FRESNO, Calif. (KMK/KFSN) — Fresno City Councilmembers Miguel Arias and Gary Bredefeld have signed a letter asking California’s attorney general Rob Bonta to investigate Valley Children’s Hospital’s operations. The request comes a day after Valley Children’s Healthcare responded to the councilmember’s claims that it uses hospital proceeds to fund executive salaries. Action News has reached out to Attorney…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fresno Humane Animal Services is full due to a surge in stray animals, and they are asking for community support. Due to limited space, the shelter can only accept sick, injured, aggressive, and orphaned nursing animals. Healthy animals cannot be accepted until further notice. Despite the influx, the shelter remains fully operational…… MORE
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A person has died after a house fire broke out overnight in Merced County. The flames were first reported just before 2 a.m. Thursday at a farm home on Turner Island Road near Henry Miller Avenue, just east of Los Banos. When fire crews arrived on scene, they found the…… MORE
MERCED, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A replica of the Vietnam War Memorial from Washington D.C. is on display in Merced. The memorial is called ” The Wall that Heals,” and it honors the more than three million people who served in the Armed Services during the conflict in Vietnam. An opening ceremony for ‘The Wall that…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A man accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl is in the Fresno County Jail. 23-year-old Josue Patino was arrested by Sanger Police Wednesday. Officers say he assaulted the girl and promised her drugs. Patino is a Reedley College student that officers say had been selling drugs like drugs like as…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) EXCLUSIVE: Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp and Fresno City Councilman Garry Bredefeld had a heated debate Wednesday on KMJ’s Ray Appleton Show. The two are at odds over the $5.1 million compensation package of Valley Children’s Hospital CEO Todd Suntrapak and others. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Valley Children’s Healthcare is responding…… MORE
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MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) — The man accused of carjacking and assaulting a Madera woman has pleaded “not guilty” in court. Police say 54-year-old Otis McKinzy attempted to rob a woman last Wednesday afternoon, then kidnapped her in her own car, and sexually assaulted her. He was arrested later that night after being caught by police…… MORE
VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) — Two people in Visalia are facing charges of Elder Abuse and Child Neglect after a disturbing discovery inside a home on Monday. Police say 34-year-old Cecilia Colleen Rodriguez and 61-year-old Gregory Paul Chavez were arrested after officers visited a home on Garden Street near Race Avenue. That’s where they say they…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — The California Highway Patrol says weather was a factor in a crash in Fresno County that left a 12-year-old boy dead. He has been identified as Ian Brady. It happened Saturday just after 6 pm on Highway 99, north of Clovis Avenue. Officers say the 40-year-old driver was headed southbound on…… MORE
