COALINGA, CA. (KMJ) — UPDATE: The wife of the pilot killed in a firefighting helicopter crash has come forward. LeAnne Fournier says the pilot is Mike Fournier of Rancho Cucamonga. A GoFundMe account has been created to help support his wife and two daughters. Click here if you would like to make a…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: The Associated Press) (KMJ) – Pacific Gas and Electric confirms a Vacaville-based electric worker has died while assisting fire crews battling the LNU Complex Fire. But, PG&E has not released any other details out of respect for the worker’s family. Meantime this blaze, which is actually made up of seven separate fires including…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A helicopter pilot is killed in a crash Wednesday while fighting the Hills Fire. Cal Fire says the Bell UH-1H helicopter was dropping water on the Hills Fire in Fresno County, around 9 miles south of the City of Coalinga. The pilot was killed when the helicopter crashed around 10:00am…… MORE
(Photo Courtesy: Cal Fire San Luis Obispo) (KMJ) – Due to numerous wild fires burning in and around the Central Valley, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has issue a health caution. It remains in place until these blazes are distinguished. This smoke contains particulate matter (PM) which can trigger asthma attacks, aggravate chronic bronchitis,…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Nearly three-dozen victims or survivors plan to tell their stories before the man known as the Golden State Killer is formally sentenced to life in prison. Some plan to tell of their pain during an extraordinary four days of hearings starting Tuesday. Others will talk of their healing since Joseph DeAngelo…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The operator of California’s electric grid says up to 3.3 million homes may lose power as part of rolling outages to ease pressure on the state’s energy grid. The California Independent System Operator was expected to order utility companies to turn off power starting Monday afternoon as demand for electricity to…… MORE
VISALIA, CA. (KMJ) — A Visalia man is being held on more than $1.7 million bail after he was arrested for the suspicion of distributing child pornography. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Cyber-Crimes Unit, working with the Central Valley Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, arrested 31-year-old Sergio Gonzalez of Visalia who is accused…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Fresno Unified School Board votes to extend the censure of Trustee Terry Slatic. The board took that action Wednesday Night, voting 6-0, to extend punishments against him as they were due to end. The censure was put in place against Slatic following several incidents at Bullard High School. This extension continues to prevents…… MORE
(KMJ) – Tulare County Sheriff Rescue Divers have located the body of man in the waters of Lake Kaweah. Deputies were told 35-year-old Joshua Leever of Springville was swimming around Noon Wednesday without a life jacket when he went under and did not come back up. Divers then found his body several hours later. But Deputies do…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — UPDATE: A 15-year-old girl who had been missing since Saturday has been found safe. The family wishes to thank everyone for helping to spread the word and get her back home. Yesenia Torres’ family says she was last seen Saturday morning in Fresno and they were afraid she may be in…… MORE
