FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – PG&E recently approved a rate increase that will cost average customers nearly $400 more, prompting a Valley Assemblyman to fight back. January 1st, the average PGE household bill will see a 13% increase to about $32.50 a month or nearly $400 extra per year. With rates based on income, even households…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Dinuba principal has bonded out of jail after being arrested for his role in a suspected DUI crash near Reedley. The CHP says they arrested 43-year-old Dinuba resident Blake Benham Sunday night following a crash on Road 56 near Avenue 430. He is listed on the Kennedy Elementary website…… MORE
MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office has announced it found a body it believes is missing Madera County woman, Wendy Pullins. Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese announced the discovery in a news conference Friday afternoon. Briese says detectives, with the help of the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue team,…… MORE
PASADENA, Calif. — Audra McDonald will serve as grand marshal of the 135th Rose Parade next year. The 53-year-old actor and singer was introduced Friday on the lawn of Tournament House in Pasadena. “As a California kid raised in Fresno – very proud to be from Fresno – the new year was always ushered in…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Fresno State football head coach Jeff Tedford will miss the team’s upcoming bowl game due to health concerns. Tedford told the team Friday morning that he will be stepping away from his role, effective immediately. Action News has learned that this move is only temporary and that Tedford plans on returning…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — 67-year-old Roger Johnson has been found guilty of second-degree murder of his Yokuts Valley tenant, Gary Smith. Johnson learned his guilty verdict late Friday afternoon. He was found not guilty of first-degree murder. Johnson was on trial for murder after Smith died in the Yokuts Valley area of Fresno County…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) As heard live on KMJ Thursday evening, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom faced off with presidential candidate and Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. The two had been trading barbs for months over a number of issues. Dubbed the “Red State vs. Blue State Debate” by Fox News, the two rival Governors squared…… MORE
CLOVIS, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Clovis police have two suspects in custody, accused of mail theft. Police say they got a report of the theft from a community mailbox in a neighborhood near Locan and Bullard. A short time later, an officer spotted a Honda pickup matching the description of the one from the theft and…… MORE
USC freshman Bronny James has been cleared by doctors to return to basketball just over four months after he suffered cardiac arrest at a summer workout. The eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will have a final evaluation with USC staff this week with the plan to resume practicing next week and…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The man who was shot and killed in central Fresno has been identified as 51-year-old Luis Valencia. The shooting happened around 10 pm on November 27th, by the Parc Grove Apartments in the area of Clinton and Drexel Avenues. When police arrived, they found Valencia suffering from a gunshot wound. He was…… MORE
