Category Archives: Local News

Hockey Is Coming Back To Downtown Fresno At Selland Arena

Hockey Is Coming Back To Downtown Fresno At Selland Arena

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The City of Fresno and the Fresno Monsters have come to an agreement announcing that hockey is coming to Downtown Fresno’s Selland Arena. Fresno Mayor Lee Brand calls it one more positive thing for the downtown area, speaking during a press conference Tuesday at the Selland Arena. “Glad we worked…MORE

Smoke From Ferguson Fire Causing Large Sections Of Yosemite National Park To Close

Smoke From Ferguson Fire Causing Large Sections Of Yosemite National Park To Close

FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – Smoke from the Ferguson Fire is causing Yosemite National Park to close large sections of the park on Wednesday. Yosemite National Park announces Yosemite Valley and Wawona will close at Noon, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, to all visitors due to the ongoing impacts of the Ferguson Fire. These closures include all hotels, campgrounds,…MORE

Help Sought To Return Stolen Antique Autocycle

Help Sought To Return Stolen Antique Autocycle

(KMJ) – Fresno’s Help Eliminate Auto Theft (H.E.A.T.) Task force is now asking for help to return an antique autocycle recovered in Los Angeles County. Investigators say a rare 1900 Excelsior Autocycle was found at a home in Southern California last week.  Investigators believe the bike was stolen from the Fresno area in January 2011.…MORE

Funeral Service For Fallen Firefighter Braden Varney

Funeral Service For Fallen Firefighter Braden Varney

A memorial service will take place Monday at 11:00 a.m. for fallen Cal Fire Firefighter Braden Varney. Braden died while battling the Ferguson Fire on Saturday. Monday’s celebration of life service held for Varney will be held at the at the house Modesto on Coffee Road in Modesto. An outside ceremony will begin at 10:30…MORE

How You Can Help Crews Battling The Ferguson Fire

How You Can Help Crews Battling The Ferguson Fire

  (KMJ) – The Ferguson Fire continues to grow in Mariposa County near Yosemite National Park.  More than 3,000 fire personnel are working to contain this blaze as it burns in the Merced River Canyon. If you wish to help these crews, here are a few things you can do. Most appreciated by firefighters: ·…MORE

Serial Bank Robber from Fresno Commits Suicide After Heist

Serial Bank Robber from Fresno Commits Suicide After Heist

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  One of the FBI’s most-wanted bank robbers turns out to be a man from Fresno. The suspect known as the “Faux Badge Bandit” struck again in near Santa Barbara on Friday, but that would be his last heist. 41 year old Keith Goodwin of Fresno took his own life with a self…MORE

F.U.S.D. Teacher’s Aide Sentenced For Lewd Acts With Student

F.U.S.D. Teacher’s Aide Sentenced For Lewd Acts With Student

[Photo: Fresno PD] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno Unified teacher’s assistant is sentenced Friday, July 20, for felony charges of lewd acts. The 22-year-old was a 4th-grade tutor at the time when he met the victim, a student at Olmos Elementary School where he was working. The lewd acts occurred between August of 2015…MORE

Fresno Hospital Asks For Help Identifying Woman, Finding Her Family

Fresno Hospital Asks For Help Identifying Woman, Finding Her Family

FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) – Community Regional Medical Center is asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman. Hospital officials are looking for the family of the patient as Fresno Police do not know who she is. The woman did not have identification on her and her fingerprints didn’t reveal anything. She was found floating…MORE

Evacuation Advisory For Residents Of Foresta Near Ferguson Fire

Evacuation Advisory For Residents Of Foresta Near Ferguson Fire

Evacuation Advisory For Residents Near Ferguson Fire UPDATE 7/20/2018 11:18 a.m. FIRE ADVISEMENT FOR FERGUSON FIRE AREA WHAT: Evacuation Advisory WHEN: Effective Immediately WHERE: Foresta This is NOT an Evacuation Order. This is an advisement only of a potential Evacuation Order for the community of Foresta should conditions change. Highway 140 remains closed from El…MORE

Mexican National Arrested On Charges Of Producing Fake Social Security And Green Cards

Mexican National Arrested On Charges Of Producing Fake Social Security And Green Cards

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment Thursday against a Mexican national living illegally in Fresno, accused of producing and selling fake identification documents. 58-year-old Fernando Hernandez-Hernandez is charged with making fraudulent social security and green cards. According to court documents, in March and May 2018, Hernandez-Hernandez manufactured and sold…MORE