FRESNO (KMJ) — Family members of Fresno County Correctional Officer Toamalama Scanlan, injured after last year’s jail lobby shooting, say they’re excited he’s out of intensive care. Scanlan was severely hurt after the incident in September 2016, which also saw fellow Correctional Officer Juanita Davila injured as well. She has since been released from care,…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — California State University trustees are expected to approve a 5 percent tuition increase, when they meet next week. For undergraduates, the cost would rise to $5,742; the price for credential programs would go up to $6,660. CSU officials estimate the increases should generate an additional $77 million in revenue, which they say…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — If you accidentally received a card containing $20, would you return it? According to the findings of a Dutch experiment, recently published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, the answer likely depends on how much money you already have. 180 households classified as wealthy, and 180 homes deemed poor, were sent…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The vote to ban recreational marijuana dispensaries in the City of Fresno has been put back to the end of April. The resolution, which also includes prohibiting operations and sales within city limits, was going to be heard on March 23rd. It was then scheduled for March 30th, and is now set…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno State President Joseph Castro writes on Twitter that ICE’s presence on campus Wednesday is for a scheduled career and internship expo only. The “Recruit Down the 99 and Beyond” event, taking place inside the Save Mart Center, is designed to match up students with opportunities to achieve their future career goals.…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Public Utilities Commission is handing out flyers this week, at the Washington, D.C. offices of the EPA and Dept. of Energy. The goal is to lure federal scientists, who are at odds with the Trump Administration and the Republican-led Congress, over climate change. Commission President Michael Picker says his message…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno police arrest three people from Stockton for stealing thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes from their victims. In all three Fresno-area robberies, the merchants were stocking up at Sam’s Club, spending up to $10k on cigarettes, and were then robbed at gunpoint back at their stores while unloading their trunks.…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A $2.5 million project to improve services at Fresno’s Poverello House, has broken ground. The demolition effort on the old food storage building is scheduled to start this week, with an up-to-date 19,000 square-foot warehouse being built in its place. It’s all part of the “Raise the Roof” campaign, to bolster what’s…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – It’s pi day – 3.14. The earliest known celebration of pi day was organized by a physicist in 1988 at the San Francisco Exploratorium. March 14 used to be a holiday for just mathematicians as both the date (3/14) and the value of pi – the ratio of the circumference of…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — State officials repairing the stretch of Highway 41 north of Fishcamp, which had been hindering access into Yosemite National Park, anticipate it being fully open by the end of this week. The south route into the Central Valley attraction was previously closed after rain damage. Drivers were advised to go a different…… MORE
