[Photo: AP] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California’s Insurance Commissioner has taken steps to protect thousands of wildfire survivors. To speed recovery efforts and result in more timely payments to policyholders, Commissioner Dave Jones has issued a declaration of an emergency situation allowing insurers to use qualified out-of-state adjusters who work under the insurance company’s…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Madera Police Department is looking to identify a woman who got into a fight at a Dollar General Store. They say the suspect in the photo above got into a physical fight with an employee at the Dollar General on Gateway Drive and 6th Street. Police say it happened during…… MORE
MATHER (KMJ) — Cal Fire’s chief said that the current extreme fire conditions will soon become routine. The prediction comes as the agency revealed on Wednesday that more than 32,000 people have been evacuated due to blazes burning all across the state. “In past decades we may have seen a fire like we’re seeing now…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A motorcyclist was killed early Wednesday in a crash in Merced County. The California Highway Patrol says the Merced Communication Center got a call at 4:39 a.m. of a grass fire west of Los Banos, on the shoulder of northbound I-5, north of Highway 152. CHP officers responded to the scene…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Smoke from the Ferguson Fire in Mariposa County continues to see parts of Yosemite National Park closed for visitors. The National Park Service announced Tuesday that Yosemite Valley, Wawona Road, the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, the Merced Grove of Giant Sequoias, Hetch Hetchy, and other areas remain out of bounds. The…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Lemoore Police are looking for two people who they say profited from a robbery. The main suspect was arrested in July 17, 2018. He was accused of stealing from a vehicle parked in the garage of a home in the 1100 block of Golf Avenue. A Louis Vuitton purse and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno County woman is dead after being dragged by a horse. It happened near Shaw and Academy on Sunday. Investigators say Anne Herbstman was riding a horse and buggy near the Valero gas station, when for some reason, the horse got spooked. The animal started bucking and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A puppy was saved from a house fire thanks to Fresno firefighters. The fire happened Sunday around 11:30 p.m. on A Street. Fresno Fire sent out a tweet – #FresnoFire is on scene of a #HOUSEFIRE at 1522 A St. E3 first on scene reporting heavy fire. E3 went…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (AP) – About 10,000 more people were ordered evacuated as two wildfires surged toward small lake towns in Northern California while the state’s largest and deadliest blaze of the year slowed slightly after days of explosive growth, authorities said. The completely wiped out mountain community of Keswick, Calif., is seen Sunday, July…… MORE
Photo courtesy of Brad Torchia (KMJ) – A second Valley Firefighter is killed battling the massive Ferguson Fire still burning in Mariposa County, near Yosemite National Park. 33-year old Captain Brian Hughes was killed on the fire lines early Sunday morning. He was Captain of the Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots. At the time, Hughes and his…… MORE
