FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Teachers and students in Fresno Unified are participating in cyber safety lessons this week. Fresno Unified has seen it’s share of social media mistakes by students – a recent black eye for the district over a blackface. In June, a video of a Bullard High School student in blackface went…… MORE
FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – Following last week’s historic statewide safety power shutoffs, PG&E may be shutting off power to thousands again this week. The company said in a press release “due to the forecasted extreme weather conditions and dry fuels, PG&E is considering proactively turning off power for safety, and implementing a public safety power shutoff,…… MORE
(KMJ) – A 40-year old Fresno man is now in custody, accused of killing him mother insider her East Central Fresno home. Fresno police say paramedics were called to a home on the 2200 block of North Price Avenue around Noon Saturday for reports of an injured woman. But when they arrived, they found 56-year…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two teens for the murder of another teenager Friday night in Earlimart. Deputies say 16-year old Ignacio Lemus was found shot to death around 10:30 pm Friday near Howard and Washington. Then, Saturday morning around 9 a.m., Deputies arrested 18-year-old Jesus Fernandez of Earlimart and 19-year-old Vanessa Macias of Alpaugh during a traffic stop.…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California’s top utilities regulator says she’s astounded by the lack of basic preparation Pacific Gas & Electric officials took in readying for a pre-emptive power shut-off that affected more than 2 million people. California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer said at an emergency meeting Friday that the utility failed on…… MORE
(AP) — Johnson & Johnson is recalling a single lot of its baby powder as a precaution after testing found trace amounts of asbestos in one bottle bought online. The recall announced Friday comes as J&J fights thousands of lawsuits in which plaintiffs claim its iconic baby powder was contaminated with asbestos and that it…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A warrant has been issued for a Madera man involved in a construction zone crash in Nebraska that killed three people. Kenneth Kratt, 34, of Madera, California, has been charged in Nebraska with three counts of felony manslaughter. Charging documents accuse Kratt of driving recklessly at the time of the…… MORE
(Photo Courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office ) (KMJ) – An accused Fresno County serial killer entered a “not guilty” plea while appearing in court Thursday. 33-year old Buford King is an Army veteran who served in Iraq. But the Squaw Valley man is now accused of killing 35 year old Aleksey Shelest and 62 year old…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The California Senate will investigate a California utility’s process for cutting off power to more than 2 million people to prevent wildfires. In a memo to the Senate Democratic Caucus on Thursday, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins asked the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee to “begin investigating and reviewing…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – With the Great Shake-Out, and Alert Systems, California is preparing for earthquakes. Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the 6.9 Loma Prieta quake that ravaged the Bay area in 1989, a magnitude 3.7 quake struck Thursday, just before 8: 00 a.m. south of Hollister. It was the third day in a…… MORE
