[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, 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 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
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
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Community meetings have been set up for residents in Mariposa and Wawona. The Unified Commanders, US Forest Service, CAL FIRE, and Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, along with the National Park Service will be hosting a community meeting to discuss the current situation of the Ferguson Fire. Both meetings will be held…… MORE
[Photo: NAPVA] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Athletes will be soaring to new heights in Old Town Clovis. World-class athletes from across the country will be in Clovis on July 20th, as they compete for the top spot at the 24th Annual North American Pole Vaulting Championships. Old Town Clovis could see at least 10,000 people…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Lemoore Police say an alleged auto thief from Hanford used the Offer-up phone app to peddle property from the vehicle. On Sunday, July 15th, around 7:40a.m., Lemoore Police Officers got a report of a stolen vehicle, which was located later in the 20,000 block of Hanford-Armona Road. Later that same…… MORE
(KMJ) – Cal Fire’s Madera-Mariposa-Merced unit announces funeral services for the heavy equipment operator Braden Varney. The 36-year old was killed early Saturday while battling the Ferguson Fire near Yosemite National Park. Cal Fire says his Funeral is open to the public. Cards, flowers, and donations for the Varney family can be mailed to: CAL…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Fresno Police Department) (KMJ) – 30 pounds of methamphetamine are discovered by Fresno Police K-9 Officer Buster to help wrap up a month-long investigation into Mexican drug traffickers. The find was made around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday by the Department’s Major Narcotic Team along with Department of Justice’s High Impact Investigation Team (HIIT Team). It…… MORE
[Photo: John Cox/Twitter] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California gubernatorial candidates are stumping this week in the Central Valley. Speaking of what he calls the state’s “unaffordability crises,” Republican John Cox held a press conference Wednesday at the Friant-Kern Canal in Sanger, talking water and housing. “Visiting one of the most important sources of water conveyance…… MORE
