FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The National Weather Service in Hanford expects temperatures to be at, or above, 105°F in Fresno for Saturday, June 23, 2018 and Sunday, June 24, 2018. As a result, the City of Fresno Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services (PARCS) Department will open its cooling centers for those days. Cooling…… MORE
FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – Board members from the Fresno County Office of Education vote to keep Kepler Neighborhood School open. After the vote on Thursday, June 21st, the school located on Fulton Street in Downtown Fresno posted on Facebook “We are Kepler strong!!!” Kepler had started the appeal process with the Fresno County Office of Education,…… MORE
\ FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Proposition 47 was passed by voters in 2014, but remains the subject of debate, including by Fresno’s Police Chief, speaking on a panel in the state capitol. At the meeting held Thursday, June 21st in Sacramento, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer, joined San Francisco DA George Gascón (below left), and…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno City Council has approved an ordinance which will allow construction to begin without full permits, in a bid to speed up residential, commercial, and industrial projects. The change would mean that, following the first round of comments on the plans and after establishing that the project is substantially acceptable, an at-risk…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Tulare County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man and woman suspected in more than a dozen recent burglaries. Saira Howell, 35, of Visalia was arrested on Tuesday after a high speed pursuit with deputies near Springville. Her alleged partner, Lyle Martin, 34, of Visalia was also nabbed. Investigators say Martin and…… MORE
[Photo: Mayor Lee Brand] FRESNO, CA – Mayor Lee Brand addressed a crowd of nearly nine hundred attendees, including elected officials, business and community leaders during Wednesday’s State of the City luncheon held in Downtown Fresno. The annual event, sponsored by the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, was the second State of the City address for…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Seven people were arrested in a joint law enforcement effort to remove drugs and guns from the streets.. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims and US Attorney for the Eastern District of California, McGregor “Greg” Scott made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday, June 20th at the Sheriff’s Office Headquarters. The…… MORE
TULARE (KMJ) — Tulare’s City Council has voted in a new mayor, following posts the previous one made on social media appearing to criticize the ag industry. In May, Carlton Jones wrote on Facebook that “ag strips the natural resources and contaminates our ground water and air.” At the time, he said it was one…… MORE
[van id=”politics/2018/06/20/trump-signs-executive-order-to-end-family-separations-bts.cnn”] WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) has issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive order to end the separation of families at the border. “The president’s executive order does not alleviate Congress of its responsibility to legislate. Separation of families is absolutely intolerable, and I urge my colleagues to…… MORE
FRESNO CA (KMJ) – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is sending out a warning about a phone scam. It says a man, pretending to be a Sheriff’s Sergeant, has been making phone calls to people in the county regarding outstanding warrants. According to information given to the Sheriff’s Office, the man identifies himself as…… MORE
