On Sunday, August 2nd, at about 7 a.m., unidentified suspects burglarized Roosevelt High in Southeast Fresno where they broke into a classroom and stole a laptop computer valued at over $1000 dollars. The suspects pried open the door to an Art classroom where they entered and stole the computer. The two suspects were seen on…… MORE
California becomes the first state in the nation to agree to pay for a transgender inmate’s sex reassignment operation. But the state’s settlement of a recent court case sidesteps the question of whether such surgery is a constitutional right. California concedes that Shiloh Quine, who entered the California prison system in 1980 as Rodney, suffers severe gender…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Entrepreneurs, innovators, and creative thinkers, your retail or restaurant business ideas are being called upon by the Downtown Fresno partnership for their ‘Create Here Business Plan Competition’. But you’ve got less than a week to submit your proposal. “The winner receives a prize package worth over $100,000 and it includes free rent…… MORE
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. Forest Service firefighter was killed in the Lake Tahoe area after he was struck by a tree while battling a wildfire — the second firefighter killed in a California blaze since the summer wildfire season got underway, officials said. Michael Hallenbeck, 21, of Shingle Springs, Calif., was hit Saturday…… MORE
The Fresno Iris Society and Fresno State Horticulture Nursery will host their annual plant sale from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Aug. 8 at the campus horticulture nursery (3150 E. Barstow Ave.). The event is the Iris Society’s largest fundraiser of the year and will feature hundreds of varieties and colors of plants, including re-blooming…… MORE
AT&T California today announced that Break the Barriers as well as the Fresno and Visalia Rescue Missions are winners of an AT&T “Investing in California” Award. Assemblymember Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) nominated the organizations for the recognition from AT&T California. Each organization received a donation from AT&T to be used to expand their programs serving the…… MORE
Geekwise Academy graduated eight new web developers – people of different ages and backgrounds like Bill Ramirez who had lost his job: “I spent 15 years working retail, I mean I was in retail management, so I was doing alright, but just being able to change careers out of a market that just wasn’t there,…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A man has been shot and killed Friday morning at a home in west Fresno. The incident took place in a home close to the intersection of Fresno’s Shaw and Hayes. At its height, there were as many as sixteen Fresno PD vehicles on scene, including representatives from Fresno County Sheriff’s Office…… MORE
Parlier Police sergeant Thomas Rodriguez was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of domestic violence. Interim police chief Drew Bessinger said officers arrived at home in Parlier around 8:33 a.m. There they learned that Rodriguez, 46, was involved in a dispute with his wife or girlfriend. Bessinger declined to detail who the victim was. The Fresno…… MORE
An 18-year-old Reedley pregnant woman is listed in critical condition at CRMC after being shot in the head. Around 10:30 Sunday night, a shooting occurred on the 10800 block of S. Englehart Ave. in Reedley. Moments earlier, the occupants of two SUVs were involved in a road rage incident that began near the Fresno County…… MORE
