FRESNO, CA (KMJ – A school bus driving the wrong way collided with a truck on Highway 99. The California Highway Patrol says just before 11:00p.m. Thursday night, they responded by Highway 99 North and Ashlan Avenue. Officers say a 55-year-old woman driving the bus was following another bus and entered the wrong way…… MORE
LOS ANGELES – Governor Gavin Newsom today hosted a roundtable with Central American community leaders in Los Angeles to examine the root causes of migration and discuss California’s efforts to provide relief and humanitarian aid to asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries. At the roundtable, the Governor announced his first international…… MORE
TULARE, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare County Coroner’s Office is seeking the next of kin for a man who was struck and killed on a South Valley freeway. Edilberto Sanchez died on March 10 in the Earlimart area. He was walking on hwy 99 when he was hit by a car by Avenue 24.…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ/AP) — The Chief of Fresno Police has said that the circumstances leading to all charges being dropped against actor Jussie Smollett could not happen in Fresno. In conversation with KMJ on Wednesday, Chief Jerry Dyer described the connection between himself and Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp as making it impossible for a…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Poor planning led to issues at the DMV – according to an audit released Wednesday from the Department of Finance. The audit details failures at the California Department of Motor Vehicles during the rollout of the Real ID. It explains how the department failed to properly plan to issue Real…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Refinery issues are being blame for a 14 cent weekly increase, in the average price for a gallon of fuel in the Golden State. AAA says California’s now averaging $3.54 a gallon, following the temporary closure of the Valero refinery in Benicia. Other issues were reported at a Phillips 66 refinery down in…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A warning about deadly Fentanyl pills on the streets here in Fresno County. On Wednesday, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security reported that they have had three cases. They seized pills disguised as Oxycodone Hydrochloride, but really contain a high concentration of Fentanyl. In a…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — As the historic Hotel Fresno lies vacant, a call has been made to make the most of its heritage and fill a Downtown void at the same time. Craig Scharton, who headed up the Downtown Fresno Partnership before its current President and CEO, said that the current proposal to turn the building…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police respond to a weekend of deadly violence, where two people were murdered. Between Friday, March 22 at 9:00pm and Sunday, March 24 at 5pm there were seven shootings and four stabbings in Fresno. Police Chief Jerry Dyer says five of the shootings were gang-related. His concern over gang…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal appeals court refused to reinstate a lawsuit the parents of Kate Steinle filed against San Francisco for refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities seeking to deport a man who later fatally shot Steinle. A three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco unanimously…… MORE
