FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno Grizzlies are pushing the “Fresno Tacos” brand even further in 2017. Just like last year, the Grizzlies will be the “Fresno Tacos” every Taco Tuesday home game. But, this year they will also be the “Fresno Tacos” if they’re on the road on a Tuesday. The team’s big announcement…… MORE
Fresno CEO Embezzles $500,000
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Mary Williams was the Chief Executive Officer of Aeroplate Corporation, an engineering and contracting firm in Fresno. According to court documents, from June of 2011 to last November, 70 year-old Williams embezzled over $500,000 from an employee pension plan. One plan asset was real estate appraised at over $900,000 in value. According to…… MORE
Recreational Pot Banned In Tulare County Until December 2018
TULARE (KMJ) — The ban on recreational marijuana in Tulare County has been extended until the end of 2018. The unanimous decision made by Tulare County’s Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning extended an interim ordinance prohibiting commercial non-medical marijuana activity. It also stops any outdoor cultivation of non-medical marijuana on private grounds, and indoor growing…… MORE
Jeremy Michael Huxley
Jeremy Michael Huxley of Fresno. A judge has issued a felony arrest warrant for failing to appear in court on domestic violence assault charges. On Christmas day, Jeremy Huxley got into an argument with his wife at their home near Grantland and Bullard in Fresno. Huxley became upset when she touched his shoes and he…… MORE
Five Myths About the Veterinary Feed Directive
The new requirements for the Veterinary Feed Directive were officially in effect as of January first, but not without misconceptions. Producers must obtain authorization or a prescription to purchase medically important antibiotics for use in animal feed and drinking water. Medically important antibiotics are those used in treating human diseases as well. Chris Richards,…… MORE
Stone Soup Fresno Benefits From Kaiser MLK Day Clean-up
About 80 volunteers from both Kaiser Permanente and Hands On were painting, cleaning, organizing and landscaping the grounds of the non-profit Stone Soup Fresno. Scott Shimamoto is Kaiser’s Area Pharmacy Director, and was one of the volunteers. “They’ve been redoing some of the rooms, and we have been doing outside trim work and we redid…… MORE
ORLANDO SHOOTER’S WIFE ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA
(CNN) – Authorities have arrested the wife of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen in connection with their investigation into the June mass shooting, FBI spokesman Prentice Danner said. Noor Salman was arrested in the San Francisco area Monday morning, Danner said. Salman, who married Mateen in 2011, came under increasing scrutiny as authorities investigated Mateen,…… MORE
Sheriff’s Office Asking You To Help Name A Horse
FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help naming a horse. The newest member of their mounted patrol is without an identity, and time is running out to put your suggestion into the metaphoric hat. “We’d like to get him officially named in the spring, because his certification to be part…… MORE
Senate Resolution Would Roll Back WOTUS
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. Rule, or “WOTUS,” was first introduced to the public in May of 2015, and it’s been largely unpopular since then. Ag Web Dot Com says Iowa Republican Joni Ernst and Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer have introduced a resolution that expresses a need for the Senate to vacate…… MORE
Minor Injuries in Coalinga Plane Accident
COALINGA, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says deputies are on scene of a plane accident in Coalinga. Deputies say the plane was actually never airborne – it had problems on takeoff, slid off the runway and into some mud in a field off Highway 145 and Napa Road. The Sheriff’s Office says…… MORE
