FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An 18-year veteran of the Fresno Police Department is the target of gunfire. Fresno police have been targeting gangs in violent areas over the past week and on Sunday night, one of their officers was the target himself of gunfire. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says the veteran officer was in…… MORE
Gas Line Broken During Operation To Clear Fresno Homeless Camp
FRESNO (KMJ) — An effort to clear a homeless camp in Fresno Monday morning, temporarily forced local residents out of their homes too after a gas line was ruptured. “The line that this excavator hit was above the ground,” explains Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims. “So they were removing debris, they weren’t digging underneath the…… MORE
Three Critical After Car Crashes Into Overpass Wall
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Two men and a woman are in the hospital after a single-vehicle accident in northwest Fresno. The car – a blue El Camino with moving boxes on the back – veered off the roadway, up onto the embankment and then crashed into the wall of the railroad overpass on eastbound Shaw…… MORE
Woman Killed By Falling Tree at Yosemite National Park
YOSEMITE, CA (KMJ) – A 20-year-old Ceres woman was killed by a falling tree at Half Dome Village inside Yosemite National Park on Sunday morning. The National Park says Destiny Rose Texeira Borges was working for a concessioner service, contracted by the park, when she was struck and killed around 10am. The area was closed…… MORE
Teen Allegedly Murders His Great-Grandmother
(KMJ) A17-year old has been arrested and charged with killing his great grandmother. Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 2000 block of North Polk just before eight Sunday night. There, they found 74-year old Lupe Suarez who had been stabbed and was unconscious. Suarez was rushed to CRMC where she was pronounced dead.…… MORE
Recent Rain Could Bring A Boom In Mosquito Numbers
FRESNO (KMJ) — The vast amounts of rain we’ve all experienced in the Central Valley this winter, could be perfect for a boom in the number of mosquitoes. Standing water is all the tiny bugs need to breed, and the recent storms of late means there could be a lot of it remaining out of…… MORE
Legislation Would Address Agro-Terrorism
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives would address the potential threat of an agro-terrorism attack on the United States. The goal is to make sure the food put on the tables of American families remains safe from attack. Senate Ag Chair Pat Roberts co-sponsored the legislation in the Senate and…… MORE
HSR Request OK’d, But Finances Remain Cloudy
(AP) After years of prep work, Gov. Jerry Brown’s finance department decided Friday that California’s $64 billion high-speed rail project is ready to lay some track. The administration approved the rail authority’s request to spend $2.6 billion on work in the Central Valley. The decision lets the authority ask the state treasurer’s office to sell…… MORE
Demand for Calif. Earned Income Tax Credit Soars
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The State Franchise Tax Board says it’s handed out about $133 million so far, in Earned Income Tax Credit dollars. That’s a 50 percent increase, compared to the same time in 2016. Abbreviated CalEITC, it’s a supplement, to the federal Earned Income Tax Credit. Those who earn less than $14,000 a year…… MORE
Effectiveness of Sleep Apps in Question
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The latest study has found that more than one-third of Americans fail to get adequate rest, and that’s been linked to several health issues, along with irritability. In recent years, several apps and fitness devices have begun offering sleep tracking. However, they may not be effective, according to a new Chicago University…… MORE
