SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s top financial executives say they still haven’t determined when the utility can start compensating victims of recent wildfires started by the utility’s equipment. Victims’ lawyers questioned PG&E executives during a bankruptcy meeting Monday in San Francisco. They wanted to know when the utility would file its…… MORE
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KMJ) – Another person comes forward with accusations of sex crimes against a South Valley Monsignor. Three people have accused 59-year-old Monsignor Craig Harrison of inappropriate contact. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno found one accusation to be unsubstantiated. According to the Diocese, they received the first report on April 12,…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says his department responded to four separate shootings late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. And three of those incidents happened less than 30 minutes apart. The most deadly of the shootings happened just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday near Ashlan and Fruit in Central Fresno. There, five people…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno State head football coach Jeff Tedford announced on Friday that he has informed the team senior Jorge Reyna will be the starting quarterback for the Bulldogs in 2019. “It’s important going into the summer to have leadership at that position,” Tedford said. “Jorge had a really great spring. He has…… MORE
UPDATE: The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office saying Friday that the suspect had been considered armed and dangerous, and was wanted by their AG Task Force for vehicle theft in Riverdale and two commercial burglaries in Coalinga and Laton. FCSO FLYER: On Sunday, April 7, 2019, during the early morning hours, a theft of a 2003…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says DNA testing has confirmed the identity of a body found in a burned out vehicle in an orchard in Huron. Deputies say the body of 62-year old Enrique Duran of Avenal was discovered inside a charred car near Palmer and El Dorado back on February…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — California Inspector General’s Office says a flagship prison medical facility built to improve the state’s substandard care, is itself providing poor treatment. A newly-released report gives an “inadequate” rating to the correctional health care facility in Stockton. The state spent $820 million to build the 6-year-old facility, which holds nearly 3,000 inmates,…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – State health officials say the number of measles cases is up in California this year and much of the increase is linked to overseas travel. Dr. Karen Smith, director of the California Department of Public Health, says the state recorded 38 measles cases as of Thursday, versus 11 around the same…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Madera county sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal plane crash. A single-engine plane was confirmed to have crashed in an empty field Thursday afternoon, in the area of Avenue 17 and Road 23. Two occupants were declared dead. Their names are being withheld, pending notification of next of kin.… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The Catholic Diocese of Fresno has placed a popular south valley priest on paid leave. An allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor has been made against Monsignor Craig Harrison, who’s the pastor of Saint Francis in Bakersfield. The diocese says it has reported the matter to the Firebaugh Police Department. Harrison…… MORE
