FRESNO (KMJ) — The bands of precipitation forecast for the Central Valley have prompted both a Winter Storm Warning in the Sierra Nevada above 5000 feet, and a Wind Advisory in the lower elevations. Both are in effect from Wednesday evening until Thursday morning. The wet weather associated has also renewed flooding concerns in the…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno State continues to position itself as a leader in water and AG technology. On Tuesday, it kicked off the Blue Tech Valley Cluster – which will expand plug and play space for entrepreneurs and 64 internships, The cluster is the result of a $5 million dollar grant from the California Energy…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno Grizzlies are pushing the “Fresno Tacos” brand even further in 2017. Just like last year, the Grizzlies will be the “Fresno Tacos” every Taco Tuesday home game. But, this year they will also be the “Fresno Tacos” if they’re on the road on a Tuesday. The team’s big announcement…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Mary Williams was the Chief Executive Officer of Aeroplate Corporation, an engineering and contracting firm in Fresno. According to court documents, from June of 2011 to last November, 70 year-old Williams embezzled over $500,000 from an employee pension plan. One plan asset was real estate appraised at over $900,000 in value. According to…… MORE
TULARE (KMJ) — The ban on recreational marijuana in Tulare County has been extended until the end of 2018. The unanimous decision made by Tulare County’s Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning extended an interim ordinance prohibiting commercial non-medical marijuana activity. It also stops any outdoor cultivation of non-medical marijuana on private grounds, and indoor growing…… MORE
About 80 volunteers from both Kaiser Permanente and Hands On were painting, cleaning, organizing and landscaping the grounds of the non-profit Stone Soup Fresno. Scott Shimamoto is Kaiser’s Area Pharmacy Director, and was one of the volunteers. “They’ve been redoing some of the rooms, and we have been doing outside trim work and we redid…… MORE
(CNN) – Authorities have arrested the wife of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen in connection with their investigation into the June mass shooting, FBI spokesman Prentice Danner said. Noor Salman was arrested in the San Francisco area Monday morning, Danner said. Salman, who married Mateen in 2011, came under increasing scrutiny as authorities investigated Mateen,…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help naming a horse. The newest member of their mounted patrol is without an identity, and time is running out to put your suggestion into the metaphoric hat. “We’d like to get him officially named in the spring, because his certification to be part…… MORE
COALINGA, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says deputies are on scene of a plane accident in Coalinga. Deputies say the plane was actually never airborne – it had problems on takeoff, slid off the runway and into some mud in a field off Highway 145 and Napa Road. The Sheriff’s Office says…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The war-torn country of Ukraine is soon to receive its very first bloodmobile. The vehicle itself is from the Central Valley, specifically the Central California Blood Center. “We’ve been blessed,” explains CEO Dean Eller. “It’s a blessing to be able to pass this on to another country, a country that needs it…… MORE
