FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — This Fall, students will return to the Fresno Unified School District with Interim Superintendent Misty Her leading the way. The district is conducting a nationwide search to find a permanent superintendent, but, in the meantime, ‘Her’ says she’s getting to work. The start of the new school year is just a…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — In Fresno County, the small community of Five Points is mourning the loss of a local leader. On Saturday evening, 69-year-old Baldomero Solorio-Hernandez was fatally hit by another car as he was crossing 10th Avenue to get to his truck. His two daughters, Amber Long and Courtney Gonzalez, are devastated…… MORE
KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A man has been arrested after deputies say he kidnapped a woman at Tachi Palace Casino Resort and took her to Paso Robles. The Kings County Sheriff’s Office got a call for a missing elderly woman on Monday morning. Deputies learned she was last seen getting into a car with an…… MORE
VISALIA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – Two dogs at the Visalia Animal Services center near Highway 99 found their forever home Friday. “We had a litter of 8, which all got adopted, which was really exciting,” says the Visalia Animal Services Manager Candace Harrington. But for many dogs that don’t go to a home or a rescue shelter,…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni says a recent drug bust has gone a long way to protect people from fentanyl. Several packages of the powdered drug were found during a traffic stop on Interstate 5. Officials say there was enough fentanyl to kill 7.5 million people. This year alone in Fresno…… MORE
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Charges are now filed against the man accused of multiple crimes, including rape, assault and attempted murder of a child in Chowchilla. Arthur Dean Knapp now faces multiple charges, including rape and assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm. Chowchilla Police arrested the 40-year-old after the alleged crime on August…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Investigators are searching for the driver responsible for hitting and killing a bicyclist in Tulare County. The California Highway Patrol responded just after 9 am Sunday to a call on Road 68 near Highway 198 — that’s just south of Goshen. Officials say a person was driving north on Road 68…… MORE
MADERA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — More than 20,000 kids in one North Valley school district are up early Monday morning. Madera Unified students are headed back to class for the new school year. The City of Madera recently annexed Road 26 north to Martin Street, including Matilda Torres High School. Officers will now provide traffic enforcement around…… MORE
MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A portion of Highway 99 in Madera County is back open after an overnight closure due to a crash. It happened in the northbound lanes but also ended up blocking the southbound side. California Highway Patrol Madera shared images of the crash which involved a semi and a pick-up truck. It…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The man who was shot and killed in southeast Fresno has been identified as 37-year-old Arnold Ortega. The shooting happened on Thursday, August 8, on Lane and Recreation avenues, near South Chestnut Avenue. Police say Ortega was walking on Recreation when a group of men approached him and started attacking him. That…… MORE
