FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Residents are being forced to vacate Hotel California, near Roeding Park. The hotel has been given notice by the City of Fresno to make repairs to heaters that pose an electrical hazard. The city says they’re working with the property owner to reduce the hazard. They say the owner is cooperating,…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The Mayoral baton has been passed. The transition from the Ashley Swearengin administration to the Lee Brand regime became official Thursday morning during a ceremony at Fresno City Hall. “To the people of Fresno,” began Ashley Swearengin, “I say it has been the honor of a lifetime to carry the vision of…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Central California Blood Center is encouraging blood donors to give immediately. Donors are in especially short supply because of the winter weather and cold/flu season. Here’s a list of Valley donation locations: Jenny Eller Donor Center – NW Fresno, 4343 Herndon Ave., Fresno, M-F 9a-6p, Sat. 9a-3p Fresno Donor Center,…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The official unemployment figure fluctuates throughout the year. However, according to a new WalletHub analysis, Fresno and much of the valley remain tough places to get a job. Fresno ranks 149th on the finance website’s list of 150 cities, right behind Detroit. It takes into account job opportunities, salaries, housing, and living…… MORE
(KMJ) Officials at Yosemite are warning visitors that they’re expecting possible flooding over the next few days — and the National Park could possibly close. The last time Yosemite flooded was exactly 20 years ago, January 1997, which caused significant damage to the park’s roads and campgrounds. Meantime, an avalanche warning has been issued by the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Barack Obama plans to transfer additional detainees from Guantanamo Bay, the White House said Tuesday, hours after President-elect Donald Trump warned against moving any more prisoners from the naval facility. “I would expect, at this point, additional transfers to be announced,” said Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary. He characterized…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A shift in policy to community based policing is just one of the promises from Fresno’s new Mayor Lee Brand. He was sworn in just after 9am Tuesday morning, in a ceremony inside Fresno City Hall, surrounded by a multitude of local politicians (including his former competitor H. Spees). “There’s about seven…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Significant wet weather is coming our way, with the snow pack on the mountains expected to benefit the most. As much as three feet of snow is expected to fall on the mountains above 7,000 feet by Thursday. The National Weather Service reveals that could increase even more by the end of…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Sutter Brown, the first dog of California, is dead at age 13 According to the Sac Bee, Sutter passed away peacefully Friday, December 30th with Governor Brown and the First Lady at his side. Sutter was laid to rest at the family ranch in Colusa County. The 13-year-old Welsh Corgi underwent…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Three calls, all in the space of 90 minutes, made for a busy Thursday night for Fresno Fire. “During the span of these three fires, we actually stopped responding to medical aids”, explains Fresno Fire Department’s Hector Vasquez. He reveals that the number of call outs meant they had to instead focus…… MORE
