Mayor Brand Proposes $1.1B Budget, Adds Cops

Posted on May 23, 2017

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)   Fresno Mayor Lee Brand on Tuesday unveiled a $1.138 billion budget for the fiscal year 2018. The spending plan is Brand’s first since taking office in January.  Mayor Brand will present the proposed budget to Fresno City Council at its meeting on Thursday, May 25, 2017.  The City of Fresno’s budget…… MORE

BREAKING: FOSTER GUILTY OF TWO DRUG COUNTS

Posted on May 23, 2017

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  Former Fresno Deputy Chief of Police, Keith Foster, has been found guilty of two felony drug charges. On Tuesday, the jury in Fresno Federal Court returned guilty verdicts on counts of conspiracy to distribute heroin and trafficking marijuana.  The panel was hung on the remaining six charges. Foster’s defense attorney E. Marshall Hodgkins called…… MORE

1 Dead in Massive Atwater Gas Tanker Truck Fire

Posted on May 23, 2017

ATWATER, CA (KMJ) – The driver of a gas tanker truck was killed after his rig rolled and exploded in Atwater Tuesday morning.  The frightening incident occurred off Highway 99 and Applegate Road next to a busy commercial business park.  The huge explosion sent thick black smoke into the sky which could be seen for…… MORE

Jesus Colima Osornio

Posted on May 23, 2017

Jesus Colima Osornio of Fresno.  Property Crimes detectives have established probable cause to arrest Osornio for a “hot prowl” residential burglary. On April 6th, near Kings Canyon Road and S. Temperance Avenue, the garage of a home was broken into as the owners were inside the house.  The suspect got inside of the car parked…… MORE

Heat Prompts High Water Danger In Yosemite National Park

Posted on May 23, 2017

YOSEMITE (KMJ) — The rising temperatures enveloping the Central Valley this week, are bringing a new danger to Yosemite National Park. Waterfalls are full and currents are flowing fiercely, as snow starts to melt. “All records indicate that this is the…near largest snow-pack on record,” reveals the park’s Scott Gediman. “So that of course combined…… MORE

Crop Insurance Industry Fears Budget Cuts

Posted on May 23, 2017

  President Donald Trump’s budget is expected to be released on Tuesday and it’s still not known if or how much the president is expected to cut from farm subsidies and other programs that serve rural areas. Early press reports indicate that farm subsidies will be part of $1.7 trillion in proposed cuts to mandatory…… MORE