FRESNO (KMJ) – It started at the Hanford Home Depot on Monday. Lemoore police responded to a shoplifting report, officers tracking down the getaway car driving westbound on State Route 198 at 19th Ave., the driver wouldn’t pull over and a 20-minute chase was on. 26-year-old Sean Frain of Visalia was driving, he finally stopped…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ News) — A Clovis man is dead, and his wife is in the hospital, after they were struck by a red-light runner in San Francisco. KMJ’s Matt Otstot reports:… MORE
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) – Watermelons are set to replace piglets in an annual event celebrating agriculture at a California fair. The Press Democrat reported Saturday that the Sonoma County Fair has eliminated the pig scramble from Farmers Day due to rising public concern and protests over animal welfare. In the long-running event at the…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — While formal education doesn’t inherently yield intelligence, a degree may help optimize natural intellect. A new WalletHub analysis looks at degree attainment, as a measurement of the smartest and dumbest cities, along with university quality, the racial education gap, and the gender education gap. The valley doesn’t score particularly well, with Fresno…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is introducing a bill responding to water crises across the country. The senator from California says the “Water Justice Act” being introduced Monday is meant to ensure the country’s water supply is safe, affordable and sustainable. Harris would invest nearly $220 billion in clean and safe drinking…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Important High Speed Rail documents disappear, now a local assemblyman is asking why, and demanding their return. Fresno Assemblyman Jim Patterson is demanding the return of thousands of pages of public records that were removed from the California High Speed Rail Authority website last month. “In the dead of night, without notifying…… MORE
(KMJ) – A collision Sunday Night in Southeast Fresno kills a father of five and lands a 31-year old behind bars. Fresno Police say this all happened just before 10 p.m. Sunday at Kings Canyon and Maple. There, officers say a vehicle driven by 31-year old Gustavo Blanco ran a stop sign and collided with…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ News) — A newly-released report clears embattled Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic of racial discrimination, but says that he violated a trio of board policies, during an encounter with an Army recruiter earlier this year at Bullard High. It says Slatic violated policies on management oversight, governance standards, and limits of board member…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – This weekend marks the half-century anniversary of the moon landing, and everyone from the president to professors at Fresno State are marking the occasion. President Donald Trump commemorated the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon at an oval office meeting with former Apollo 11 astronauts. The group included Buzz…… MORE
(AP) — Police departments around the country are partnering with the doorbell camera company Ring in an effort to fight crime and create a sort of modern-day neighborhood watch. But critics say the partnerships raise privacy concerns and turn neighborhoods into places of constant surveillance. They also say Ring, a subsidiary of Amazon, appears to be…… MORE
