MAYOR’S STATEMENT REGARDING HOMELESS HOUSING, ASSISTANCE, AND PREVENTION (HHAP) FUNDING FRESNO, CA – Due to a last-minute change in the ongoing City Council budget presentations, Mayor Dyer today [Thursday] was unable to attend a Big City Mayors virtual news conference on the need for continued state funding to address homelessness. Mayor Dyer believes strongly that the…… MORE
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Courage and strength: that’s what CHP officers Bernavet Mendez Padilla and Christian Ramirez used as they worked to save a man trapped in a car after a head-on crash in Merced County last month. “We have a pin in, be advised, it’s a red sedan that overturned in the canal.…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fresno residents looking to save water and beautify their yards may now qualify for more financial help from the city. The City of Fresno has expanded its “Lawn to Garden Rebate Program,” offering increased incentives for homeowners and businesses that replace traditional lawns with drought-tolerant landscaping. The program, which began in…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man is dead and a woman has been airlifted to the hospital following a two-car crash in Fresno County. The crash happened Thursday morning at the intersection of American and Buttonwillow avenues, just north of Reedley. The California Highway Patrol says a woman in a Toyota Prius pulled out…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — New rules in effect Thursday will change the landscape of the more than 120 smoke shops across the City of Fresno, narrowing that number down to seven per council district, allowing for a total of 49. “Every council district south of Shaw is completely overwhelmed by smoke shops, and those smoke…… MORE
PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A standing ovation Tuesday night in Porterville for those who took action when a Monache High School student was stabbed last month. “Their courage, dedication, and commitment provided security to all the students and others in our community and made a profound difference that day, which could’ve been extremely worse,” Porterville…… MORE
MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Two teens are in custody, accused of a carjacking in Madera County. The Madera County Sheriff’s Office says it happened just after 4 a.m. Tuesday at a business near Avenue 12 and Highway 41. The victim says two 16-year-old suspects pushed him to the ground, threatened to kill him, and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy released a report Wednesday critical of California’s embattled High Speed Rail Project. With billions of taxpayer dollars on the line, the clock is ticking for the bullet train boss to respond. In an appearance on Fox News, Duffy said “We have a 300 page report that basically says…… MORE
VIENNA (AP NEWS) – Arnold Schwarzenegger has a message for environmentalists who despair at the the approach of President Donald Trump’s administration: “Stop whining and get to work.” The new U.S. administration has taken an ax to Biden-era environmental ambitions, rolled back landmark regulations, withdrawn climate project funding and instead bolstered support for oil and gas…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A 31-year-old man is headed to prison after admitting to defrauding investors with loans made to the failed Fresno-based startup company Bitwise. Andrew Adler was sentenced in Federal court this morning in downtown Fresno after pleading guilty in February to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Adler was ordered to spend just…… MORE
