Category Archives: Local News

Orchard Supply Hardware Closing All 99 Stores, in California, Florida & Oregon

Orchard Supply Hardware Closing All 99 Stores, in California, Florida & Oregon

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Orchard Supply Hardware is closing all 99 of its stores. 4300 employees got the news that OSH was shutting all stores by the end of this year. Stores are located in Oregon, Florida, and here in California; with seven stores across the Central Valley (see below), three in Sacramento, two…MORE

CA Fire Dept. Says Verizon Throttled Data Speeds During State’s Largest Wildfire

CA Fire Dept. Says Verizon Throttled Data Speeds During State’s Largest Wildfire

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Verizon Wireless is accused of drastically reducing internet speeds for the Santa Clara County Fire Department, during the 350,000 acre Mendocino Complex Fire. Officials say even though Verizon was made aware of the emergency, the carrier throttled firefighters’ data speeds, and said higher speeds would only be available, if a data plan…MORE

Measles Exposure At Harris Ranch Prompts Public Health Warning

Measles Exposure At Harris Ranch Prompts Public Health Warning

  FRESNO (KMJ) — Visitors to Harris Ranch earlier this month could have been exposed to the measles. The warning on Wednesday comes from Fresno County Department of Public Health, which established that a woman with the viral infection visited the Coalinga restaurant’s female restroom and Country Store on August 10th between 2pm and 3.30pm.…MORE

Alleged Golden State Killer To Face Trial In Sacramento

Alleged Golden State Killer To Face Trial In Sacramento

SANTA ANA (KMJ) — Prosecutors from six different California jurisdictions have decided where Joseph James Deangelo will go to trial. The man alleged to be the Golden State Killer is facing 13 counts of murder and 13 counts of kidnapping to commit robbery. All charges against the 72 year old will be heard in Sacramento.…MORE

Calif. Moves Closer to Eliminating Bail System

Calif. Moves Closer to Eliminating Bail System

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP/KMJ) – The California Assembly has narrowly passed a bill to make California the first state to completely eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial and replace it with a risk-assessment system. The bill, SB 10 authored by state Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys), passed Monday with no votes to spare and over concerns…MORE

New Law Bans Male Guard Pat Downs of Female Inmates

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Male prison guards will be prohibited from pat-down searching incarcerated women and viewing them while they are not fully dressed under a new law signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown announced he signed the bill Monday. It will take effect in 2019. The bill bans male guards from entering areas…MORE

CALTRANS Approves SB 1 Funding For More Than 100 Transportation Projects

CALTRANS Approves SB 1 Funding For More Than 100 Transportation Projects

  FRESNO, CA( KMJ) – Caltrans today announced that the California Transportation Commission (CTC) approved funding for more than 100 transportation projects funded entirely or at least partly by $690 million from SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. “These projects are a just a small portion of the key improvements we…MORE

Castro Rejects Restricting Employee Speech: “Where Would We Draw The Line?”

Castro Rejects Restricting Employee Speech: “Where Would We Draw The Line?”

FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno State faculty and staff have been officially welcomed back to campus, but the Fall Assembly took place under the shadow of what President Joseph Castro described as “turbulence” from earlier in the year. “While we have undoubtedly been on an upward trajectory in so many different ways, we are living in…MORE

K9 Finds Heroin In BMW, Merced CHP Looking For Driver

K9 Finds Heroin In BMW, Merced CHP Looking For Driver

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Merced CHP is looking for a driver who left two kilos of heroin behind. An officer pulled over a white BMW on August 17, and found the driver’s license was suspended. While he was impounding the car in a Burger King parking lot off Childs Avenue, just east of SR-99 in…MORE