter…… MORE
