FRESNO, CA (KMJ) The Fresno Grizzlies are looking for its next Major League Baseball parent club. The Grizzlies and the Houston Astros officially ended their affiliation on Sunday after four seasons. The PCL powerhouse Grizzlies had served as Houston’s Triple-A affiliate since 2015. “Affiliation shifts are more the rule than the exception, it’s often inevitable. …… MORE
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Marcus McMaryion ran for four touchdowns and passed for another as Fresno State snapped a 10-game losing streak against Power Five teams with a 38-14 victory over UCLA on Saturday at the Rose Bowl. The senior quarterback was 22 of 33 for 270 yards as the Bulldogs got their ninth win over a Pac-12 program…… MORE
FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – Two students at Carl Smith Middle School in Terra Bella are hospitalized after balloons filled with cocaine popped on campus Friday. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreux says the students found the balloons on the school’s playground around 8:40 a.m. on Friday. The white substance later identified as cocaine became airborne when the balloons…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Woodlake Police officer is being accused of sexual assault. On September 11, 2018, a woman told patrol officers with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office that she wanted to report a complaint on a Woodlake Police Officer, who she said had sexually-assaulted her. Investigators interviewed a number of people and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A fire retardant drop killed a Utah firefighter battling California’s largest blaze, according to a report released on Friday. Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett died in August while battling the Mendocino Complex Fire. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the force of the fire retardant drop from an…… MORE
[File: KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Gerawan Farming scores a major legal victory after a years long battle with the State Agricultural Labor Relations Board over a vote by employees whether or not to join the farmer workers union. Company President Dan Gerawan spoke on Ray Appleton’s show after the State Supreme Court turned…… MORE
BAKERSFIELD (KMJ/AP) — The man alleged to have killed five people, before turning the gun on himself, has been identified by Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Donny Youngblood says Javier Casarez used a .50 caliber handgun in the shootings, which started after 5pm Wednesday at a trucking business near Manwell Boulevard and Highway 58. A…… MORE
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FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Murder — spiking the latest crime trends in Fresno. Violent crime is up slightly year to date, date almost 2 percent, mostly aggravated assaults. Homicides were continuing a downward trend, 29.3% percent decrease in overall murders in Fresno, but in the last 28 days, five murders took place making the numbers…… MORE
[KMJ/Liz Kern] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno developer is asking for more money to run Granite Park. In 2016, under Mayor Ashley Swearengin, the City of Fresno announced a 25-year lease agreement with developer Terrance Frazier (above, 3rd from left) and TJ Cox, under their non-profit Central Valley Community Sports Foundation. In exchange for…… MORE
