FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A majority vote by inmates at the Coalinga State Hospital sways the vote over the City of Coalinga’s proposed Sales Tax Measure C. The tax hike was proposed to help prevent the loss of vital public safety services, and to protect other general services, saving dozens of jobs in the process. The…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A local pilot is taking part in a competition considered the NASCAR of the skies. The Air Race 1 World Cup sees small planes race around a tight circuit at speeds of approximately 250 mph in a bid to determine who can do it the fastest. The international event is being held…… MORE
CORNING, California (CNN) – Seven-year-old Gage did what the teachers said. He knew the drill. A gunman had emerged outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School in Northern California. He fired at the building. He got closer, and fired some more. Gage said he heard his class door being jostled. It was the bad man outside. He…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) -Today is the Great American Smoke-out held on the third Thursday of November. This year marks the 42nd Great American Smokeout intervention effort celebrating those that have quit, and offering resources for those who would like to kick the tobacco habit. Maria Robinson, Director of Communications from the American Cancer Society says tobacco…… MORE
Sen. Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It By Leeann Tweeden In December of 2006, I embarked on my ninth USO Tour to entertain our troops, my eighth to the Middle East since the 9/11 attacks. My father served in Vietnam and my then-boyfriend (and now husband, Chris) is a…… MORE
FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – A man who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Hawaii is caught in Stockton. 59 year-old Randall Saito was considered “extremely dangerous” by Hawaiian authorities, suffering from sexual sadism and necrophilia. Honolulu Police say on Sunday evening he had escaped from the Hawaii State Hospital. Somehow Saito managed to take a chartered…… MORE
MADERA (KMJ) — One of the two suspects wanted in the Tackle Box Gas Station and Mini Mart robbery and murder has been arrested. The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon by Madera County Sheriff’s Office, but Armitraj Singh Athwal was actually detained less than an hour after the incident Monday evening. Athwal was taken into…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The city manager of Selma has been charged with 13 felonies. The Fresno County DA’s Office says 56-year-old David Elias used city credit cards to make personal purchases, while he was the city manager of Fowler. If convicted, Elias faces up to 16 years in prison.… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A demand for an emergency audit of California’s High Speed Rail project is not about politics, but about transparency, says Assemblyman Jim Patterson. “I think whether you are for it or against it, whether you’re Democrat or Republican, this is public money at risk,” explained the local lawmaker. “This is huge swathes…… MORE
[van id=”us/2017/11/15/california-tehama-shooting-man-confronts-gunman.hln”] RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) – The gunman behind a rampage in Northern California was out on bail after being charged with stabbing a neighbor and had been the subject of a domestic violence call the day before. Neighbors also said they repeatedly reported to police that he had been firing off hundreds…… MORE
