FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The Fresno Police Department is investigating a suspicious death in southwest Fresno on Sunday. Fresno police say shortly after 7:00 am, Southwest officers responded to Tulare Street and B Street to check on the welfare of a male lying on the sidewalk, not moving. Officers arrived and found 64-year-old Abraham Tiggs…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Mindy Casto has been sworn in as the new Fresno Police Chief. The swearing-in ceremony was be held at the Saroyan Theatre in Downtown Fresno Friday morning. Casto was the interim chief until officially being offered the permanent role earlier this month. She made history as the department’s first-ever female chief.…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno’s new police chief joined the Ray Appleton show on Tuesday. Chief Mindy Casto spoke about her new position, and her goals for the department which includes bringing staffing levels up higher, with qualified candidates. Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern. Listen to Chief Mindy Casto’s full interview on…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Four people have been arrested in connection to a deadly shooting in central Fresno. Authorities have taken 20-year-old Uniese Brown, 20-year-old Demarion Hackett, 19-year-old Christopher Stanley and a teenager into custody. The shooting happened on Thanksgiving in 2024 on Pleasant and Fedora avenues. Three separate Shotspotter notifications totaled nearly 50 rounds.…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A student at Edison High School shared recent events at school have not made her feel safe. Those comments come after offensive markings were discovered on the Edison High School Campus in Southwest Fresno. District officials said they were first made aware of the racial slur and Nazi swastika, found in…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Fresno Police are searching for three men responsible for firing over 40 shots into a southwest Fresno home that killed a woman. The shooting happened just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday near East Samson and South Lee avenues. When officers arrived, they found 31-year-old Markazsa Perry in the backyard of a home,…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – A man shot and killed at apartment complex overnight in northwest Fresno is identified. Details were released during a press conference Friday afternoon. Police said the shooting was reported shortly after midnight Friday at the Windscape Apartments on Nees near Poplar Avenue. Officers arrived to find bullet holes in the front…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno activist is arrested for vandalism on the Fulton Mall. 53-year-old Dallas Blanchard is accused of splashing white paint last weekend on new signs just days before the mall is reopening. Lieutenant David Ramsey says Fresno Police arrested him Wednesday October 18th around 9:00p.m. “We were able to tie him…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police release crime trends over the past 28 days in the city of Fresno. Overall violent crime is down in Fresno year-to-date, and in the past 28 days by 8%. Domestic violence was reduced just over 9% over the last 28 days. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says in…… MORE
The doctor who worked on injured Fire Captain Pete Dern – now needs help, himself – the victim of a hit & run.. Dr. William Dominic is the Director of the Leon S. Peters Burn Center at CRMC. “William J. Dominic, MD, FACS, is a Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery at the University of California San Francisco…… MORE
