(photo courtesy: U.S. Forest Service) (KMJ) – The Ferguson fire, burning in Mariposa County’s Merced River Canyon, is now the largest, active wild fire in California. The blaze has torched over 17,000 acres and continues to burn in steep, rugged terrain. This fire continues to cause smoke health advisories for most of the Central Valley…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Charges have just been filed against the man accused in the Tower District tattoo shop murders. The Fresno County DA’s Office says 27-year-old Cruz Hinojosa has been charged for the Saturday night killings — which claimed the lives of Pisa Xayapheth and Jesse Hernandez — as well as the attempted murder of…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Five people were killed, including two Children, in deadly accidents on I-5. Just after 2:00a.m. a man and two girls were killed in a crash near Los Banos Tuesday morning on Interstate 5 at Taglio Road.. Original reports incorrectly stated the the driver killed was a female. According to the California…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – On Monday, July 16t, the Reedley Police Department got a 911 call of a possible drowning on the Kings River. Upon arrival, officers found that a 61 year-old woman had been pulled from the river in the area of Reedley Beach and was not breathing. Officers began CPR until she had…… MORE
[Photo: FOX26] FRESNO, CA (KMJ – A woman is now at a Fresno-area hospital after she was pulled from a Central Fresno canal Tuesday morning. Police received reports around 9 a.m. of a woman, floating face-down in the water near Blackstone and Shields. Firefighters and EMT’s arrived, and pulled her out of the canal in…… MORE
(KMJ) – Cal Fire, The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, and the U.S. Forest Service will hold a community meeting Tuesday Night to discuss the battle against the Ferguson Fire. Here are the details: FERGUSON FIRE COMMUNITY MEETING WHAT: The Unified Commanders, CAL FIRE, US Forest Service and Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, will be hosting a…… MORE
(KMJ) – With Tuesday temperatures forecast to hit 105 degrees or hotter, the City of Fresno says it will open its cooling centers to provide relief from the heat. At noon, the City will activate the following four Cooling Centers and will remain open until 8:00 p.m: Ted C. Wills Community Center — 770 N. San Pablo Frank H.…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A suspect sought in a weekend double murder in Fresno’s Tower District turns himself in to police on the Central Coast. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer held a press conference Monday, saying the deadly shooting at Fresh Ink Tattoo on 564 E. Olive was an isolated incident. 27-year-old Cruz Hinojosa was…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The body of Cal-Fire’S HFEO Braden Varney, killed Saturday fighting the Ferguson Fire, has been recovered. Mariposa – Cal Fire had the assistance of California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 5 to make the recovery of the CAL FIRE Heavy Fire Equipment Operator (HFEO). The next phase was the escort…… MORE
[Photo: FOX26] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A lockdown was in place Monday morning at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, but later lifted. A father and son got into fight around 11:00 a.m. Monday. The father said the 22-year-old son grabbed a shotgun and left the house. The father called police and told them what happened, and also…… MORE
