FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Big Fresno Fair and the Central California Blood Center will hold their special launch event on Tuesday, August 27, to officially kick off the 14th Annual “Pint for a Pass” Blood Drive. The blood drive will run through October 14. All donors will receive a “Buy One, Get One Free”…… MORE
ATWATER, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Three families are without a place to stay after a fire sparked at a mobile home park in Atwater. CAL FIRE and Atwater City Fire were called to the Jennings Mobile Home Park at about 4 am Wednesday on Crest near Bellevue. Crews say a palm tree and brush were on fire,…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The Fresno State campus is ready to welcome thousands of students Wednesday morning for the new semester. The university is welcoming more than 6,500 new undergraduate students for the first day of the Fall semester, with total enrollment projected to be just over 24,000 students. About 57 percent of Fresno State’s students…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man has been hospitalized after a shooting involving California Highway Patrol officers and a Fresno County Sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday afternoon. The shooting happened around 2:55 pm outside of a home in the area of Grant Avenue and Seventh Street. Fresno police say the CHP’s vehicle theft team was investigating a…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Two people have died following a crash in Fresno County. The California Highway Patrol says it happened before 1 am Wednesday at Belmont and Westlawn. Officers say a dune buggy was traveling on Westlawn with no lights when it collided with a semi-truck going east on Belmont. Belmont did not…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — An incoming storm has the potential to bring the first snow of the season to Fresno County this weekend. The National Weather Service in Hanford reports that the storm is expected to bring cooler temperatures, creating a chance for a dusting of snow in the highest elevations of the Sierra…… MORE
ATWATER, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The investigation into the death of an employee at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater has led to charges against three people, including one inmate. On August 9, correctional officer Marc Fischer became sick after coming into contact with a substance in the mail room, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Fischer was taken to…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — An investigation is underway after California Highway Patrol officers were involved in a shooting in Fresno on Tuesday afternoon. The shooting happened around 3:15 pm in the area of Grant Avenue and Seventh Street. It is unclear if the officers fired their weapons or if the suspect shot at them. Officials have…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Three people are displaced after an apartment unit caught fire in northeast Fresno. Fire crews responded around 6:30 am Tuesday to an apartment complex on 6th Street near San Ramon Avenue. Officials say flames were coming from a unit on the second story. Firefighters were able to knock down the fire and…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The man who was shot and killed in southwest Fresno has been identified as 21-year-old Christopher Worthy. Police say it happened after 1 am on August 17 near Santa Clara Avenue and B Street. Authorities say Worthy was involved in an argument before the shooting. Officers found him in front of an…… MORE
