FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Family and friends continue to support a Fresno non-profit CEO and mother after her daughter was murdered last week in Los Angeles. 20-year-old Kendra is the daughter of Debra Rush, the founder of Breaking the Chains. The local group works to help free people from human trafficking. A GoFundMe page has…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Investigators are searching for the thieves who took off with hundreds of beehives. For farmers and growers, the bees are crucial in helping crops, like the almond trees, grow. Beekeepers start putting out their hives around January for the pollination. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said it can be hard…… MORE
Governor Gavin Newsom says five newly-funded water storage projects in California will supply over 100,000 households with water for a year. While visiting Chief Toquer Reservoir in Utah on Wednesday, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camile Touton announced $35 million for a total of six water storage projects, one in Utah and five in California. They…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMK/KFSN) — Fresno City Councilmembers Miguel Arias and Gary Bredefeld have signed a letter asking California’s attorney general Rob Bonta to investigate Valley Children’s Hospital’s operations. The request comes a day after Valley Children’s Healthcare responded to the councilmember’s claims that it uses hospital proceeds to fund executive salaries. Action News has reached out to Attorney…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fresno Humane Animal Services is full due to a surge in stray animals, and they are asking for community support. Due to limited space, the shelter can only accept sick, injured, aggressive, and orphaned nursing animals. Healthy animals cannot be accepted until further notice. Despite the influx, the shelter remains fully operational…… MORE
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A person has died after a house fire broke out overnight in Merced County. The flames were first reported just before 2 a.m. Thursday at a farm home on Turner Island Road near Henry Miller Avenue, just east of Los Banos. When fire crews arrived on scene, they found the…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Porterville man is in custody accused of having child pornography and improperly stored guns. An investigation led police to the arrest of 45-year-old John Warner. Police say they have evidence of Warner downloading the images at his home on Newcomb Street off Olive Avenue. Wednesday morning, officers arrested Warner…… MORE
MERCED, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A replica of the Vietnam War Memorial from Washington D.C. is on display in Merced. The memorial is called ” The Wall that Heals,” and it honors the more than three million people who served in the Armed Services during the conflict in Vietnam. An opening ceremony for ‘The Wall that…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A man accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl is in the Fresno County Jail. 23-year-old Josue Patino was arrested by Sanger Police Wednesday. Officers say he assaulted the girl and promised her drugs. Patino is a Reedley College student that officers say had been selling drugs like drugs like as…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) EXCLUSIVE: Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp and Fresno City Councilman Garry Bredefeld had a heated debate Wednesday on KMJ’s Ray Appleton Show. The two are at odds over the $5.1 million compensation package of Valley Children’s Hospital CEO Todd Suntrapak and others. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Valley Children’s Healthcare is responding…… MORE
