Category Archives: Local News

Moratorium On Excessive Water Fines Proposed By Fresno City Council Members & Mayor

Moratorium On Excessive Water Fines Proposed By Fresno City Council Members & Mayor

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno’s Mayor and Council Members Steve Brandau and Garry Bredefeld have announced a proposed moratorium on excessive water fines. The resolution is a result of significant public confusion and concern over the City’s new watering violation policy, which was approved by City Council on October 19, 2017 but was not…MORE

Officers Beauty And The Beast Go On Halloween Patrol In Visalia

Officers Beauty And The Beast Go On Halloween Patrol In Visalia

VISALIA (KMJ) — Visalia Police has used the power of fairy tales to highlight Halloween safety this year. In a post on the department’s YouTube page, a pair of officers go out on patrol dressed as Beauty and the Beast. In the video, Beast is reminded by Beauty to be safe. That includes looking both…MORE

AUDIO: Clovis Fest Hot Air Balloon Pilot Cited After Landing at a Church

AUDIO: Clovis Fest Hot Air Balloon Pilot Cited After Landing at a Church

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A reverend, who made a citizen’s arrest after a hot air balloon landed on the lawn of Fresno’s Family Community Church this past weekend during Clovis Fest, is being defended by his church. The pilot, Gale Mott, tells KMJ that he’s been cited for trespassing. In a statement, Family Community Church it’s…MORE

California’s Landmark Net Neutrality Law is On Hold

California’s Landmark Net Neutrality Law is On Hold

NEW YORK (CNN) – California’s landmark net neutrality law is on hold. The state’s attorney general has agreed not to enforce its new law — aimed at preventing internet providers from favoring certain websites and apps — while a lawsuit plays out in Washington. The California law put the state at odds with the federal…MORE

Bodies of Two Visitors Who Fell in Yosemite Have Been Recovered

Bodies of Two Visitors Who Fell in Yosemite Have Been Recovered

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) The bodies of two visitors who fell in Yosemite National Park have been recovered. The operation was completed on the afternoon of Thursday, October 25, 2018. Park Rangers worked with helicopter support from the California Highway Patrol to retrieve the bodies of a male and female visitor who died in an apparent…MORE

Coroner’s Office Releases Name of Woman Struck by a Car in Fresno on Thursday

Coroner’s Office Releases Name of Woman Struck by a Car in Fresno on Thursday

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Coroner’s Office has released the name of the woman struck by a car in Fresno on Thursday night. She is Altagracia Buenrostro, 51, of Fresno. Lieutenant Jennifer Horsford says the woman was hit just after 7:00p.m. in a crosswalk at First and McKinley. “We received a 911 call to respond…MORE

Measure A Rallies Take Place In Fresno

Measure A Rallies Take Place In Fresno

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Rallies both for and against Measure A take place Thursday in Fresno. On election day, Fresno voters will decide whether or not Cannabis businesses in Fresno should be taxed. If Measure A passes, marijuana businesses can be taxed at rates of up to $12 per canopy square foot and up to…MORE

Council Votes To Spend Up To $85k On Measure P Ballot Fix

Council Votes To Spend Up To $85k On Measure P Ballot Fix

FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno City Council has approved spending tens of thousands of dollars to fix a mistake made on the description of Measure P, after a shorter 41 word version was printed in the ballot when a longer 74 word version should have been used instead. “It seems that the City of Fresno, in…MORE

Male, Female Die In Fall At Yosemite National Park’s Taft Point

Male, Female Die In Fall At Yosemite National Park’s Taft Point

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Two visitors have died in an apparent fall in Yosemite National Park. The Park says a male and female visitor fell from Taft Point in the park. Yosemite National Park Rangers are recovering the bodies, Thursday morning. Their identification has not yet been determined. This incident is under investigation, and no…MORE

Fresno Man Burns House Killing Black Widows

Fresno Man Burns House Killing Black Widows

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno man using a blowtorch to kill black widow spiders caused a two-alarm fire. It happened in Northeast Fresno on Tuesday night near Woodward Lake. Fresno Fire crews responded to the home on the 500 block of East Mariner’s Circle, just before 11:00 p.m. Fire damaged the home’s second story…MORE