Category Archives: Local News

CALTRANS Approves SB 1 Funding For More Than 100 Transportation Projects

CALTRANS Approves SB 1 Funding For More Than 100 Transportation Projects

  FRESNO, CA( KMJ) – Caltrans today announced that the California Transportation Commission (CTC) approved funding for more than 100 transportation projects funded entirely or at least partly by $690 million from SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. “These projects are a just a small portion of the key improvements we…MORE

Castro Rejects Restricting Employee Speech: “Where Would We Draw The Line?”

Castro Rejects Restricting Employee Speech: “Where Would We Draw The Line?”

FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno State faculty and staff have been officially welcomed back to campus, but the Fall Assembly took place under the shadow of what President Joseph Castro described as “turbulence” from earlier in the year. “While we have undoubtedly been on an upward trajectory in so many different ways, we are living in…MORE

K9 Finds Heroin In BMW, Merced CHP Looking For Driver

K9 Finds Heroin In BMW, Merced CHP Looking For Driver

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Merced CHP is looking for a driver who left two kilos of heroin behind. An officer pulled over a white BMW on August 17, and found the driver’s license was suspended. While he was impounding the car in a Burger King parking lot off Childs Avenue, just east of SR-99 in…MORE

Bodies of Missing Hiker, Park Employee, Located In Yosemite National Park

Bodies of Missing Hiker, Park Employee, Located In Yosemite National Park

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) –  The bodies of two people who went missing in Yosemite National Park have now been located.   The 48-year-old Scott Tenczar from San Jose was an Afghanistan veteran and an experienced hiker. He was last seen July 25th. Tenczar had been planning to backpack to Crown and Peeler Lakes when he…MORE

Full Containment Reached On Ferguson Fire

Full Containment Reached On Ferguson Fire

(KMJ) – After battling the Ferguson Fire for nearly 40 days in Mariposa County, fire crews say they fully contained the deadly blaze on Sunday. The cause of this fire, which began July 13th in the Merced River Canyon, remains under investigation.  But in the battle against it, two fire fighters, Braden Varney and Brian…MORE

South Valley Couple Accused in Attempted Axe Attack

South Valley Couple Accused in Attempted Axe Attack

(KMJ) – Visalia Police say a dispute between several transients ends with threats made with an axe and a knife. Officers were called to Mary’s Vineyard on the 1400 block of East Noble Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Saturday.  There, they say 47-year old Deanna Espino and her 49-year old husband, Anthony Espino, Jr., got into…MORE

Missing Yosemite National Park Employee Found Dead

Missing Yosemite National Park Employee Found Dead

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A National Parks Service employee who went missing in Yosemite Valley has been found dead. John Cogdell was last seen on Wednesday August 15th, in Upper Pines Campground.  His body was discovered Friday. The National Parks Service is not giving any details about his death.  MORE

Woman Accused of Abusing Foster Child, Arrested By Visalia Police

Woman Accused of Abusing Foster Child, Arrested By Visalia Police

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A woman is arrested in Visalia on Friday, accused of abusing her foster child. On August 12, around 2:30 p.m., Visalia Police were called out to the home on 1400 block of E. Sunnyview. Visalia Police say the foster mother, Darlene Valdovinos-Aguilera, told them the child had fallen. Police say…MORE

Chamber Says Public Safety Key – Opposes Measure P

Chamber Says Public Safety Key – Opposes Measure P

FRESNO (KMJ) — The ‘Fresno for Parks’ initiative, now known as Measure P, does not have the support of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber announced on Friday that not including funds for public safety meant it could not back the proposal. “Our organization wanted and hoped that all sides would come together and…MORE