Category Archives: Local News

“Economic Prosperity” Promised As Fresno City College Gets $1m Check

“Economic Prosperity” Promised As Fresno City College Gets $1m Check

FRESNO (KMJ) — A total of $1 million in state money has been handed over to Fresno City College to help enhance the facility’s Career and Technical Education program. The giant check was awarded Tuesday morning and is designed to train up to 100 more CTE students every year. The funds will be used to…MORE

California DMV Finds Additional 1,500 People Wrongly Registered To Vote Under New System

California DMV Finds Additional 1,500 People Wrongly Registered To Vote Under New System

    FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The California DMV finds an additional 1,500 people who were wrongly registered to vote under the new system. The Department of Motor Vehicles made the announcement on Monday that people, including non-citizens, were wrongly registered to vote between late April and late September. The errors are in addition to…MORE

Trump Administration Plan To Privatize Postal Service Sparks Protest In 140 Cities

Trump Administration Plan To Privatize Postal Service Sparks Protest In 140 Cities

[Photo: File]   FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – US Postal Service employees spent their Columbus Day holiday protesting the Trump Administration’s proposed plan to privatize the agency. Employees gathered on Monday in 140 cities across the country from Fresno to Washington D.C. saying they want the post office to remain a part of the federal government. Workers carried…MORE

No Injuries After Officer Shooting, But PD Feared Worse Ending

No Injuries After Officer Shooting, But PD Feared Worse Ending

HANFORD (KMJ) — One suspect has been taken into custody and one Hanford Police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after an officer involved shooting in the city. It comes after a call on Thursday, when officers were sent to an apartment close to Highway 198 and 11th Avenue. Lieutenant Greg Freiner said…MORE

“Westside Shooter” Found Guilty By A Fresno Jury, Faces Life Sentence

“Westside Shooter” Found Guilty By A Fresno Jury, Faces Life Sentence

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The man considered the “Westside Shooter” is found guilty by a Fresno jury. 42 year-old Jorge Javier Gracia of Kerman (above) was convicted on Friday, October 5, 2018 for 19 felonies for the string of shootings in November and December of last year. In a news conference in December of…MORE

California Dept. Of Education Receives Million Dollar Grant To Help Prevent School Violence

California Dept. Of Education Receives Million Dollar Grant To Help Prevent School Violence

[Photo: AP News]   FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – The California Department of Education received a million dollar violence prevention and mental health training grant. State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson (below) says the funding is under the federal STOP School Violence Act to provide violence prevention and mental health training to students and staff in school districts…MORE

Gladding Hit And Run Suspect Alvarez Maravilla Enters Plea

Gladding Hit And Run Suspect Alvarez Maravilla Enters Plea

FRESNO (KMJ) — The teenager alleged to have caused the hit and run death of a Clovis Unified vice principal has entered his plea. Rogelio Alvarez Maravilla was already out on bail when he appeared in Fresno County Superior Court. He appeared in front of a judge amidst a crowd of family and friends of…MORE

Poverello Sued For Protecting Transgender Individual In Women’s Shelter

Poverello Sued For Protecting Transgender Individual In Women’s Shelter

FRESNO (KMJ) — Downtown Fresno’s Poverello House is being sued in federal court by nine women who say they were subject to sexual harassment by a transgender individual, and that staff failed to take action to stop it. The suit filed in April alleges that the nine women were using Naomi’s House women’s shelter along…MORE

Madera Mother Pleads for Help to Catch Son’s Killer

Madera Mother Pleads for Help to Catch Son’s Killer

(KMJ) – The mother of 9-year old Leonardo Morales has joined Madera Police to plead for help to track down those who gunned down her child. The boy and his father were both struck by gunfire when someone in a car pulled up to them at Tozer and Olive in Madera on February 18, 2018. …MORE