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By JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — A third panel of potential jurors will be questioned Friday in Donald Trump’s hush money case, drawing jury selection a step closer to completion in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. After a jury of 12 New Yorkers was seated Thursday, lawyers are now expected to turn their attention to picking remaining alternates who can vow to set aside their personal views and impartially judge the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Thursday’s court proceedings demonstrated unpredictability in the jury selection process of such a high-profile case, with two jurors who had been seated a day earlier being dismissed from the panel. The judge has suggested that opening statements in the criminal trial could begin as early as Monday, before prosecutors begin laying out their case alleging a scheme to cover up negative stories Trump feared would hurt his 2016 presidential campaign. The trial will place Trump in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks, forcing him to juggle his dual role as criminal defendant and political candidate

By JON GAMBRELL (Associated Press) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning as explosions could be heard near a major air base near Isfahan, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike following Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country. It remained unclear if the country was under attack, as no Iranian official directly acknowledged the possibility and Israel’s military did not respond to a request for comment. However, tensions have remained high in the days since the Saturday assault on Israel amid its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and its own strikes targeting Iran in Syria. One Iranian government official and later Iran’s state-run television broadcaster suggested sites may have been targeted by drones. IRNA said the defenses fired across several provinces. It did not elaborate on what caused the batteries to fire, though people across the area reported hearing the sounds. In particular, IRNA said air defenses fired at a major air base in Isfahan, which long has been home to Iran’s fleet of American-made F-14 Tomcats — purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The

Friday, April 19, 2024 6:26AM Ring doorbell video has captured the moment a child violently kicks a guinea pig in a Reedley home’s front yard. This story and video contain disturbing descriptions of animal abuse. Viewer discretion is advised. REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) — Ring doorbell video has captured the moment a child violently kicks a guinea pig in a Reedley home’s front yard. Now, officers are working to determine who the child is. Reedley police say their officers were called to a home on East Springfield Avenue near Kady Avenue on Wednesday night for a report of animal cruelty. When officers arrived, they spoke with the resident, who provided the footage of the incident. The footage shows a boy who first chases a chicken in the yard, then turns his attention to two guinea pigs in a cage. He picks up the guinea pig’s cage and then kicks it twice – knocking the small animal several feet from the force of the blow. The boy is then seen running away from the residence. Brenda Tolentino says her guinea pig, Puerquita (which means little female pig

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The Fresno City Council voted unanimously approve a plan to build a new Costco in northwest Fresno. The new location at the corner of Herndon Avenue and Riverside Drive. The new Costco will be nearly 220,000 square feet, feature a 32-pump gas station, and even have a car wash. There will also be nearly a thousand parking spots for customers’ cars. All that traffic has been a big concern for neighborhood residents and councilmembers alike. Last month, the city council pressed pause on the project and asked Costco to make several changes to the proposal. On Thursday, Costco came back to City Hall to announce those changes. The Fresno City Council voted unanimously approve a plan to build a new Costco in northwest Fresno. “To ensure that our truck traffic remains off the Riverside Drive entrance… We’ve made the decision to convert that to a right-in only to keep any potential trucks from entering,” explained a Costco representative. Costco will also add a new traffic light near the parking lot. They’ll expand some lanes on North Riverside Drive, and even add

Friday, April 19, 2024 5:43AM FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — The stars aligned on Thursday for a sergeant in search of a puppy and a teeny tiny Chihuahua in need of home. A Fresno County Correctional Officer was on her daily perimeter search of the jail Thursday morning, when she saw an abandoned puppy in the road. That’s when she jumped into action, crossing the street and saving the dog from danger. It didn’t take long for the news of the orphaned pup to make its way to Fresno County Sheriff’s Sgt. Diaz. He recently lost his dog of 11 years and was searching for a companion for his Chihuahua. The little puppy, now named Star, has a warm place to sleep and a fur-ever home thanks to quick actions of Fresno’s finest. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

Friday, April 19, 2024 4:14AM The Fresno County Board of Supervisors has declared a state of emergency that allows farmers to use a pesticide to scare off the beet leafhopper insect. FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — An emergency proclamation is allowing Fresno County farmers to use a weapon against a prolific pest. Fresno’s County Administrative Officer and Emergency Services Director has declared a state of emergency that allows farmers to use a pesticide to scare off the beet leafhopper insect. “The proclamation is important because it allows our growers to have a tool to combat the beet leafhopper which spreads the curly top virus, which is a pretty devastating virus for tomatoes and Fresno County and kind of throughout the San Joaquin Valley,” said Melissa Cregan, Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner. After the insect feeds off the crop, the plant is left dried and dead. Cregan says with new pesticide regulations, it was difficult for farmers to use Neonicotinoids, also known as Neonics. The pesticide helps fight off the insects. “Unfortunately, there are some toxicities to bees, various studies on that sort of thing. And so

