FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – A man who was shot and killed in southwest Fresno Wednesday has been identified. The Fresno County Coroner’s office has identified him as 24-year-old Taeshawn Johnson. Officers responded to Lorena Avenue and South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. When officers arrived, they found Johnson in the road…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward joined KMJ’s Afternoon Drive on Thursday to discuss the effort to “fix” Prop 47. The initiative is called “The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act” and they are currently gathering signatures to put it on the November ballot. It is supported by many law enforcement agencies…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Brian Kelly’s reign as CEO of the controversial California High Speed Rail Project is coming to an end. Kelly, who took over in 2018, handed in his official letter of resignation on Thursday. In his resignation letter addressed to CAHSR Chair Tom Richards, Kelly said the Authority was in strong position to advance…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) At Thursday’s Fresno City Council meeting, things got heated when pro-Hamas speakers took to the podium and took anti-Semitic shots at Councilman Garry Bredefeld. Bredefeld, who is termed out and is running for Fresno County Supervisor, stood his ground and proclaimed that he would not be intimidated. Cue the video above to…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Hamilton Junior High School lifted a lockdown after Fresno police responded to a burglary alarm at a nearby home on Thursday. Authorities say they received a call for a residential burglary alarm at about 10 a.m. at a home on N Harrison Avenue near Cambridge Avenue. A heavy police presence was outside…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Every classroom in Clovis Unified School District is about to get an essential supply. Narcan, which rapidly reverses an opioid overdose, will be put in every class next week. Parents and Addicts In Need (or PAIN) is giving the district more than 2,000 boxes of the life-saving drug. “They’re going…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) represents the area of Solano County, California where a group of billionaires have been buying up farmland for what many are calling a new utopian community. He joined KMJ’s Ray Appleton to discuss the controversial and – up until now – secretive plan. Both men agreed the idea…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Steve Garvey continues to climb in the polls. The former LA Dodger and San Diego Padre great has garnered 18% of voter support, according to a new Emerson College Polling-Inside California Politics poll released Thursday. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) remains the front-runner to replace the late Senator Diane Feinstein with 25%. McClatchy…… MORE
REEDLEY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — EPA crews will spend far less time cleaning up the illegal Reedley lab than they planned for. The team arrived on Monday to begin clearing out hazardous materials and continued that work Wednesday. Moving trucks sat in front of the former illegal bio lab as teams packed them with chemicals from inside…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The man who died after being hit by a train in central Fresno has been identified as 66-year-old Leon Perez. It happened around 7 pm Tuesday in the area of Shields and Wishon Avenues. Police say Perez was found dead on the tracks. They are still working to figure out why he…… MORE
