FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Airports across the country, including Fresno Yosemite International Airport, are anticipating increased passenger activity during the 2018 winter holiday travel period. The Airline trade organization Airlines for America is projecting passenger volumes on U.S. airlines will exceed 2017 winter holiday travel by 5.2 percent during the 18-day travel period from…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown is suing to protect one of his signature actions in office, a voter-approved measure that allows most California prison inmates to seek earlier release and participate in rehabilitation programs. His administration filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a pending 2020 initiative that seeks to toughen criminal penalties as part…… MORE
MADERA, CA (KMJ) – A contractor from Oakhurst is accused of targeting older victims in Madera county – and there may be more. Beginning in August of 2018, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office received several reports of fraud regarding well pump services in various areas within Eastern Madera County. Detectives say 38-year-old…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno non-profit organization urgently needs Christmas toy donations. The Boys2MEN-Girls2Women Foundation is hosting their 6th Annual Toy Drive to help forgotten children in North Fresno communities. Their party is taking place at 4:00pm on December 21, when they will hand out the toys and provide food, and music…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An unlicensed driver is charged with felony hit and run, accused of running over a toddler in Southwest Fresno, then leaving the scene. The child turned out to be his step-niece. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said somebody called 911 just after 10:15 Tuesday morning, reporting a hysterical woman in the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Personnel from American Ambulance, Fresno Police, and others, spent the early hours of Wednesday morning walking the aisles of Target at Fresno’s River Park to ensure local children in need had a positive Christmas season. The first responders crowded into the store at 5am to select holiday gifts for approximately 200 local…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Neglect charges are filed against the mother who ordered her 8-year-old daughter to cross train tracks. Fresno Police say that caused the child, identified as Joyanna Harris, was killed by a train Monday, in Central Fresno. Earlier, Joyanna had been playing with a group of kids near the tracks at Diana…… MORE
VISALIA (KMJ) — Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has released the body cam footage of Monday’s officer involved shooting, one part of a two-day crime spree which spanned multiple Tulare County and resulted in the death of a suspect, two murders, two attempted murders, an armed robbery, gunfire targeting two homes and a high speed pursuit…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – It was called “A Reign of Terror” by Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, after a series of crimes left a wake of death and destruction in the South Valley over two days. “We have officers that could have been seriously injured or killed,” said Sheriff Boudreaux, “We also have…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — 38-year veteran state employee Jean Shiomoto is now set to retire as director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, amid calls for her to resign. Shiomoto has been under fire, as the DMV has been the subject of multiple controversies, including improperly registering thousands of people to vote. Shiomoto is scheduled to…… MORE