The next time the San Jose Sharks play a game, Macklin Celebrini might be in the lineup. That could be one of the few things the Sharks and their fans can look forward to after the franchise finished its worst season in nearly three decades. The Sharks on Thursday allowed two goals in the first period and three more in a span of 3:03 in the second in what became a 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome in the last game of the regular season for both teams. Fabian Zetterlund spoiled Gilroy native Dustin Wolf’s shutout bid, scoring a power-play goal with nine seconds left in the third period off assists from Mikael Granlund and Collin Graf. The goal was Zetterlund’s 24th of the year and the assist extended Granlund’s season-ending point streak to 13 games, as he finished the year with 60 points. Still, with Thursday’s loss, the Sharks, at 19-54-9, became the first team in the salary cap era (since 2005-06), to win less than 20 games in a full 82-game season. “It’s tough to reflect on it right

On the heels of a new state audit that found California has failed to consistently track and assess the effectiveness of its billions of dollars in homelessness spending, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced a plan to ensure cities and counties are doing their part to solve the crisis. The announcement is the latest example of Newsom’s calling for more accountability from local governments as California’s unhoused population has ballooned to an estimated 181,000 people despite more than $24 billion in state funds spent over the past five years to combat homelessness. “I’m not interested in funding failure any longer,” Newsom said during a virtual news conference on Thursday. Newsom’s plan calls for stricter benchmarks for jurisdictions receiving state homelessness grants and threatens tougher penalties, including potentially withholding funding, if the goals aren’t met. It will expand the authority of the state’s Housing Accountability Unit — formed in 2021 to crack down on local officials who fail to plan for new housing — to oversee local homeless programs and assure that cities and counties work toward adding more affordable housing for homeless people and residents

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors’ play-in loss in Sacramento was the story of Moses Moody’s season, and really the story of his career to this point. Moody was out of Golden State’s rotation heading into the single-elimination Kings game. The 10th man in a nine-man playoff rotation, he’d been just edged out because of the matchup: The Warriors wanted Kevon Looney to play more than usual because of his defense against Domantas Sabonis. Rotations tighten in the postseason as star players ramp up their minutes, and Moody got squeezed out. He’d been the odd man out all year. At one point this year, the Chase Center crowd had to beg for him to get minutes. Despite contributing whenever called upon, Moody was routinely leap-frogged by other players for minutes. In his third season, despite logging career highs in practically every counting stat, Moody had seven healthy DNPs and 11 more games with under 11 minutes. When the Warriors fell behind Sacramento, Steve Kerr called Moody’s number. Off the bench, the Arkansas product scored 16 points in 15 minutes. As he always has, Moody didn’t complain.

His comments come as a deadlocked Congress continues to stall on Ukraine aid.

John Dickerson reports on the status of former President Trump’s criminal trial, the future of nuclear fusion, and how a team is working to save critically endangered birds in the face of stronger hurricanes.

“Ultimately we think this is a better approach that reflects the evolution of the business,” Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters said on an earnings call.

SAN FRANCISCO — An MRI on Alex Cobb’s sore shoulder came back clean on Thursday night, according to the Giants pitcher. The 36-year-old right-hander suffered another setback in his rehab this week when he felt tightness in his throwing shoulder. He said he wasn’t too worried about it, but the Giants wanted to make sure. “It somehow got locked up when I stopped throwing,” Cobb said. “I stopped throwing for six or seven days and the whole thing (tightened up). And it’s taking some time to get it going again.” He said he first started to experience the tightness after the Giants shut him down two weeks ago to rest a flexor strain in his pitching elbow. “The red flag or warning with the elbow, now I’m saying my shoulder is cranky, they just wanted to check it out,” he said. Now that the elbow is “feeling great,” Cobb said the shoulder is starting to feel better and he doesn’t plan to stop throwing, but he is going backwards in his rehab process. Cobb, who also is also recovering from offseason hip surgery, threw a

