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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.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants are awaiting a doctor’s visit to learn more about Alex Cobb. The 36-year-old right-hander suffered another setback in his rehab this week. After throwing a bullpen session, he began to experience soreness and stiffness in his lat. Cobb was scheduled to visit with a team doctor on Thursday, when the club returned to San Francisco after a 3-3 road trip against the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays. The Giants aren’t sure if Cobb will have to be shut down again. “He was going along so fast, it’s just maybe a little hurdle he’s going through right now with some soreness,” manager Bob Melvin said. “He doesn’t seem too concerned about it.” Cobb looked to be ahead of schedule after offseason hip surgery, but suffered a flexor strain in early April and was temporarily shut down. After starting to throw again, he progressed from playing catch to throwing a bullpen session, but after the bullpen session he felt just OK, Melvin said. Melvin called it a “little bit of a setback.” Cobb had a career year last season, when he

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

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Despite his many flaws — two suspensions this season, punching teammate Jordan Poole last season — Warriors star Draymond Green will go into the summer knowing that his longtime coach still has his back. In his season-ending news conference Thursday, coach Steve Kerr called the team’s relationship with the volatile Green “complex” but added that he’s one of the most loyal, smartest and competitive players he has been around. Kerr was asked if Green will be a changed person moving forward or if the team accepts that the veteran’s unpredictable behavior could lead to another suspension – like the ones he served this season for grabbing the neck of Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert and striking Phoenix’s Jusuf Nurkić. What followed was a 738-word response from Kerr. Here are the highlights: “I have so much faith in Draymond because I know him so well as a human being,” Kerr said. “He’s flawed. We’re all flawed. But he would be the first to tell you he’s probably more flawed than the rest of us, right. I mean, he’s the one who has had these transgressions, not the other guys

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors have an aging roster that just finished a middling season. They just paid a ludicrously large luxury tax bill with a team icon hitting free agency. They have a responsibility to compete for titles as long as Steph Curry remains great and a moral obligation to keep their dynastic core intact — possibly contradicting needs. That sounds like a summer of migraines for Mike Dunleavy Jr. The Warriors’ general manager was disappointed to be sitting at a podium on April 18 rather than, say, June 18 for his end-of-season debrief. After a quick opening statement, Dunleavy reiterated Steve Kerr, Curry and Draymond Green’s public desire to bring Klay Thompson back. He said he didn’t have any regrets from a quiet trade deadline. He said he believes the Warriors were closer to the top of the Western Conference than the bottom — even though they actually finished 10th. The anticlimactic end to Golden State’s season is still fresh. But the real work for Dunleavy will begin soon. The twilight of a dynasty is in his hands. “I think I probably operate