[Photo: Valley Children’s] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – WBC Champion Jose Ramirez will auction off a championship belt to raise funds for Valley Children’s Hospital. The belt is a one-of-a-kind replication of the exact same belt he won March 17, 2018, at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. The belt is signed by Ramirez, famed…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Ivanka Trump’s visit to the Central Valley, as part of an effort to bolster support for Republican political candidates in California, prompted protesters outside Fresno’s Harris Construction. Even before the President’s daughter arrived Monday morning, demonstrators had set up their signs and bullhorns in a bid to pass on their message to…… MORE
UPDATE: 4:15 p.m. – The derailed train has been cleared and roads are back up. FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A freight train derailment outside of madera, is causing delays for San Joaquins train. Two train engines and one railcar came off the tracks northeast of Madera. The derailed cars are blocking Avenue 12…… MORE
FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – The Department of Justice announced more than 2,300 suspected online child sex offenders have been arrested following a three-month long operation called “Broken Heart.” The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says it was one of 61 Internet Crimes Against Children task forces that took part in the operation. The task forces identified 195…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) – More than 20 people were displaced Friday afternoon by fire at an apartment near Fresno State. Multiple crews from Fresno Fire responded to the 2-alarm apartment fire. It broke out just before 3:00 at the apartment on 10th Street near Barstow and Cedar avenues. Fire officials say no one was hurt…… MORE
[Photo: Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A wildfire In Mariposa is forcing mandatory evacuations. Firefighters are battling a 35 acre wildfire called the “Boyer Fire” off Boyer Road and Fox Hollow Lane. It has reached the top of the ridge and backing down toward the Wire Ranch. Cal Fire says evacuations are in…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Fresno police are looking for a pickup truck and a man who police say is connected to multiple burglaries. Police say the burlaries happened at Mayfair Self Storage located at 3199 E McKinley Avenue. Police say the pickup truck appears to be a white extended cab Ford F-260 with a silver…… MORE
UPDATE: Pipe bomb situation now over in Merced. The Bomb squad wrapped up its investigation just before 2:00 pm Friday. “Thankfully, the Merced Police Department Bomb Squad came out with a robot, we were able to x-ray it, determine it wasn’t a danger, and then once we opened it up we were able to determine it was…… MORE
[Photo: FBI] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Virtual Kidnapping, a phone scam to con money out of victims, is hitting close to home. Jim Munson is the father of on-air radio personality Erica Pierce (photo below) from KMJ’s sister station Kiss Country 93.7. “Starts off with a girl screaming, and crying hysterically saying; ‘Hi Dad,…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno City Council has voted to move forward with a Cannabis Business License Tax, which saw strong words both for and against the motion vocalized inside Fresno City Hall. Those in support cited the financial benefits and increased revenue for the City of Fresno. Those against spoke about the impact on neighborhoods…… MORE
