FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Fresno Unified teachers may be on the verge of a strike, leaving more than 70,000 students in limbo. The last three-year contract expired more than three months ago, and negotiations have not been promising to this point. “The board values our teachers. Negotiations are never easy. We have to balance labor interest…… MORE
State Wants To Ground Valley Crop Duster
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation is asking a Kern County judge to stop a Bakersfield-area crop duster from carrying out any future applications. According to the DPR announcement, John A. Slykerman and his company, Agra Fly Inc. stand accused of several illegal drift incidents that harmed at least one person and damaged property. DPR…… MORE
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Fresno Woman Searching For Stolen Necklaces Containing Friend’s Ashes
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Fresno woman is heartbroken after a thief stole jewelry containing the ashes of the man she calls a brother. Lolly Mendoza shared a video of a person she says broke into her car Wednesday morning on Yale and College Avenue and stole her purse with two necklaces inside. Those necklaces…… MORE
Man In Critical Condition Following Shooting In Southwest Fresno
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man is in critical condition after a shooting in southwest Fresno. It happened just after 12 p.m. Thursday at Jensen and Walnut Avenues. Fresno PD’s shot-spotter technology alerted officers to multiple rounds of gunfire in the area. A man in his 20s was transported to the hospital, suffering from a…… MORE
California Could Step In to Manage Groundwater Basin in Farm Country
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials on Thursday faulted communities in a stretch of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley for failing to develop a plan to adequately protect groundwater in the often drought-plagued state. The state’s water resources board set an April hearing to determine whether the Tulare Lake Subbasin in the heart of California’s…… MORE
Fatal Motorcycle Crash In Central Fresno
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A motorcyclist has died following a crash in central Fresno early Thursday morning. The California Highway Patrol says it happened at about 6:40 am westbound Highway 180 under Highway 41. Officers say the man was going on the transition to southbound Highway 41 when he hit a wall. The man fell…… MORE
Family Says 180-Day Sentence For Deadly Fresno Hit-and-Run Is Not Enough
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — An emotional family pleaded with a Fresno judge to impose the maximum sentence against Hope Marshay Whitmore on Wednesday. Whitmore was behind the wheel in March 2021 when she struck LaVonda Anita Mosley near Elm and Grove avenues. The 55-year-old, who was not in a marked crosswalk, died, and Whitmore drove…… MORE
Reedley High Football Player Starts Months-long Cancer Treatment In San Francisco
REEDLEY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Reedley High athlete is at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco undergoing more chemotherapy. Action News has been following Malachi Rios’ journey with testicular cancer since last December. The football player remains positive about the next part of his cancer treatment. “I think my faith helps a lot,” he said.…… MORE
New Laws to Compel Calif. Universities to Return Native American Remains
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws Tuesday intended to compel California’s public university systems to make progress in their review and return of Native American remains and artifacts. Decades-old state and federal legislation, known as repatriation laws, require government entities to return these items to tribes. Those artifacts could include prayer…… MORE
