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Fresno High Region Hosts Fun Literacy Fair for Families

The Fresno High School region will host a fun family night with interactive literacy workshops, student cultural performances, community resources and free food (first come, first served). The event is part of a series of family engagement events being held in the high school regions to support the district’s board-adopted Family Goal to “Increase inclusive…MORE

Professional Bull Riding at Save Mart Center

Professional Bull Riding at Save Mart Center

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — It will be a weekend full of Western culture, as the best in professional bull riding will be in action at the Save Mart Center. The PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour is not a rodeo. It’s two hours of pyrotechnics, music and the most intense bull-riding action the world has to offer.…MORE

US East Coast Earthquake Rattles Millions, But Region Escapes Sweeping Damage

US East Coast Earthquake Rattles Millions, But Region Escapes Sweeping Damage

NEW YORK (AP) — An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors. The U.S. Geological Survey said over 42 million people might have felt the midmorning quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8,…MORE

Man Hospitalized After Attack in Downtown Fresno

Man Hospitalized After Attack in Downtown Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man is in the hospital in critical condition after being attacked in Downtown Fresno. Police responded at E Street and Mariposa just after 4:30 am Friday. They found the victim, an unhoused man in his 40’s, bleeding on the sidewalk. He had several injuries to his head and upper body,…MORE

PG&E Hosting Wildfire Safety Meeting

PG&E Hosting Wildfire Safety Meeting

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KKFSN) — Despite wet and snowy weather moving in right now, wildfire concerns remain high as we approach the warmer months. If you live in Madera, Mariposa or Merced Counties, you can join a PG&E webinar to learn about the efforts to keep communities safe. The utility will share information on our Community Wildfire…MORE

California Schools Forced To Compete With Fast Food Industry For Workers After Minimum Wage Hike

California Schools Forced To Compete With Fast Food Industry For Workers After Minimum Wage Hike

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lost in the hubbub surrounding California’s new $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers is how that raise could impact public schools, forcing districts to compete with the likes of McDonald’s and Wendy’s for cafeteria workers amid a state budget crunch. The minimum wage law that took effect Monday guarantees at least $20-per-hour for…MORE

Oakland A’s To Make Temporary Move

Oakland A’s To Make Temporary Move

(KMJ) – The Oakland A’s announce they will temporarily move to a Sacramento minor league park while they wait for a new stadium to be built in Las Vegas The announcement was made early Thursday morning by the team and Oakland officials. They have spent 56 years in the East Bay, racking up four World…MORE

Funding Reached for Reedley High Athlete to get Cancer Treatment in Mexico

Funding Reached for Reedley High Athlete to get Cancer Treatment in Mexico

REEDLEY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Generous donations are giving a Reedley High student a new chance at life-saving cancer treatment. 18-year-old Malachi Rios went into remission in May 2023 after undergoing chemotherapy in San Francisco to fight stage four cancer. But a few months later, the tumors returned. Rios and his family started looking into alternative medicine…MORE

Fresno Unified Expanding Search For New Superintendent

Fresno Unified Expanding Search For New Superintendent

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Wednesday night, the Fresno Unified school board voted to pause the interviewing of internal candidates to replace superintendent Bob Nelson to broaden the scope of the search. It comes after board members criticized the process which only produced internal candidates. At the board meeting Wednesday night, parents, students and community members…MORE