In a story that’s sure to gain national attention, Fresno ABC-affiliate KFSN basically uncovered the real life “21 Jump Street.”

As FishbowlLA reports, KFSN’s Jessica Peres recently sat down with 22-year-old Alex Salinas, a police officer who went undercover at a local high school to help take down a drug ring.

Perhaps the funniest part of the story is how Salinas, a C-student when he was in high school, had to scale back on his homework when he started getting A’s. Video inside… Read more

Tracey Watkowski is climbing the ranks at ABC.

The ABC Owned Television Stations Group announced this week that Watkowski, the news director at KFSN in Fresno, has been promoted to vice president of news at KGO in San Francisco.  Watkowski served as assistant news director at KGO earlier in her career.

“Watkowski’s superb credentials as a journalist and news executive for more than two decades–and, in particular, her proven track record in San Francisco and latest accomplishments in Fresno–made her the natural choice for this senior post at KGO,” station president and general manager William Burton said, announcing the promotion.  “All of us here at ABC 7 are proud to welcome Tracey back to the Bay Area.” Read more

A story from Sacramento Fox-affiliate KTXL about a local teacher’s controversial decision to ban the use of “bless you” following a sneeze has gained national attention this week, fueling debate on morning shows and online.

Earlier this week, KTXL reporter Rowena Shaddox interviewed Steve Cuckovich, a health teacher at a Bay Area public high school who had received complaints from parents about his practice of punishing students for saying “bless you” in his classroom, and he defended his policy (video above). Read more

ABC has cleared the 3 p.m. time slot for Katie Couric‘s new talk show, which is set to debut in September 2012. Here’s a rundown of what ABC O&Os currently have at 3:00, as well as 4 p.m.:

	3:00	4:00
WABC	“General Hospital”	Local News
KABC	“Dr. Oz”*	Local News
WLS	“Inside Edition”/”Jeopardy!”	Local News
WPVI	“General Hospital”	Local News
KGO	“7Live” (KGO-produced lifestyle show)	Local News
KTRK	“Millionaire?”/ “Inside Edition”	Local News
WTVD	“General Hospital”	Local News
KFSN	“Rachael Ray”	Local News*

*Debuting in the fall after summer of “Oprah” repeats.