FRESNO (KMJ) – Updating the progress of the porta-potty program in San Francisco and how the city is going to great lengths to keep the streets clean. San Francisco launched its portable toilet program five years ago after children in a homeless-heavy neighborhood complained of dodging human waste on sidewalks on their way to school.…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – A South Valley mother of three toddlers is behind bars after being caught with drugs in her home. Visalia police say 32-year-old Brittney Souza of Visalia was busted with 10 grams of meth on the 400 block of ‘E’ Street. Souza’s facing drug possession and child endangerment charges.… MORE
CLOVIS, CA (KMJ) – Thursday was Day 3 as HGTV’s reality show Extreme Makeover Home Edition constructs a house from the ground-up for a Clovis man and his family. Cal Fire Captain Nick Reeder was widowed with three young children, when his wife Amanda Sawyer died giving birth on April 18, 2018. KMJ…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities are seeking the public’s help in tracking down 12 people accused of committing various violent crimes in Los Angeles over the past quarter-century and are believed to have fled to Mexico. The campaign to capture the fugitives was announced Thursday by the FBI’s Los Angeles…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – E-cigarette giant Juul Labs gave nearly $100,000 to members of Congress during the first half of 2019 as the company faced the bulk of the blame for a surge of underage vaping and calls for tighter government regulation of the industry. The donations from Juul’s political action committee represent a sharp increase…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – A bipartisan pair of senators including Dianne Feinstein, are getting together to combat wildfires. Senator Dianne Feinstein is joining Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana to introduce legislation to protect communities from devastating wildfires like the one that killed 85 in the Northern California town of Paradise last year. They told the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno District 5 city councilman Luis Chavez was an early entrant to the mayor’s race, announcing his candidacy the day Mayor Lee Brand said he wasn’t seeking another term. On Thursday, he ended his campaign. “I had a conversation with my family, with my kids and I think for me, I think…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Navy confirms the pilot was killed when the Valley-based fighter jet went down in Death Valley. The aircraft belonged to Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-151 based at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The crash taking place Wednesday east of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in a spot known to aviation enthusiasts…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Kern County Coroner’s Office confirms the identity of the body found inside a submerged SUV is that of the missing City Manager of McFarland. 57-year old John Wooner has been missing since May 14th. But crews pulled a sliver Dodge Durango from the waters of the Kern River Sunday, with his body…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – The navy says an F/A-18 Super Hornet out of Lemoore was on a routine training mission when it crashed in the desert Wednesday. A navy spokesperson says search-and-rescue teams responded to the the crash scene north of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in the Mojave Desert Wednesday morning. The status…… MORE
