Category Archives: Local News

More Than 20 People Displaced By Apartment Fire Near Fresno State.

More Than 20 People Displaced By Apartment Fire Near Fresno State.

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) – More than 20 people were displaced Friday afternoon by fire at an apartment near Fresno State. Multiple crews from Fresno Fire responded to the 2-alarm apartment fire. It broke out just before 3:00 at the apartment on 10th Street near Barstow and Cedar avenues. Fire officials say no one was hurt…MORE

Wildfire In Mariposa Forcing Mandatory Evacuations

Wildfire In Mariposa Forcing Mandatory Evacuations

[Photo: Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A wildfire In Mariposa is forcing mandatory evacuations. Firefighters are battling a 35 acre wildfire called the “Boyer Fire” off Boyer Road and Fox Hollow Lane. It has reached the top of the ridge and backing down toward the Wire Ranch. Cal Fire says evacuations are in…MORE

“Virtual Kidnapping” Scam To Con Money From Victims Hits Close To Home

“Virtual Kidnapping” Scam To Con Money From Victims Hits Close To Home

[Photo: FBI]   FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Virtual Kidnapping, a phone scam to con money out of victims, is hitting close to home. Jim Munson is the father of on-air radio personality Erica Pierce (photo below) from KMJ’s sister station Kiss Country 93.7. “Starts off with a girl screaming, and crying hysterically saying; ‘Hi Dad,…MORE

Council OKs Cannabis Business License Tax – Now Up To Fresno Voters

Council OKs Cannabis Business License Tax – Now Up To Fresno Voters

FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno City Council has voted to move forward with a Cannabis Business License Tax, which saw strong words both for and against the motion vocalized inside Fresno City Hall. Those in support cited the financial benefits and increased revenue for the City of Fresno. Those against spoke about the impact on neighborhoods…MORE

Man hit, killed by car in Sanger

Man hit, killed by car in Sanger

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A man was hit and killed by a car in Sanger. It happened Thursday around 2:25 a.m. near Bethel and Jenni Avenues. According to Sanger police, a woman was driving on Bethel and did not see a man in the road when she hit him. The woman stopped and tried to…MORE

California Ghost Town for Sale

California Ghost Town for Sale

[van id=”travel/2018/06/14/cerro-gordo-california-ghost-town-for-sale.hln”] (CNN) – Why buy a house when you can buy an entire town? A 19th century ghost town in California, that includes an abandoned hotel, church and bunkhouse, came on the market earlier this month. Cerro Gordo, which means “fat hill,” sits south of the Sierra Nevada, on over 300 acres of land.…MORE