A program to prevent impaired driving and reduce alcohol and drug-impaired traffic fatalities and injuries Is getting funding through the Fresno County DA’s Office. In 2013 there were 36 deaths and 273 serious injuries as a result of DUI crashes in the County. The $717,150 grant to the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office will…… MORE
Fabian Mansanalez – a man who contributed to the murder of a Biola farmer – has been sentenced. Raisin farmer George Salwasser Junior was shot back in may of 2014, when he found people trying to take the tires off of a stolen pick-up truck. Now, the auto thief will spend the next seven years…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Fresno Unified School Board held an urgent, closed-session meeting Tuesday night. The agenda for the School Board’s meeting included only one item – consider three cases of potential litigation. The Board discussed hiring an attorney to represent Superintendent Michael Hanson, Chief Financial Officer Ruthie Quinto, and Chief Operations officer Karin Temple. The…… MORE
CNN Julian Zelizer: Dems’ startling contrast with GOP debate The contrast between the Democratic debate in Las Vegas and the first two times the Republican candidates met was striking. Those debates frequently looked like a political version of reality television. Donald Trump thrived in large part because of the overall quality of the discussions. “Unless…… MORE
By Faith Karimi and Steve Almasy CNN Former NBA star Lamar Odom, who won two championships and later married reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, is hospitalized after he was found unconscious at a brothel in Nevada. Odom was found unresponsive at the Love Ranch in Crystal on Tuesday, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said. “He…… MORE
UPDATE: Deputies arrested Julia Galot, 43 (LEFT) and Elizabeth Ortiz, 34 (PICTURED RIGHT). The two sisters have been booked into the Fresno County Jail. They face possible charges of marijuana cultivation and intent to sell marijuana. Two sisters are in custody after Fresno County Sheriff’s make a marijuana bust in Kingsburg. Fresno County Sheriff’s Narcotics…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Six counts of allegedly touching young students inappropriately have been levied against a former janitor at a Fresno Unified school. Fresno Police say they arrested Benjamin Wong, after receiving a complaint from a parent at Norseman Elementary where the crimes allegedly took place. Officers say they date back to 2013, but doesn’t…… MORE
In the summer of 1878, William H. Bonney, was playing croquet with his gang of desperadoes when someone took his picture … he was a mean croquet player, wearing white cowboy hat, he points out his next shot… The picture, or tintype, was purchased by collector Randy Guijarro for $2 in a Fresno junk shop…… MORE
Fresno County Public Library launches Beanstack, a free online service families with young readers. For many parents, figuring out what their kids want to read is a daunting prospect, so in order to take the guesswork out of the equation now there’s Beanstack. Beanstack works by curating and recommending books for children, from ages 0–8, that are available…… MORE
(KMJ) – There’s more trouble for the Fresno Unified School District. On Sunday, Fresno Police arrested 52-year old Benjamin Wong. He was a former janitor at Noreseman Elementary School and is now charged with six counts of inappropriately touching multiple students. Those charges stem from alleged incidents between January 2014 and May 2015. Wong, who…… MORE
