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An estimated 171,000 people are homeless in California, which amounts to roughly 30% of all of the homeless people in the U.S. By TRÂN NGUYỄN Wednesday, April 10, 2024 1:14AM State audit finds San Jose not doing enough to assess the cost-effectiveness of its homelessness programs. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five-year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs, according to state audit released Tuesday. The report attempts to assess how effectively the state and local cities have been spending billions of dollars to address the ongoing homelessness crisis in California. An estimated 171,000 people are homeless in California, which amounts to roughly 30% of all of the homeless people in the U.S. Despite the roughly $24 billion spent on homeless and housing programs during the 2018-2023 fiscal years, the problem didn’t improve in many cities. Among other things, the report found that the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, which is responsible for coordinating agencies and allocating resources for homelessness programs, stopped tracking spending on programs and their outcomes in 2021 despite the

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — On April 29th it will be a year since Jaime Espinoza jumped into the Kaweah River to save a stranger’s life. The 7-year-old girl survived but Jaime didn’t. Alexandra Romero remembers her younger brother, Jaime, as a hero. “He’s absolutely my hero, there’s no doubt about that he will always be my hero and I know if he had to do it again. He would’ve, without a doubt,” she expressed. On April 29th of last year, Jaime, was visiting Slick Rock in Three Rivers and barbecuing with his friends. The Kaweah River was rushing hard and fast from recent rain and snow runoff. When Jaime and his friends heard a mother crying for help, he didn’t think twice. Jaime jumped into the water to rescue a little girl. “Honestly he would’ve done it again. He’d do it in a heartbeat,” said Alexandra. First responders also rushed to the scene and managed to save the girl and a man who were stuck on a large rock in the river. However, Jaime had disappeared below the surface. Alexandra and her family spent

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Retail theft continues to be an issue across the state and in the Central Valley. On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers in Sacramento announced a new package of bills aimed at fighting retail crime. The proposed legislation expands tools for police to arrest people for shoplifting and keep offenders in custody. Offenders like a man who was caught on camera slamming his truck into a Lululemon in northwest Fresno during a burglary last month. Surveillance footage captured a suspect ramming a truck through the front door of a Lululemon during a burglary last month in northwest Fresno. Fresno police released the video of the suspect throwing stolen items into his truck, and driving off. The incident happened on March 23rd and as of April 9th, the building still isn’t fully repaired. “So, the retail theft issues we are talking about today did not appear overnight and they’re not going to be solved overnight,” said Juan Alanis, California Assemblymember Merced. AB 1960 authored by Esmerelda Soria would allow for stiffer sentences for retail theft, reinstating tiered penalties if the stolen or damaged

Arizona’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an abortion law from 1864 that would criminalize the procedure with barely any exceptions. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports on the present consequences. Then, New York Times national reporter Kate Zernike joins to discuss.

John Dickerson reports on Arizona enforcing an 1864 abortion law, an ISIS threat made against soccer stadiums in Europe, and new EPA rules on chemical plants.

The San Jose Sharks game tonight against the Calgary Flames will be shown on a different channel than usual. Instead of the Sharks game being televised on NBC Sports California, it will be shown on NBC Sports California Plus. The game at 7:30 p.m. (PDT), The Oakland A’s game against the Texas Rangers is airing on NBC Sports California, starting at 5 p.m. Here’s where to find NBC Sports California-Plus on various providers. XFINITY: 105 (Standard definition); 780 (High definition) AT&T U-Verse: 768 (SD); 1768 (HD) DirecTV: 698-1 (SD/HD) Astound: 38 (SD) Streaming: NBC Sports App All Sharks regular season games are carried live on the Sharks Audio Network. The Sharks’ four remaining games after Tuesday will be shown on NBC Sports California. The Sharks enter Tuesday having won just twice in their last 14 games, dropping their record to a league-worst 18-51-8. If the Sharks lose tonight’s game in regulation time, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday, San Jose will finish 32nd in the NHL’s overall standings. The Flames enter tonight having won just three times in their last

Anonymous online supporters of ISIS have issued a threat to three major soccer stadiums in Europe. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports on how authorities are responding.

A judge on Tuesday sentenced the parents of the Oxford, Michigan, high school shooter to 10-15 years in prison each. CBS News Detroit reporter Andres Gutierrez was inside the courtroom as James and Jennifer Crumbley heard from the families of their son’s four victims.

It was a “bittersweet moment” as United Launch Alliance brought the Delta program to a close.

Zeitouna — the Arabic word for olive tree — is a group of six Jewish and six Palestinian women who have been meeting twice a month for over 20 years.

“Guiding Eyes for the Blind,” a New York-based nonprofit, provides free guide dogs for the visually impaired. Each year the group is able to provide 150 dogs, which can costs thousands of dollars to train and care for, to those in need.

Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Some 2,000 people were displaced from their homes and many fear future health issues from the train’s toxic payload. Roxana Saberi reports.

A group of Jewish and Palestinian women has been meeting for over 20 years with the goal of building bridges between their two cultures. Lisa Ling takes a look at the work they’ve been doing in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack and the ongoing war in Gaza.

