Category Archives: Local News

Two Baby Colobus Make Their Debut At Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo

Two Baby Colobus Make Their Debut At Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo

(KMJ) — The Chaffee Zoo announced on Monday that two baby colobus have made their debut. Lyn Myers, General Curator with the Fresno Chaffee Zoo says the Zoo is very excited to add two new members to our colobus troop, and cannot wait to see these babies grow and develop with the help of their…MORE

Controversial Photo Prompts Policy Changes Within Fresno Unified

Controversial Photo Prompts Policy Changes Within Fresno Unified

(KMJ) – Administrators at Fresno Unified say they are now making changes to District policies as a result of the controversy surrounding a picture that appears to show a student wearing a makeshift KKK hood. The picture circulated through social media Thursday, and appears to have been taken in a weight room at Bullard High…MORE

Scorpions World Tour Set to Rock the Save Mart Center

Scorpions World Tour Set to Rock the Save Mart Center

(KMJ) – Scorpions, one of the most iconic and influential hard rock bands of all time will return to North America on the Rock Believer World Tour with special guests Whitesnake, who are now on their Farewell tour. Rolling Stone describes Scorpions as the “heroes of heavy metal”, and MTV called them “Ambassadors of Rock”.…MORE

CAL FIRE Plans Prescribed Burn Along Highway 41 in Coarsegold

CAL FIRE Plans Prescribed Burn Along Highway 41 in Coarsegold

Coarsegold, CA – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), in cooperation with California Highway Patrol, CAL TRANS, Pacific Southwest Research Station / Fresno State University, Private Landowners, and San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, aim to reduce large conflagrative fires and high suppression costs, to the citizens of California, by…MORE

CHP Helicopter Rescues 2 Stranded Boaters Off San Joaquin River

CHP Helicopter Rescues 2 Stranded Boaters Off San Joaquin River

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A CHP Helicopter safely transports stranded boaters off of the San Joaquin River. At 1:30 pm Wednesday, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a capsized canoe on the San Joaquin River. Two young men had launched it from Lost Lake and their watercraft later flipped. They had life…MORE

Applications Being Accepted for Fresno Women’s Commission

Applications Being Accepted for Fresno Women’s Commission

Fresno, CA- The City of Fresno is accepting applications to serve on the Fresno Women’s Commission established at the April 28th, 2022 City Council meeting. Those appointed to the Women’s Commission will advise the City Council on issues affecting women and girls in the City of Fresno. The Women’s Commission will be made up of…MORE

16th Annual International Female Ride Day – This Saturday

16th Annual International Female Ride Day – This Saturday

(KMJ) – On Saturday, May 7, 2022, Central Valley female riders join participants in a worldwide synchronized women’s ride that takes place in over 120 Countries and six continents. This 16th Annual International Female Ride Day highlights female motorcycle riders, their growing interest in Powersports, accelerates kinship, and enables and empowers women through motorcycling. Riders…MORE

California’s Population Shrinks,  Again

California’s Population Shrinks, Again

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California’s population shrinks, again. The state population declined 0.3% last year, losing 117, 552 residents between Jan. of 2021 and 2022, according to the State’s Department of Finance. California’s total population is now 39,185,605 residents. Most counties lost population, including Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange. Population growth remained strong in…MORE

Former Bulldog and NFL Star Arrested for DUI in Idaho

Former Bulldog and NFL Star Arrested for DUI in Idaho

(KMJ) – Lorenzo Neal, former Fresno State and National Football League star, was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence. The 51-year-old was taken into custody Saturday in Garden City, Idaho on DUI charges. This is the second DUI arrest for Neal, who had he Bulldog jersey number retired by Fresno…MORE

Reward Offered for Tips in Murder of Kings County Woman

Reward Offered for Tips in Murder of Kings County Woman

(KMJ) – The family of a South Valley woman hopes a new reward prompts someone to come forward with information on the murder of a loved one. Here are the details, as released by the California Highway Patrol: April 7, 2020, at approximately 2:13 p.m., the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) personnel located and…MORE