http:// Update 1:35 p.m. Friday: The Tulare County Sheriff has issued a mandatory evacuation order for Silver City and Mineral King, effective immediately, due to the Sequoia Complex Fire. Mandatory evacuation means an immediate threat to life safety and property; all residents must evacuate the area. The temporary evacuation points are at the Exeter Memorial…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: San Bernardino National Forest) (KMJ) – A firefighter has died battling a wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest that officials say was sparked by a device used to reveal a baby’s gender. The Forest Service says the death occurred Thursday as crews battled the El Dorado Fire. Cal Fire says this blaze was sparked…… MORE
Yosemite National Park announced Thursday that the park would close to all visitors and vehicle access due to thick smoke from the many wildfires burning throughout the state. The smoke has caused hazardous air quality throughout the park and beyond. All park entrance stations and roads were closing beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — Fresno Mayor Lee Brand announces he and other officials have sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, urging the State to allow limited, safe indoor dining in Fresno County. During a press conference held at Fresno City Hall on Thursday, Mayor Brand, along with Fresno County Supervisor Buddy Mendes,…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police are looking for the driver behind a deadly hit and run collision in Central Fresno. A 62-year-old man who was pushing his granddaughter with a stroller was killed on Sunday. He was walking across Weber, pushing the stroller with the 4 year-old girl in it, when the car struck…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Big Fresno Fair ) (KMJ) – Fresno County has started relocating animals evacuated due to the Creek Fire Small animals at the temporary shelter at Granite Ridge Intermediate School are now being transferred to the Fresno Fairgrounds Small Animal Shelter. And the County is also relocating livestock from the Clovis Rodeo Grounds to the…… MORE
FRESNO, CA, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 – Fresno County has started the process of relocating small animals evacuated due to the Creek Fire from the temporary shelter at Granite Ridge Intermediate School to the Fresno Fairgrounds Small Animal Shelter. The County is also relocating livestock from the Clovis Rodeo Grounds to the Fresno Fairgrounds…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California fitness centers have filed a lawsuit alleging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus unfairly target the industry and are demanding they be allowed to reopen. Scott Street, a lawyer for the California Fitness Alliance, said Tuesday that the suit was filed in Los Angeles…… MORE
SAN DIEGO (AP) – A divided U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday lifted a preliminary injunction that had…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Warnings coming out of the Valley Air District for residents – stay inside or risk your health. Wildfire smoke is generating hazardous air quality all up and down the West Coast, and Jamie Holt from the Valley Air District said until they get the Creek Fire out, the air will…… MORE
