FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – Two students at Carl Smith Middle School in Terra Bella are hospitalized after balloons filled with cocaine popped on campus Friday. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreux says the students found the balloons on the school’s playground around 8:40 a.m. on Friday. The white substance later identified as cocaine became airborne when the balloons…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Woodlake Police officer is being accused of sexual assault. On September 11, 2018, a woman told patrol officers with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office that she wanted to report a complaint on a Woodlake Police Officer, who she said had sexually-assaulted her. Investigators interviewed a number of people and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A fire retardant drop killed a Utah firefighter battling California’s largest blaze, according to a report released on Friday. Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett died in August while battling the Mendocino Complex Fire. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the force of the fire retardant drop from an…… MORE
[File: KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Gerawan Farming scores a major legal victory after a years long battle with the State Agricultural Labor Relations Board over a vote by employees whether or not to join the farmer workers union. Company President Dan Gerawan spoke on Ray Appleton’s show after the State Supreme Court turned…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown started his global climate summit Thursday by saying President Donald Trump will likely be remembered as a liar and a fool when it comes to the environment. Brown, a Democrat, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke at a news conference on the first full…… MORE
BAKERSFIELD (KMJ/AP) — The man alleged to have killed five people, before turning the gun on himself, has been identified by Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Donny Youngblood says Javier Casarez used a .50 caliber handgun in the shootings, which started after 5pm Wednesday at a trucking business near Manwell Boulevard and Highway 58. A…… MORE
[van id=”van/ns-acc/2018/09/12/PY-19WE_CNNA-ST1-1000000004c4881a”] (CNN) – Just as Hurricane Florence closes in on the Southeast, the area covered by hurricane-force winds has doubled — meaning far more people will get blasted with winds topping 73 mph. By late Thursday afternoon, the Carolina coasts can expect winds stronger than 80 mph. And that’s just the prelude to untold…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) The California Supreme Court turned down an appeal by the Agricultural Labor Relations Board to review a lower court ruling on counting employee votes. It’s been five years ago since Gerawan Farming employees cast votes to decide whether or not they should be part of the United Farm Workers union. Dan Gerawan says…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Murder — spiking the latest crime trends in Fresno. Violent crime is up slightly year to date, date almost 2 percent, mostly aggravated assaults. Homicides were continuing a downward trend, 29.3% percent decrease in overall murders in Fresno, but in the last 28 days, five murders took place making the numbers…… MORE
[KMJ/Liz Kern] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno developer is asking for more money to run Granite Park. In 2016, under Mayor Ashley Swearengin, the City of Fresno announced a 25-year lease agreement with developer Terrance Frazier (above, 3rd from left) and TJ Cox, under their non-profit Central Valley Community Sports Foundation. In exchange for…… MORE
