FRESNO (KMJ) — Crews working on behalf of PG&E are now at work across the Central Valley, to make sure errant tree-branches are taken care of before they cause a power outage. “So this week especially, we’ve increased patrols looking for hazard trees,” reveals the energy company’s Denny Boyles. “Essentially to remove the risk of…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Teens at Clovis West High School are being shown the dangers of distracted driving during California Teen Safe Driving Week. On Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol, AT&T and Impact Teen Drivers held an assembly at the high school with a virtual reality simulator to show them first hand the dangers of…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Legislation calling for the elimination of so-called “money bail” has cleared its initial hurdle in Sacramento. The Senate Public Safety Committee approved the bill Tuesday, which would replace county bail schedules with “pretrial services,” to determine whether a defendant’s release is a threat to the public. Proponents of the measure believe too…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — One-third of drivers are unable to pay for an unexpected car repair without taking on debt, according to a new AAA survey, which says 64 million motorists fail to adequately estimate the price of owning a vehicle, which averages $8,500 a year. The survey comes as Gov. Jerry Brown and top Democratic…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A caution for parents -twisted YouTube videos are tricking children. Trolls are posting fake children’s videos can be found on YouTube and YouTube Kids. They feature lookalikes of favorite characters – such as Elsa from “Frozen” or Spider-Man and Peppa the Pig, but the videos are edited to become violent or…… MORE
PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KMJ) — Porterville PD have arrested 20-year-old Santa Cristina Pablo, in the alleged killing her 4-year-old niece. Pablo is accused of suffocating the girl. The motive remains unclear. She’s been booked into the Tulare County Jail. … MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Californians are still conserving water according to February’s conservation results. Urban Californians reduced their water usage by just over 25% percent in February, according to numbers released Tuesday from the State Water Resources Board. That’s better than a year ago, when the savings rate was only at 11%. Under the old rules,…… MORE
VISALIA (KMJ) — A local emergency has been declared in Tulare County by its Board of Supervisors, in response to flood damage brought on by the recent wet winter. “I know there have been some areas where some roads have washed out, in the southern county area”, reveals the Board of Supervisors Amy Shuklian. “I…… MORE
[Photo: NPS] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A new website is launched to protect the Yosemite National Park’s iconic black bears. Yosemite Park Spokesperson Scott Gediman says the website KeepBearsWild.org launched by Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Conservancy is the only one of its kind in the National Park Service. [Photo: NPS] It features the Park…… MORE
(KMJ/AP) Will the Golden State become a sanctuary state? Quite possibly. On Monday afternoon the California Senate voted in favor of controversial legislation that would declare California a “sanctuary state”. Not surprisingly, SB 54 was ok’d on a party-line vote. 27 Democrats voted in favor and 12 Republicans against the bill that supporters call the…… MORE
