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State ISO Issues Flex Alert for All of California

State ISO Issues Flex Alert for All of California

  (KMJ) – A statewide Flex Alert has been issued for Wednesday as above-normal temperatures and high energy demand continue to threaten California’s electric grid. The California Independent System Operator says the alert will be in place from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday in an attempt to avoid power disruptions and rolling blackouts.  It adds Flex…MORE

67 Year-Old Man Dies in a Crash on Friant in Fresno

67 Year-Old Man Dies in a Crash on Friant in Fresno

  (KMJ)  – A 67 year-old Fresno man has died in a crash on Friant north of Willow. On September 7, 2021, at approximately 0030 hours, the Fresno Area CHP Communication Center received a call of a car fire near the area of Friant Road north of Willow Avenue in rural Fresno County. Officers and…MORE

Newsom’s Recall Strategy Frustrates Democrat Candidates

Newsom’s Recall Strategy Frustrates Democrat Candidates

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies have spent the past few weeks ahead of Tuesday’s recall making one direct pitch to Democratic voters — “Vote no and go” — asking them to vote “no” on ousting Newsom and send their ballots back without bothering to answer the second question about whom they would like to replace…MORE

Newsom, Calif. Lawmakers Hit Roadblock on Bullet Train

Newsom, Calif. Lawmakers Hit Roadblock on Bullet Train

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  California’s controversial High Speed Rail project has hit another roadblock, The LA Times reports Gov. Newsom and legislative leaders in Sacramento have failed to reach a funding compromise and now negotiations are on hold. At issue is an additional $4.2 billion to build the bullet train.  According to the report, the major…MORE

Ex-Inmate Gets 5 Years for Jailhouse COVID Unemployment Benefits Fraud

FRESNO, Calif. — Christina Smith, 38, who was formerly incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges for the submission of fraudulent unemployment insurance claims to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) in the names of current CCWF…MORE

Oakurst Native Among Sailors Lost In U.S. Navy Helicopter Crash

Oakurst Native Among Sailors Lost In U.S. Navy Helicopter Crash

(Photo courtesy:  United States Navy)   (KMJ) –  The United States Navy has identified the five sailors killed in a recent helicopter crash off the coast of San Diego. And, it confirms 29-year-old Oakhurst-native Bradley Foster was lost in the August 31st accident. Foster was a 2009 graduate of Yosemite High and is survived by…MORE

Reedley Teacher Accused of Sex with 14 Year old Student

Reedley Teacher Accused of Sex with 14 Year old Student

On Friday, detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Sex Crimes Unit arrested 39 year old Krystal Jackson of the Kingsburg area in Tulare County. She has been booked into the Fresno County Jail on four counts of rape, along with single counts of continuous sex abuse of a child, oral copulation with a child, lewd…MORE

Toxic Algae Found Where Mariposa Family Perished on Hike

Toxic Algae Found Where Mariposa Family Perished on Hike

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  High levels of toxic algae have been discovered in a river upstream where a California hiking family and their dog died under mysterious circumstances. Jonathan Gerrish, 45, Ellen Chung, 30, their 1-year-old daughter and the family’s dog were found on Aug. 17, a few miles from where samples confirmed the presence of toxic…MORE

Poll: 66% of Women Likely to Vote Against Recalling Newsom

Poll: 66% of Women Likely to Vote Against Recalling Newsom

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  According to a new poll from the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California; 62% of likely women voters approve of the job Governor Gavin Newsom is doing. And furthermore, 66% of women responded to the pollsters by saying they oppose the recall effort.  And men? Just 43% give the state’s chief executive a…MORE

Fresno PD’s New Gang Suppression Team Arrests 46-Year-Old Homicide Suspect

Fresno PD’s New Gang Suppression Team Arrests 46-Year-Old Homicide Suspect

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  – Fresno PD’s new Gang Suppression Team arrests a 46-year-old man suspected of homicide in West Central Fresno. A press conference was held Friday by Fresno’s Police Chief Paco Balderrama to release more details on the Fresno gang member who was arrested Thursday for the homicide of a 43-year old man on…MORE