Category Archives: Local News

Fresno County School Districts Urge Students to End Walkouts
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Tuesday, Fresno County students stepped out of the classroom and into the streets, once again protesting ICE activity across the country. "I believe in standing up for everybo...
Randy James Feb 11, 2026

Alysa Liu, Born in Clovis, Wins Gold Medal at Winter Olympics
CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Winter Olympics are underway in Italy, and you may have heard the Central Valley get a shoutout. Alysa Liu, 20, was born in Clovis and earned a gold medal for Team USA in ...
Liz Kern Feb 10, 2026

City of Fresno Finding Solutions After $1.5M Embezzled from Fresno Arts Council
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The city of Fresno is working to find answers for frustrated artists after 1.5 million taxpayer dollars were allegedly stolen by a now former employee of the Fresno Arts Counc...
Liz Kern Feb 10, 2026

Arts Council Embezzlement Scandal: Mayor Dyer, Council "Appalled"
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) The fallout from the embezzlement scandal rocking the Fresno Arts Council has taken another turn as the City of Fresno announces it has cancelled its Measure P contract with the troub...
Blake Taylor Feb 10, 2026

15-Year-Old Arrested After "Ghost" AR-15 Found
Tulare County, CA (KMJ) A 15-year-old is behind bars facing on serious gun charges. The Visalia Police Department announced Tuesday that the teen was nabbed after a search warrant was issued at a home...
Blake Taylor Feb 10, 2026

Chilean Bank Robber Pleads Guilty in Fresno Court
FRESNO, Calif. - A member of an ATM robbery crew, Maite Celis Silva, 27, of Chile, pleaded guilty on Monday to bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery arising from a string of robberies of ...
Blake Taylor Feb 10, 2026 vchalup2 / Depositphotos.com

Body Found in Merced County Canal Identified as 21-year-old Lupita Ontiveros
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The body that was found in a canal in Merced County on Sunday has been identified as 21-year-old Lupita Ontiveros. The discovery was made about seven miles from the sit...
Randy James Feb 10, 2026

Fire Burns 2 Vacant Buildings in Central Fresno Near former Carl's Jr.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fire crews knocked down a massive vacant building fire in central Fresno. It broke out just one block from where the former Carl's Jr. burned down less than two weeks ago. Fir...
Liz Kern Feb 09, 2026

Fire Breaks Out At Family Baptist Church in Tulare
TULARE, Calif. (KFSN) -- An extensive operation to make sure all the embers are out after Family Baptist Church in Tulare caught fire at about 6 o'clock Monday morning. "When I arrived on scene, the f...
Liz Kern Feb 09, 2026

World Ag Expo Opens on Tuesday
World Ag Expo is the world's largest annual outdoor agricultural exposition. Show organizers are reminding visitors that gates open on Tuesday 9am at the International Agri-Center in Tulare. This thre...
Don York Feb 09, 2026
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