FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Central California Blood Center is seeing an increase in the need for blood and not nearly enough response. . That is a concern because only 6% of people are the “O” negative blood type. For information go to www.donateblood.org There are donation sites across the valley: Central California Blood Center Administrative…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The land purchase to make the West Fresno Campus a reality for the State Center Community College District has been approved by its Board. The green light was given during the meeting of the Board of Trustees on April 3rd, to purchase a 26 acre site on E. Church Ave between Martin…… MORE
SAN DIEGO (AP) – A Marine helicopter has crashed during a Southern California training mission and authorities believe all four crew members were killed. The military says the CH-53E Super Stallion went down shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday near El Centro. The helicopter was with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing out of the Miramar air…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Gubernatorial Candidate John Cox visits Fresno while on the campaign trail. The Fresno County Republican Party has endorsed John Cox as one gubernatorial candidate that will work with Jeff Sessions and the Trump Administration. Speaking in a press conference held Tuesday at the Robert E. Coyle Federal Courthouse, Cox says he…… MORE
(CNN) – California lawmakers proposed a dramatic change Tuesday in the standard under which police officers can use deadly force, in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark. Joined by the grandfather of the 22-year-old unarmed black man whose death last month has sparked days of protests in Sacramento, legislators announced a…… MORE
VISALIA (KMJ) — A burglary suspect has been put behind bars after he allegedly punched a Visalia Police K9, while officers were trying to apprehend him. Juan Padilla Jimenez is said to have thrown a river rock through the glass door of a bank at the city’s Mooney Boulevard and Caldwell Avenue around 4.15am Tuesday,…… MORE
[Photo: CCMC] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Clovis Community Medical Centers announces a $390-million dollar expansion. The Medical Centers’ Board of Trustees approved a four-year construction project that will add 144 private beds and expand several services. The 190,000-square-foot expansion project will feature a five-story bed tower and will add 15,000 square feet to the…… MORE
[Photo: CA DWR] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Department of Water Resources says late winter storms increased the Sierra Nevada snowpack by nearly double but not enough to put the state on track for an average year. Following one of the driest February’s in California history, Chief Of Snow Surveys Frank Gehrke measured the snow at Phillips…… MORE
[Photo: Merced County Sheriff’s Office] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Merced County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of the man killed in Friday’s officer-involved shooting in Atwater. During a news conference on Monday, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office said 42-year-old Timothy Breckenridge of Merced was shot and killed in a home during a probation compliance…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The National Weather Service has warned of another band of wet weather about to strike the Central Valley. Another surge of tropical moisture is due to arrive late this week, with the potential of some heavy rain, flooding, and debris flow. “The equatorial Pacific evaporates a lot of moisture up into the…… MORE
