(Photo courtesy: Kern County Fire) (KMJ) – Evacuation orders are issued for parts of Kern County after a wild fire sparks Tuesday afternoon south of the community of Havilah. The Peak Fire was first reported just before Noon north of Walker Basin Road. In the hours that followed, the Kern County Fire Department issued an evacuation…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno County Coroner’s Office identified a Fresno woman who was killed when her car was rear-ended on Highway 41 on Monday as 42-year-old Brandi Urena. The California Highway Patrol received a call of a four vehicle accident around noon on Monday. Officers said the collision took place as Urena…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Kingsburg City Councilmember Jewel Hurtado after being accused of DUI. The Fresno DA says Hurtado was driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or higher, driving under the influence of alcohol, and speeding. The DA’s…… MORE
PULGA, CA — Documents filed with the California Public Utilities Commission indicate that PG&E equipment may have started the Dixie Fire in the Feather River Canyon. The fire has burned 30,074 acres and is 15% contained. PG&E filed the documents Monday. In the documents, PG&E reports the Cresta Dam off of Highway 70 in…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) What was originally thought to be a murder-suicide has now evolved into a double murder investigation. 18 year old Robert Cotter is behind bars at Fresno County jail after being arrested Friday for the shooting deaths of his father and younger brother. The investigation began after a shooting at a home on W.…… MORE
Cause of California’s single largest wildfire ever is undetermined, fire officials say Despite an “exhaustive investigation,” the US Forest Service announced Friday the cause of the largest single fire in California’s recorded history is undetermined. The Creek Fire, which burned more than 379,000 acres in the mountains of Fresno and Madera counties for months last…… MORE
MERCED, CA (KMJ) – UC Merced held a virtual moment of silence at noon on Friday to remember a student killed in a hit-and-run crash on Monday night. UC Merced described 22-year-old Brian Chuc as caring and passionate. Chuc was from Los Angeles and had been living on campus, studying sociology and philosophy. At 8:00…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) All students, faculty, and staff heading to a University of California campus this fall will be required to have received the COVID-19 vaccine before returning, the UC system announced in a new policy Thursday. The policy effective Thursday, applies to patients, students, trainees, personnel, and all others who work and live in any of…… MORE
Associated Press: California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and young adults who recently left foster care with no restrictions on how they spend it. The votes — 36-0 in the Senate and 64-0 in the Assembly —…… MORE
California attorney, author, and conservative radio talk show host, Larry Elder said on Newsmax that California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be “scared to death” that he has entered the recall race in that state. “All I know is after the rumors got really loud that Larry might enter the race, all of a sudden (the) Service Employees International…… MORE
