FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Seeking to increase trust between communities and law enforcement, Democratic California Assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco has introduced a bill to make footage of police encounters believed to be of interest to the public more easily accessible. Ting’s measure seeks clear guidelines for releasing such recordings up and down the entire…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Crime may be down in Fresno but murder is up, with 37 this year, it’s almost as many as in all of 2016. Three shootings this week have left two men dead in less than 24 hours. A 49-year old Hispanic man was killed on the 2200 block of East Tyler near…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The battle against illegal fireworks in the City of Fresno will now look at targeting those selling them. “The trend we are beginning to see…is more aggressive, blatant, sales,” reveals Fresno Fire’s Deputy Fire Marshall and Chief of Investigations Don MacAlpine. “What I intend to do with our unit is become much…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – U.S. Senator Kamala Harris visited the Central Valley Wednesday to discuss agriculture issues facing farmers. The Senate Democrat joined Representative Jim Costa, Fresno City Council members and local ag leaders at Fowler Packing Company to discuss water storage, immigration, health care and other issues facing farmers. Senator Harris said she wanted…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – More pets become lost during the July 4th holiday than any other time of the year, and many have ended up at the Central California SPCA on Hughes. Their average for the 4th is 200 animals, so far 90 pets have come in, and 25 to 30 animals came in dead on…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fireworks, and the subsequent fires kept Central Valley fire departments busy on the 4th of July – a 65 percent increase from 2016 in the number of fires. Fresno Fire had to temporarily suspend response to medical emergencies —because there were so many calls. 325 calls says Cal Fire…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Funeral details have now been finalized for the man credited with making Downtown Fresno’s Poverello House the shelter it is today. Mike “Papa Mike” McGarvin died on Saturday July 1st at the age of 73. He passed away surrounded by friends and family in his home on the Poverello House campus. “We’re…… MORE
YOSEMITE (KMJ) — A red-flag warning has been issued due concerns that forecast storms could spark off new wildfires in the Sierra Nevada. The advisement period is set for Wednesday between 1pm and 11pm. “We do have some mid to upper level moisture, coming in from the south,” explains National Weather Service meteorologist Modesto Vasquez.…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputies are warning of a possible abductor in the Caruthers area after a woman has an encounter with a suspicious suspect. This incident took place at Valley Food Market on the 2200 block of West Tahoe Avenue in Caruthers on June 26th. Deputies say the suspect was driving a silver 2014…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A suspect is yet to be identified following an early morning homicide in Central Fresno. Officers were alerted to shots being fired at around 4.30am, and a man was found with serious injuries at Glenn and Harvard Avenues. Medical equipment was seen strewn around a blue SUV, which was left in the…… MORE
