(KMJ) – Fresno’s Help Eliminate Auto Theft (H.E.A.T.) Task force is now asking for help to return an antique autocycle recovered in Los Angeles County. Investigators say a rare 1900 Excelsior Autocycle was found at a home in Southern California last week. Investigators believe the bike was stolen from the Fresno area in January 2011.…… MORE
Funeral Service For Fallen Firefighter Braden Varney
A memorial service will take place Monday at 11:00 a.m. for fallen Cal Fire Firefighter Braden Varney. Braden died while battling the Ferguson Fire on Saturday. Monday’s celebration of life service held for Varney will be held at the at the house Modesto on Coffee Road in Modesto. An outside ceremony will begin at 10:30…… MORE
Central Valley Will Have a Voice on New Farm Bill
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote this week to go to conference with the House to come up with a single farm bill, hopefully before the current one expires. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans a vote to conference the farm bill with the House soon after the Senate votes on a key nomination.…… MORE
How You Can Help Crews Battling The Ferguson Fire
(KMJ) – The Ferguson Fire continues to grow in Mariposa County near Yosemite National Park. More than 3,000 fire personnel are working to contain this blaze as it burns in the Merced River Canyon. If you wish to help these crews, here are a few things you can do. Most appreciated by firefighters: ·…… MORE
Deadly LA Standoff Ends as Suspect Surrenders
[van id=”us/2018/07/22/trader-joes-one-dead-la-mayor-presser-sot-vpx.cnn”][van id=”us/2018/07/22/trader-joes-employee-helps-people-escape-nr-vpx.cnn”] (CNN) – A Trader Joe’s employee is dead and a wounded suspect is in custody after a standoff in Los Angeles stretched over several tense hours Saturday before the gunman’s surrender. About 40 people were inside the grocery store on Hyperion Avenue in the Silver Lake neighborhood when an armed man ran…… MORE
Serial Bank Robber from Fresno Commits Suicide After Heist
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) One of the FBI’s most-wanted bank robbers turns out to be a man from Fresno. The suspect known as the “Faux Badge Bandit” struck again in near Santa Barbara on Friday, but that would be his last heist. 41 year old Keith Goodwin of Fresno took his own life with a self…… MORE
Woman Loses 9 Family Members in Boat Accident
[van id=”us/2018/07/21/tia-coleman-branson-duck-boat-survivor-sot-nr-vpx.cnn”] (CNN) – The youngest was a year old. The oldest was 76. Nine were members of one family. Friends and family are mourning the deaths of 17 people who were killed when a duck boat sank Thursday near Branson, Missouri, during a storm. The amphibious vehicle went down in about 40 feet of…… MORE
F.U.S.D. Teacher’s Aide Sentenced For Lewd Acts With Student
[Photo: Fresno PD] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno Unified teacher’s assistant is sentenced Friday, July 20, for felony charges of lewd acts. The 22-year-old was a 4th-grade tutor at the time when he met the victim, a student at Olmos Elementary School where he was working. The lewd acts occurred between August of 2015…… MORE
Fresno Hospital Asks For Help Identifying Woman, Finding Her Family
FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) – Community Regional Medical Center is asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman. Hospital officials are looking for the family of the patient as Fresno Police do not know who she is. The woman did not have identification on her and her fingerprints didn’t reveal anything. She was found floating…… MORE
Evacuation Advisory For Residents Of Foresta Near Ferguson Fire
Evacuation Advisory For Residents Near Ferguson Fire UPDATE 7/20/2018 11:18 a.m. FIRE ADVISEMENT FOR FERGUSON FIRE AREA WHAT: Evacuation Advisory WHEN: Effective Immediately WHERE: Foresta This is NOT an Evacuation Order. This is an advisement only of a potential Evacuation Order for the community of Foresta should conditions change. Highway 140 remains closed from El…… MORE
