RESIDENTIAL UTILITY RATES HAVE JUMPED MORE THAN 50% SINCE 2020 FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — After extensive public comment, most demanding the proposal be turned down, the California Public Utilities Commission granted PG&E yet another electricity rate hike of about 3% on Thursday. PG&E customers can expect an increase of about $6 as soon as…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Authorities are looking for a prisoner who escaped custody in Downtown Fresno. 17-year-old Isaac Cardenas got away from officers Thursday afternoon while at Community Regional Medical Center. Officials say he was getting medical clearance before he could be booked into the juvenile justice campus. He’s 5’9″ with brown hair and brown…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A new effort is underway to combat the spread of fentanyl across Central California. Valley Crime Stoppers has partnered with local law enforcement. It is now offering a $1,000 reward for any tips that lead to the arrest of fentanyl dealers. Valley Crime Stoppers says there have been more than 400…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Want to see the new baby elephants at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo? Now is your chance! The zoo announced that the two elephant calves will officially be viewable to the public from 9 am to 3 pm starting on Friday, September 13. The elephant calves will make their debut on the…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN/KMJ) — Fresno State is officially joining the Pac-12 conference in 2026, the university has announced. The Bulldogs, along with Boise State, San Diego State, and Colorado State, will officially become members of the conference on July 1, 2026. “Fresno State has always been a university of opportunity and grit, and joining the…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – A teenager who was killed in a motorcycle crash in east central Fresno on Tuesday has been identified as 16-year-old Austin Ly. Clovis Unified School District confirmed to KMJ’s News Partner ABC 30 Action News that Ly was a student at Clovis East High School. It happened on Fowler at Tulare Avenue…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed in Tulare County. The man has been identified as 29-year-old Jaime Manuel Martinez. The Sheriff’s Office responded at about 11 pm Tuesday to Wheatland and Dooley in Richgrove for reports of a shooting. When deputies arrived, they say they found…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A little girl from the Central Valley has made her debut in the Big Apple. 16-month-old Luci Amor Bennett appeared on a jumbotron in New York’s Times Square. Action News spoke to her family after Luci’s picture was chosen for an awareness campaign by the National Down Syndrome Society. Luci lives…… MORE
MADERA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Madera man convicted in the January 6 riot could face additional prison time after being convicted in a separate case for illegally possessing guns and ammunition. According to evidence presented in the January 6 case, a search warrant was ordered at Benjamin Martin’s Madera home. During the search, FBI agents…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The city of Fresno is taking action to help protect local business owners against crime and theft. City leaders launched a $100,000 grant program on Tuesday. It provides small businesses with money to install or upgrade security camera systems. A&A Textiles, a fabric store in central Fresno, has been around for…… MORE
