FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A Fresno youth football team’s trailer filled with equipment was stolen and then discovered burned on Thursday. That trailer cost thousands of dollars and contained some of the team’s equipment and sentimental items. Anthony Tyler, president of the Central Ravens youth football program, says it only took five minutes for thieves…… MORE
FPD Chief Addresses Officer-Involved Shooting of Homeless Assailant
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Two officers opened fire on a suspect they believed stabbed a store clerk in Northwest Fresno. Police responded to a stabbing call at 12:30 a.m. Thursday at the AM/PM Convenience store at the Arco gas station on the corner of Bullard Avenue and Figarden Drive. Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama said…… MORE
Teen Killed in Hit & Run in NW Fresno
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Police are searching for the driver in a deadly hit-and-run crash in northwest Fresno. It happened just before 11:30 pm Tuesday on Ashlan and Valentine. Police say two women were crossing the street and almost reached the center median when a vehicle hit one of the two. They were not walking in…… MORE
New Law: More Sick Leave for California Workers
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday. The law, which takes effect in January, also increases the amount of sick leave workers can carry over into the following year. Newsom…… MORE
Nunes Tells KMJ Where GOP Must Focus Post-McCarthy
Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes joined KMJ’s Ray Appleton on Wednesday to discuss the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Nunes, who represented the Central Valley for several years alongside McCarthy in the House, discussed a number of issues as the fallout from the controversial vote continues – including where he…… MORE
Rep. Duarte: Gaetz “Is On a Different Planet”
California Republican Congressman John Duarte joined KMJ’s Broeske & Musson on Wednesday and lashed out at fellow Rep. Matt Gaetz following the controversial ouster of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Listen here:… MORE
Hanford PD: Elderly Man Stabbed in Random Attack
HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) — A suspect was arrested for stabbing a man to death during a random attack inside a store in Hanford on Tuesday afternoon. The stabbing happened around 3 pm at a 99 Cents Only store near 11th Avenue and Lacey Boulevard. Hanford police say the suspect, 23-year-old Ryan Washington, walked up to…… MORE
HLB Disease Infected Trees Detected in So Cal
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is reporting that the department has declared a quarantine in Ventura County. This follows the detection of the citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, in two citrus trees on one residential property in the city of Santa Paula. These detections are the first HLB-positive trees in Ventura County. …… MORE
McCarthy Ousted as Speaker in Historic Vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and threw the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, forced the vote on the “motion…… MORE
Listen: Victor Davis Hanson Analyzes GOP In-Fighting
At the same time Congress was voting on Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s future as Speaker of the House, noted author and historian Victor Davis Hanson joined KMJ’s Ray Appleton to discuss the in-fighting within the Republican Party.… MORE
