FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno County’s Kings Canyon Unified School District is a success story in student learning. California tested more than three million students in English Language Arts/Literacy and mathematics literacy, asking them to write clearly, think critically, and solve complex problems. State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson (below) announced the 2018 scores for…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Students at Clovis’ Buchanan High are mourning the loss of their English teacher — Ed Folsom. Clovis Unified says the 48-year-old passed away suddenly on Monday, October 1, 2018 after an illness. Folsom was also an improv coach, helping the school’s drama students. He started working at Buchanan High in the…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A South Fresno elementary school is a target — the latest is a case of arson. Around 7:45p.m. on Saturday, September 29, 2018, there were multiple fires set inside a classroom of Storey Elementary School at 5250 E. Church Avenue. “They’ve had issues with vandalism at the school…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — California’s voter registration has reach an all-time high heading into the November election. Secretary of State Alex Padilla says more than 19 million people are registered, which is nearly 76 percent of those who are eligible. The Golden State has not had such a large share of registered voters, since 77 percent…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A new agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, could be a boost to the Central Valley’s agricultural industry, according to the Fresno County Farm Bureau. President Donald Trump’s announcement of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Monday morning, or USMCA, specifically referenced farmers. “This new deal is an especially great victory for our…… MORE
[Photo: Dominic McAndrew/KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A 23-year-old Fresno man is killed by a train over the weekend, after a very public prior run-in with the law. “There was a collision at Blackstone and McKinley Sunday afternoon (September 30) involving a train and a person near the tracks,” said Fresno County Sheriff’s Spokesperson…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Department of Water Resources releases its annual water year recap. 2018 showed below-average precipitation, the DWR says it indicative of California’s ongoing transition to a warmer climate. The statewide snowpack — measured on April 1, 2018 — and based on more than 260 snow courses — was just…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Rain is coming to the Central Valley, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford. A low pressure system pushing its way in from the Central Coast is described as the cause of the expected precipitation. As much as half and inch of rain could fall from Tuesday morning through to Wednesday,…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California and the Trump administration are feuding over the state’s new internet neutrality law that aims to ensure a level playing field on the internet. The U.S. Justice Department sued California on Sunday over the new law just hours after Gov. Jerry Brown signed it. The law gives California the nation’s…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – California prison officials say weapons manufactured by inmates were used in a “large scale incident” that injured several inmates. Vicky Waters with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation tells the Fresno Bee that inmates at two of Avenal State Prison’s general population facilities took part in a large disturbance on…… MORE
