KMJ’s Dominic McAndrew accompanies Fresno County’s food vendor inspection team. FRESNO COUNTY (KMJ) — A number of Fresno County agencies have been on the road Wednesday to make sure taco trucks and sliced fruit vendors are playing by the rules. Starting out at Fresno County’s Juvenile Justice Center, south of Fresno on Highway 99, teams…… MORE
Crime trends from the Fresno Police Department are showing over the last 28 days, violent crime dropped by 5%. “That demonstrates that some of the things that we have incorporated here as of late with the redeployment of our traffic unit up in the northwest, and policing unit saturating hot spots where there’s a propensity…… MORE
Planning for the Valley’s future is the focus of a clean energy summit at Fresno State. “Unlocking Renewables – A Valley Summit” is bringing different community members, agencies, policy makers, local and state leaders and others together to discuss meeting climate goals for the future – sharing planning ideas for growth while saving resources. Governor…… MORE
Former President Jimmy Carter has announced he has been diagnosed with cancer. 90 year old Carter was the nation’s 39th president. “Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body, I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory…… MORE
(KMJ) Fresno It wasn’t an oil pipeline…but a meth pipeline that’s led to a big bust by federal investigators in the south valley. 29 suspects have been arrested in all, 11 from Bakersfield. The feds say the suspects were running methamphetamine between Bakersfield and the oil fields of Minot, North Dakota. They say those involved…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As many as 100 commercial truck drivers paid up to $5,000 each to bribe state Department of Motor Vehicles employees for illegal California licenses, federal authorities said. Up to 23 traffic accidents could be related to the fraud, officials said, though there were no fatalities. Emma Klem, a 45-year-old Salinas DMV…… MORE
A coalition of 13 states has asked a federal judge to block the controversial Waters of the U.S. rule slated to take effect later this month. Led by North Dakota, the attorney generals for eight of the 13 states filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court for District of North Dakota,…… MORE
Police in Hanford continue to investigate the theft of a large play structure. The equipment was taken from outside the office of the United Cerebral Palsy located in the 600 block of West 6th street. Investigators say the theft happened sometime over the weekend. The thieves forced open a wooden side gate and took…… MORE
The Kern County Sheriff says he believes his department has identified the man that’s the focus of a manhunt near Weldon. Benjamin Peter Ashley, 34, was identified as the “person of interest.” The sheriff’s office believes three crimes were committed by the same man. Three young men were confronted by a squatter who held them…… MORE
LOCAL EDUCATION LEGEND FLOYD “DOC” BUCHANAN HAS PASSED AWAY. BUCHANAN WAS THE FOUNDING SUPERINTENDENT OF CLOVIS UNIFIED — AND THE MAN AFTER WHOM BUCHANAN HIGH SCHOOL WAS NAMED. HE DIED THIS MORNING — AT AGE 91 — APPARENTLY FROM NATURAL CAUSES.… MORE
