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To all the sworn officers, fire personnel, medical personnel, and helpful citizens. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Just heard on Sean Hannity. The Saudi who was interviewed in the Boston Marathon Bombing is going to be deported soon for National Security reasons.

Tainted tuna is being blamed for a salmonella outbreak that's sickened more than 100 people in 20 states.

PASADENA – A man whose call to police claiming he was robbed by armed gunmen led to the fatal officer-involved shooting of a 19-year-old man in Pasadena remained jailed Thursday after his arrest on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter. Two officers shot and killed Kendrec Lavelle McDade when they saw him running shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday on Sunset Avenue near Orange Grove Boulevard.

"An adoptive father in western Ohio has been accused of raping three children and allowing other men to have sex with one of them."

It was supposed to be a fun night on the town: three off-duty Fresno police officers and their friends celebrating a birthday in the Tower District. They hired a limousine driver -- and not just any limo driver, but a police informant in a high-profile murder-for-hire case. The night, however, didn't turn out as planned. First, they fought among themselves, a Fresno police report said. Then, when a bouncer from the Laughing Buddha Bar & Grill tried to break up the fight, two of the officers and one of their wives fought him, the report said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Officials at an elementary school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims are investigating yet another allegation of misconduct, this one involving a teacher's aide accused of sending love letters to an 11-year-old boy. The mother of the fourth-grader told the Los Angeles Times that the aide, a woman the mother appeared to be in her 50s, sent at least three letters to her son in 2009, including one that read: "when you get close to me, even if you give me the chills I like that. Don't tell nobody about this!"

Quick bicycle drive by posting.

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

"The victim's legs were fused to the chair and her legs had to be physically separated from the foot rest portion of the chair leaving behind yellowish skin tissue," Independence police detectives said in an affidavit."

KMJ News has learned about an assassination plot targeting Governor Brown.

"Four people flagged down officers late Saturday night, claiming they had been jumped and stabbed. It turns out the three men and one woman were actually the attackers who picked on the wrong guy."

"Governor Jerry Brown will join legislative, business and labor leaders at 11 AM on Thursday to announce a proposal to boost job growth in California"

"Federal authorities on Tuesday arrested more than a dozen people who they say were part of an elaborate scheme based out of a Fresno DMV office to issue commercial driver's licenses to people who didn't pass the required tests."

"Fresno businessman James Makalian's lawsuit claims he's a victim of fraud and deceit after his ex-fiancee Nichole Grazioli (pictured above) broke up with him and then kept her $53,000 engagement ring and Hummer SUV that he bought for her."

A federal court jury on Friday found that Fresno police didn't discriminate or retaliate against one of their own, a black officer who filed suit after a traffic stop escalated into a full-blown investigation.

"A longtime L.A. political operative who claims ties to the presidential campaigns of Al Gore, Jimmy Carter and Robert F. Kennedy, Abrams is alleged to have downloaded files from a content sharing website using the alias "Boy Wonder USA."

Let's Roll!

Speaker Boehner, please take a break if possible, and have all the Republican House members go home and have town hall meetings.

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone. . .

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

Just hours before Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer was scheduled to show up in Fresno for a fundraiser late Monday afternoon, Sheriff Magaret Mims and a key business leader expressed their opposition to her re-election.

Police say a man walked into the LAPD's Southwest Area station Thursday afternoon, threatened to kill the desk officers and then drove away.

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A man accused of torturing and killing his daughter kept her body in a freezer for two years because he loved her and couldn't bear to be parted, a defense attorney told jurors Monday.

Santiago was struck by two cars as he tried to flee security personnel from a supermarket where he was suspected of stealing beer just before 10 p.m. Friday.

"Jesus Quinonez, the international liaison for the Baja California state attorney general's office, was among 43 defendants named in the federal racketeering complaint that alleges murder, kidnapping and other crimes. They are accused of working for Fernando Sanchez Arellano, who is widely considered the most-wanted drug kingpin in Tijuana, Mexico."

"1:48 p.m.: An 82-year-old Madera man was arrested today in connection with the abuse of an 11-year-old girl, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said."

"Under an executive order from Mayor Gavin Newsom, Coke, Pepsi and Fanta Orange are no longer allowed in vending machines on city property, although their diet counterparts are - up to a point."

"As KMJ News was first to report Friday, the city of Fresno has agreed to pay a woman $150,000 to settle her claim that a former Fresno police officer touched her inappropriately during an investigation."

"A state appellate court ruled in Schwarzenegger's favor Friday, but the state controller, who issues state paychecks, says he can't comply. One reason given by Controller John Chiang, a Democrat elected in 2006: The state's computer system can't handle the technological challenge of restating paychecks to the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour."

NORTHAMPTON, Pa. (AP) - Several people were caught on an open microphone mocking Sarah Palin for delivering a "roller coaster" speech after she addressed California State University, Stanislaus last week, FOXNews.com reported Sunday.

"Nobody expected "Jonah Hex" to beat "Toy Story 3" at the box office. But even the most cynical Hollywood pundit couldn't foresee the flick's embarrassing eighth-place finish."

"A jury this morning found two Fresno Bulldog gang members not guilty of aggravated mayhem for inking a gang tattoo on a 7-year-old boy during Easter break 2009."

"General Atomics is working on a cannon that can launch an airburst round at a rate of one per second. Each round dispenses sub-projectiles, so its equivalent to firing 14,000 rounds a minute, which is a higher rate of fire than the Phalanx close-in weapons system, says Tom Hurn, General Atomics director of advanced weapons systems."

"Guerra was taken into custody after police searching his car found ropes, gloves, a condom, lubricant, Viagra, flex-cuffs, and a stun-gun, as well as maps of city parks in Midland. When they searched his home, police say they uncovered child pornography and maps pinpointing Midland churches."

"China was stripped of a team all-around bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics on Wednesday because it fielded an underage gymnast. Dong Fangxiao was discovered to be 14 at the time of those Games, two years younger than the minimum age requirement."

"There is a massive presence of Fresno County Sheriff's deputies and Fresno Police swarming the area of Kings Canyon Road around Lone Oak -- near Avocado Lake -- after numerous shots were fired."

"Lopez was discovered dead in her Madera home by police back in December; she weighed only 35 lbs at the time of her death, and was found covered in bed sores, some so deep they exposed muscle and hip bones."

Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, who have trained their lens on the relationships between seven panel members and an influential lobbying firm founded by a former Capitol Hill aide.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ No tie-dye was on display at a standing-room only hearing held by a California lawmaker on Wednesday in a bid to get his marijuana legalization bill taken seriously. Instead, suits and sober discussion were the rule at the state Capitol as Assemblyman Tom Ammiano presided over what his office said was the first legislative consideration of the issue since California banned the drug in 1913.

Authorities on Tuesday closed a major bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland after a cable on its upper deck snapped during the evening commute.

The Fresno sheriff's office reported on Monday the arrest of a man who they say broke into a house in broad daylight.

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

"The suit says the district violates the constitution in a variety of ways, including requiring students or their parents to pay fees in order to take part in curricular or extra-curricular activities in such areas as sports, cheerleading, band and choir."

Governor Schwarzenegger has appointed former state senator Chuck Poochigian to the state Court of Appeals in Fresno.

Sources told KMJ News that Sandra and Gary DeBartolo were stabbed to death, and that their throats had been slashed. That directly contradicts Kerman's police chief, who told reporters last week that the couple had been shot to death.

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"Only a day after he was shot in the face by an armed assailant, Reno the K-9 dog was released Wednesday afternoon from a Fresno veterinary hospital into the custody of his partner, deputy Robert Marean."