FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A teenager from the Central Valley is now the first teen to die from COVID-19 in the state of California. On Friday, the California Department of Public Health reported that the teenager had underlying health conditions. “It’s a huge trauma for everyone that’s involved, um, including the hospital workers,” said…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Madera County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – Madera County Sheriff’s Deputies arrest a Madera Ranchos man for allegedly trafficking a 22-year old woman for sex. Tuesday, 27-year old Dylan “Colby” Nichols Dobbs was taken into custody following an investigation into the abuse and sex trafficking of the victim. According to the Madera County Sheriff’s…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Big Fresno Fair says it will “reinvent” itself this year as it adapts its traditional event into a series of drive-thru and virtual experiences in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Fresno County. Over the past few months, Fair Management and staff say they have been monitoring the situation with COVID-19 and…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Demonstrators chaining themselves to a fence outside Gov. Gavin Newsom’s home called for mass prison releases and an end to immigration transfers because of the coronavirus pandemic. [RELATED: Death row inmate may have died from coronavirus] Monday’s protest came as deaths mounted at a San Francisco Bay Area prison where…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As coronavirus cases spike in California’s vast Central Valley, the state will send strike teams and tens of millions of dollars to eight counties to speed up testing, help infected people quarantine and assist overwhelmed health care workers, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. The state is aiming for every infected person…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The CEO of Valley Children’s hospital in Madera says there’s a false narrative going around about children and Coronavirus. CEO Todd Suntrapak wants to debunk the narrative that children are not prone to getting sick or worse. They have seen children as young as three weeks old get sick from…… MORE
MADERA COUNTY, CA. (KMJ) — Madera Police Chief Dino Lawson held a news conference Thursday to update the public on the search for a missing 2-year-old boy. Thaddeus Sran was reported missing by his parents on July 15th. A week later Chief Dino reported Thaddeus’ parents were no longer cooperating with investigators. On…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – A 25-year old Valley homeless man is now in custody, accused of beating up his own mother and stealing her car. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office say the mother of Francisco Gil picked him up Monday in Fresno and drove him to Winton Park in Sanger. Deputies say Francisco…… MORE
SANGER, CA (KMJ) — An underage person is safe after the persistence of a Sanger police officer pays off. Sanger Police Officer Shaela Edwards began looking into a sexual assault case involving a minor back in May. After learning the minor was still engaging in dangerous activity, the officer worked with the girl’s family…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has surpassed New York for the most coronavirus cases in the country, surpassing 409,000 after setting a record on Tuesday for the state’s most confirmed new cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The surge of cases comes as California, the nation’s most populous state…… MORE
