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Fresno State nursing master's program loses accreditation: The university announced the master's program within its nursing school lost its accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

The loss was attributed to a failing to provide adequate documentation to the Commission during its accreditation process.

Fresno State announced it would not admit any students for the fall semester due to the status change. Meanwhile, 23 students are currently affected by the move, with CCNE set to return for a review for spring accreditation.

If the school reactivates its accreditation, current students will be unaffected upon graduation.

Not the Department's first accreditation issue: Another program in Fresno State's Health and Human Services College – a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certificate – was hit with an accreditation lurch earlier this year after the university discovered it was operating without accreditation. 

CCNE is also responsible for accrediting that program as well.

California's Department of Water Resources issued a separate advisory related to pets visiting the reservoir, as they are susceptible to illness due to the fact that they are likely to drink the water.

While the advisory focuses on most water recreation activities at San Luis, DWR does state that boating is not restricted and that boaters should avoid swimming or direct contact with the water.

Fresno judge strikes down watered down Felony Murder Rule: In a ruling Wednesday, Fresno County Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez said that California's attempt to weaken the Felony Murder Rule unconstitutionally amended two separate propositions.

The Felony Murder rule is a legal doctrine that states any accomplice to a felony that results in the death of a person is culpable for that killing.

In 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law greatly limiting the rule to merely those who actually committed the killing or those who intended to kill during the felony.

In his ruling, Alvarez said the law improperly amended 1978's Proposition 7, which reinstated the death penalty, and 1990's Proposition 115.

Slow march through Appeals: The ruling is one of many similar holdings across the Golden State.

Trial judges in Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara, Riverside, Yolo, Kern, El Dorado, Calaveras, and San Bernardino counties have similarly ruled the Felony Murder Rule change unconstitutional.