FRESNO (KMJ) – The Fresno city council will consider whether to spend $200,000 to fund the Advance Peace program designed to get gang members to give up the gang lifestyle, with a potential payout for each totaling between four and hundred dollars a month. Councilmembers Miguel Arias and Garry Bredefeld debated the plan on KMJ’s…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted Tuesday to end daily random metal-detector searches by July 1 of 2020, but schools still can search students if they suspect rule violations. The board asked the superintendent to come up with an alternative safety policy. Random searches were introduced in the wake of deadly…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – California lawmakers are negotiating a pair of proposed tax increases as the deadline approaches for Governor Gavin Newsom to sign a nearly $215 billion budget. Lawmakers approved the budget bill last week. But they must pass more than a dozen “trailer bills” that detail how the money must be spent. Monday, the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – The city of Clovis has a new police chief. Captain Curt Fleming will take over following the retirement of chief Matt Basgall. Fleming has been a member of the Clovis Police Department for 13 years. Fleming is a native of Fresno and graduated from Bullard High School and Fresno State. If he’s…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – A man is facing life in prison after killing a sleeping couple on a Northern California beach 15 years ago and to killing his own brother. Shaun Gallon pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. Under the deal, he will be sentenced next month to three consecutive life terms in prison without chance of…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – It sounds like a plot for a new TV series, but it’s real life, San Francisco’s chief medical examiner is taking a new job in the Valley. The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to appoint Dr. Michael Hunter as that county’s first independent chief medical examiner. The county is…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno police have put a stop to a recent surge in downtown car break-ins. Early Thursday, officers were patrolling a parking garage that had recently been hit with a string of burglaries. Officers caught Vicente Garcia in the act of breaking into a car. Garcia was arrested and found to be in…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – A motion filed by California, to stop the border wall in the state. California’s attorney general Xavier Becerra annoucing Wednesday he’s filed a motion to permanently prevent President Donald Trump from constructing a wall in California and New Mexico, along the Mexico border. The Attorney General arguing that quote “The president’s actions…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Twelve white male San Francisco police officers are suing the city, saying they were passed over for promotions because of their race and gender. The San Francisco Chronicle reporting that the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in federal court, is the latest round in a long-running battle that dates back decades. The…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno Mayor Lee Brand addressed a crowd of about 900 people at the Fresno Convention Center for his third annual State of the City address. “We have seen unprecedented growth during my tenure as mayor,” Brand said. Mayor Brand says he’s bringing a new initiative forward this year, to make Fresno a…… MORE
