FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Central Valley fields are the “Breadbasket of the World,” but for farmworker Xochilt Nuñez, they are filled with a new reality: Fears about the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Speaking in Spanish, Nuñez told Action News that many workers simply are not showing up to harvest the food that feeds the world. …… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A bill introduced by Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula aimed at stopping a century-long mining project in Fresno County did not make it out of committee Monday afternoon. That mining project would drill a 600-foot deep pit near the San Joaquin River in Fresno County. Arambula introduced a bill, AB1425, which went before…… MORE
H5N1 grows well in dairy cow udders, which may actually be good news for people. When traces of H5N1 bird flu showed up in cow’s milk last year, it raised fears that the virus could become more infectious to humans. So far, that hasn’t happened. Cows were surprise hosts for the virus. Influenza viruses latch…… MORE
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HANFORD, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Family members have identified the 17-year-old boy killed in a stabbing outside the Hanford Mall on Saturday night as Lorenzo Sanchez. The Hanford Police Department says a 15-year-old suspect, who has not been identified, is booked in the Kings County Juvenile Center on a single charge of murder. Sanchez was going…… MORE
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A teen is dead and two others are injured following a shooting at a party in Merced County. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened Sunday at midnight on Gertrude Avenue near North Winton Way in Winton. When deputies arrived, they found two 17-year-old boys and a 17-year-old…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Dozens of Valley veterans will take their “trip of a lifetime” courtesy of the Central Valley Honor Flight. Once again, our heroes from across Central California will fly to Washington, D.C. The veterans will gather Monday morning at Fresno Yosemite International Airport for a special sendoff, then they’ll fly to DC. …… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man is dead after a high-speed chase in Fresno County. CHP officers say just after midnight Sunday, a Dodge Challenger was headed east on Highway 180 near Clovis Avenue at speeds reaching up to 130 miles-per-hour. Officers tried to pull the car over but the driver did not stop…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni joined KMJ’s Philip Teresi Thursday on the Afternoon Drive to discuss the arrest of a group of suspected armed robbers with possible ties to a violent Venezuelan prison gang.… MORE
Misty Her has been appointed the new Superintendent of the struggling Fresno Unified School District – and not everybody is happy about it. The vote was 6-1 in favor of Her taking the helm, replacing Bob Nelson who departed last year to take a position at Fresno State. “There is no accountability…The culture of failing…… MORE