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A local landscaper is left without work after his equipment was stolen from his own house. Carlos Felix has been a landscaper around Fresno for over 20 years running his family business, Charlie’s Tree Service. Now, he’s left without his livelihood. Around 4 am Wednesday morning, a thief stole his work truck-a white 2006 Chevy Silverado and attached black trailer with equipment from his house in Central Fresno. “This is how I make my money,” Felix explained. “My truck and my trailer. I’ve invested a lot of money in it cause that’s what I got.” Felix is the sole provider for his wife and their 8 children. His neighbor caught the theft on surveillance video from across the street. “It was just a normal morning,” Felix recalled. “We were laying in bed sleeping and my wife said like, ‘There goes your truck.’ So I jumped up and heard the vroom just like last year and I went out after it and tried to catch it.” This is too familiar for him. Last March, his same work truck and trailer were stolen

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Occasionally peering over his attorney’s notes and appearing to listen intently to witnesses, Andrew Leon sat in court Thursday as he learned he will be tried on murder charges. The 20-year-old is charged in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend’s mother just days after Thanksgiving last year. 37-year-old April Diaz was found shot several times in the street outside her apartment on Mouren Drive and P Street– near Huron Elementary School. Leon allegedly confessed to the crime, turning himself into police in Monterey County the next day. “And what are you turning yourself in for,” asked the 911 operator. “For murder,” said Leon. “Who did you kill?” “I killed a female.” “Where did this happen?” “Fresno.” The shooting happened just hours after Leon’s girlfriend, Naveah, said she had broken up with him. Action news was not allowed to show witnesses’ faces in court. Naveah testified that Leon had harassed her, her mother, and friends by phone for hours before the shooting. “He started blowing up my phone with text messages and calls threatening me that he was going to come over

NEW YORK CITY — In the follow up to her Oscar nomination, actress Lily Gladstone is back on screen starring in Hulu’s “Under The Bridge”. Gladstone and her co-stars — Riley Keough, Archie Panjabi and Ezra Faroque — take on roles in a series based on a true story of real-life murder that rocked a Canadian town. The series also explores themes of longing, otherness and race. When asked by Eyewitness News entertainment reporter Joelle Gargulio about what’s under the surface of the show, Gladstone said there are layers to it and not just one thing. “I think, you know, having come off of another project that is telling a true history, and took very big measure measures that really felt revolutionary, this series was doing a lot of the same, and bringing compassion and humanity and centering the victims, talking about why this happened to them,” she said. A show that’s based on truth can be hard to work around, which Panjabi and Faroque dealt with first hand. “Well, first of all, it shocked me,” Panjabi. “But it does change the way you approach

Friday, April 19, 2024 12:31AM A man was indicted Thursday for possessing over 200,000 fentanyl pills during a traffic stop in Fresno County. FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A man was indicted Thursday for possessing over 200,000 fentanyl pills during a traffic stop in Fresno County. 25-year-old Miguel Romero Reyes is from Sinaloa, Mexico. Reyes faces federal charges of possessing more than 400 grams of fentanyl with intent to distribute. Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies stopped him as he was driving north on Interstate 5. They seized a large duffel bag containing 48 pounds of blue counterfeit M30 pills in more than a dozen 1-gallon Ziploc bags. According to court documents, Reyes conspired with another person to distribute the drugs. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 10 years in prison. WATCH: Killer High: The Silent Crisis Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — Leaders across the state are working to reduce crime and homelessness. Thursday, The Californians for Safer Communities Coalition, submitted over 900,000 signatures to get a new measure on the November ballot, that makes changes to Prop 47. Supporters say the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act would create harsher penalties for repeat offenders and will help protect small businesses and families impacted by the ongoing fentanyl crisis. Carlos Mendoza, owner of “Bird Dog Cards & Comix” says he was forced to get a gate to keep people from robbing his store. “It was about $10,000 on this one alone,” said Mendoza. He showed Action News surveillance video from 6 months ago, when someone stole dozens of master cards from him. “I’m just tying to like build a community here, have a spot so that people can come play cards with their families and friends and stuff, and when people do this, it makes it kind of hard,” said Mendoza. That’s where the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act” comes in. The measure would hold people accountable who repeatedly

Taylor Swift’s successes and failures, including the battle to regain control of her master recordings, are part of the syllabus at the University of California, Berkeley.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is bundling the bill that could lead to a ban on TikTok into his four-part foreign aid plan. The legislation would require TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the popular social media network or face a ban in the U.S. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.

Twelve jurors have been selected in former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal case. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa explains what happens next.