The use of a controversial phone app which deletes messages as soon as they’re sent – by higher level staff at Fresno Unified School District – is generating questions. Cyber Dust makes communication virtually untraceable – by deleting messages 30 seconds after they are sent. In a release, Fresno Unified Trustee Brooke Ashijan says…… MORE
An inmate who murdered a North Valley correctional officer has been given a second life sentence. 47-year-old Jose Sablan was already serving life behind bars. This week, he has been given a second life sentence for the murder of correctional officer Jose Rivera (seen above). In 2008, Sablan attacked the 22-year-old guard at the…… MORE
The Valley Air District is seeking Valley truckers – truck owners and small businesses operating Class 5 or Class 6 trucks – for grant funding to help reduce truck emissions in the San Joaquin Valley. Trucks are the largest source of the air basin’s NOx emissions, which create both ozone and particulate pollution, and…… MORE
MERCED (KMJ) — Law enforcement up and down the valley and across the country are asking for your show of support this Wednesday. It’s called ‘Back The Blue’, and it’s all about expressing gratitude for the everything peace officers are willing to do to keep us all safe. It’s to get everyone to use the…… MORE
By Ed Payne and Barbara Starr CNN Pentagon Correspondent Russia has conducted its first airstrike against ISIS in Syria, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said Wednesday. The airstrike targeted ISIS military equipment, communications centers, vehicles and ammunition, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said, as part of pinpoint strikes against ISIS ground targets. But a senior U.S.…… MORE
(KMJ) – The two men accused of killing a 21-year old UCLA student both entered not guilty pleas in an L.A court appearance on Tuesday. Police arrested Fresno State Junior Albert Medina and UCLA student Eric Marquez over the weekend. Authorities say Medina allegedly stabbed Andrea DelVesco in her apartment near the UCLA campus before…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY (KMJ) — Numerous fatalities attributed to contaminated horse feed is what’s driving the operators of one valley farm to let everyone know how dangerous it can be. More than 40 horses on one Fresno ranch could be at risk of death because of poisonous materials found in a specific batch of feed. Supplier…… MORE
(KMJ) A young Hanford mother is jailed on felony child endangerment charges after her daughter was found wandering in the street just after 10pm Monday. Hanford Police say a driver nearly struck the 2 year old girl on Fargo, near Aspen. The driver stayed with the child and called police. Investigators say the child was…… MORE
(KMJ) – Investigators say extreme sports and MTV star Erik Roner died during a skydiving accident in Squaw Valley. The Placer County Sheriff’s Department says the 39-year old died early Monday during a skydiving accident at a golf course. Witnesses told deputies Roner was part of a group conducting a skydiving performance for a golf…… MORE
(KMJ) – At its peak, more than 3,700 fire personnel were on the front lines battling the Rough Fire. Now, as the blaze enters its eight week of burning, that number is below 700. The U.S. Forest Service says this historic blaze is now 85% contained. But no estimate has been given on when full…… MORE