  The first time I ever used trekking poles, they felt cumbersome, clunky and, at times, downright annoying. It was February 2017 and my then-boyfriend (now husband) had convinced me to trade a day riding on the slopes in Telluride for a snowshoeing adventure. I had never snowshoed before and recall feeling like a newborn deer, shakily trying to navigate the placement of my large foot apparatuses alongside my poles. “Right foot, left hand. Left foot, right hand,” I repeated under my breath as I tried to avoid stepping on one piece of equipment or another, and attempted to keep both my balance and my cool ascending several hundred feet up the Jud Wiebe Trail. I was inexperienced for sure – there are pictures to prove I wore jeans during the excursion – but also frustrated. Why would anyone use these seemingly impractical poles that only added chaos when hiking? Turns out there are a lot of reasons, from increasing stability to alleviating pressure from knees and joints to achieving a full-body workout. The use of trekking poles increases hikers’ heart rates, several studies have

SAN JOSE – Defenseman Calen Addison said Tuesday he received a 10-minute misconduct in the San Jose Sharks game against Arizona over the weekend for something he said to a Coyotes player. Addison was assessed the penalty with 8:09 left in the third period of Sunday’s game at SAP Center after he got involved in a brief verbal altercation with Coyotes rookie forward Logan Cooley. Addison and Cooley came together and had words with each other after a stoppage in play in the third period. That’s when the official gave Addison the misconduct, and the Sharks defenseman left the ice surface and went back to the dressing room. Cooley was not penalized. What Addison exactly said is unclear, although Sharks coach David Quinn described it as normal “banter” between opposing players. Addison, who turns 24 on Thursday, said he didn’t get a specific explanation from Sunday’s officials as to why he was given 10 minutes. The Sharks were trailing by one goal at the time but lost the game 5-2, so Addison did not return to the ice. “Just kind of go into battle with

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson will delay sending the House’s articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate this week as planned, after Republican senators requested more time Tuesday to build a case for a full trial. The sudden change of plans cast fresh doubts on the proceedings, the historic first impeachment of a Cabinet secretary in roughly 150 years. House Republicans impeached Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of security and immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Senators were expected to swiftly dismiss the House-passed charges against Mayorkas. Democrats, who hold majority control of the chamber, argue the charges do not rise to the constitution’s bar of high crimes and misdemeanors. Johnson was planning to have the House impeachment managers transmit the articles against Mayorkas on Wednesday evening. Under procedural rules, that would require senators to convene the next day as jurors for a trial to decide whether to convict or acquit the secretary of charges. Thursday’s trial was expected to be over quickly after some procedural votes to table or dismiss the charges. But Republicans intent on holding Mayorkas

By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Warmer weather, colorful flowers and gloriously sunny skies aren’t the only things that put spring on people’s lists as the best season. If you’re a cook, April is when you can look forward to a bounty of fresh herbs, tender lettuces and green vegetables not just in the grocery store, but at local farmers markets. Sure, you can find fresh vegetables year-round at even the smallest markets. They’re just extra-awesome when you know something is only available for a couple of weeks in spring or has been grown nearby by a local farmer. Asparagus immediately comes to mind as one of the season’s prized veggies. After months of eating winter root vegetables and lettuces and other greens grown in Mexico or California, now is the time to add the slightly peppery bite of locally grown arugula to the daily menu, along with the crunch of young Romaine and delicate nuttiness of super-sweet spinach. Rhubarb, which pairs so wonderfully with strawberries, is also only available fresh in the spring. And who can resist the vibrant green color of two

Owner Victoria Scott-Miller said on Instagram that violent threats and hate mail made it unsafe to continue operating the store featuring Black authors.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — An escaped mountain goat that somehow got stuck under a Kansas City bridge has survived a rocky rescue effort and now may be reunited with the owners who suspect he was stolen from their farm two months ago. “It’s the story that captured the hearts of Kansas City,” said Tori Fugate, of the KC Pet Project, a nonprofit that handles animal control for the city and operates shelters. “Forget a solar eclipse. We were on goat watch.” After Monday’s eclipse, people spotted the animal, believed to be a missing goat named Chug, hopping around on the pillars that support the bridge, high above the ground below. Hoping to guide it to safety, a driver managed to get a rope around the goat’s neck, but that only added to the danger, said Fugate. When firefighters tried to rappel over the side of the bridge to capture the goat, he spooked and tried to jump to the next platform. But his hooves slipped and the rope caught, causing the goat to hang from his neck, not moving. Firefighters managed to undo a snag

LOS ANGELES — Jeremy Allen White is “in talks to star” in “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” an upcoming film about the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album, “Nebraska,” according to a press release. It’s unclear what role the Emmy Award winner of “The Bear” will play, but the film will be based on the 2023 book, “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska,” by Warren Zanes and will be directed and written by Scott Cooper, according to a press release about the new project. “Warren Zanes’ ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ is one of the best books ever written about Bruce Springsteen and his music,” Springsteen’s longtime manager Jon Landau said in a statement shared in the press release. “Bruce and I are thrilled that Scott Cooper has chosen to write and direct the film based on that book – we think he’s the perfect filmmaker for the job.” Bruce Springsteen, left, is seen in New York’s Rockefeller Center on Sept. 28, 2007 and Jeremy Allen White, right, is seen on Jan. 15, 2024 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Richard

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The man who was shot and killed in central Fresno on Monday has been identified as 42-year-old Yong Vang. Officers got a Shotspotter notification at about 4:20 pm on 9th Street near Pine Avenue. Witnesses told police that Vang was in a fight before hearing gunshots. Officers found him with a bullet wound. Vang was rushed to Community Regional Medical Center, where he died. Police have not identified who he was reportedly in a fight with. Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Fresno Police Department. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.