Category Archives: Local News

Fresno Fails To Make Top 20 List For Amazon’s New HQ2

Fresno Fails To Make Top 20 List For Amazon’s New HQ2

FRESNO (KMJ) — There are now only 20 locations still in the running to be home to Amazon’s new headquarters. The City of Fresno’s self-described “unique” bid failed to make the cut, but in a statement Mayor Lee Brand says it was always going to be a long shot. “The nation took notice of Fresno’s…MORE

Villaraigosa: Government is “Terrorizing People”

Villaraigosa: Government is “Terrorizing People”

[van id=”politics/2018/01/18/antonio-villaraigosa-california-trump-sot-ctn.cnn”] California gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles) says if he is elected governor of California he will not aide in the deportation of ‘Dreamers’ from the Golden State.MORE

Fresno Unified School District & Teachers Association Reach Tentative Agreement

Fresno Unified School District & Teachers Association Reach Tentative Agreement

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — A tentative agreement is reached between the Fresno Unified School District and the Fresno Teachers Association. It’s been 18 months of bargaining by both sides, but F.U.S.D. and the FTA worked though the night, and Superintendent Bob Nelson told media gathered at Leavenworth Elementary for the press conference, that they finalized the…MORE

Muhammad Says Death Penalty “Just On Paper” In Jail Calls

Muhammad Says Death Penalty “Just On Paper” In Jail Calls

FRESNO (KMJ) — The man accused of shooting and killing four people, three during a spree in Downtown Fresno, is now onto day four of his competency trial. Sitting calmly in a blue shirt and tie, Kori Ali Muhammad stayed quiet for the start of proceedings Wednesday morning. “I placed on the record at the…MORE

Measure Q Funds Transform Bullard High School

Measure Q Funds Transform Bullard High School

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The transformation of Bullard High School is complete. On Tuesday, January 16th a dedication ceremony was held. The master plan improvements to the Bullard High School Campus includes two new classroom buildings, a new administration building and library media center. The improvements were the final projects using Measure Q funds.  MORE

13 Brothers & Sisters Held Captive In Riverside Now Receiving Treatment

13 Brothers & Sisters Held Captive In Riverside Now Receiving Treatment

 [Photo: Facebook] FRESNO , CA (KMJ) – 13 brothers and sisters held captive, some chained to beds in Perris, California are now receiving treatment. The California couple, 57 year-old David Allen Turpin, and his 49-year-old wife Louise Anna, is being held on nine-million-dollars’ bail after police found the children at the family’s home in Riverside County.…MORE

Porterville Woman Booked For Homicide In Death Of 5 Month-old Daughter

Porterville Woman Booked For Homicide In Death Of 5 Month-old Daughter

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Porterville woman is arrested for the death of her 5 month-old baby daughter. Porterville Police arrived at 9:00 on Monday night to Sierra View Medical Center on report of an infant that arrived for treatment that was not breathing. The baby was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police say the cause…MORE

Register for the Fresno Co. Emergency Alert Program

Register for the Fresno Co. Emergency Alert Program

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE FRESNO COUNTY EMERGENCY ALERT PROGRAM: (CNN) – Human error is blamed for a false alarm of a missile heading for Hawaii, but the scare left Americans wondering how the missile detection and emergency messaging systems are supposed to work — and what went wrong. The US military is in…MORE

CA Assembly Adjourned In Memory of Sanger’s Wilber Plaugher

CA Assembly Adjourned In Memory of Sanger’s Wilber Plaugher

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Assemblyman Jim Patterson adjourned the assembly on Friday, January 12th in memory of Sanger resident Wilber Plaugher, who died on January 2nd. Plaugher lived a colorful life, becoming a rancher, actor, rodeo clown and honoree of the PR Rodeo Hall of Fame, with a career that took him all around the…MORE