FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A second Fresno County child has died from Coronavirus. The Fresno County Department of Public Health cannot give details about the case because of HIPPA privacy laws. According to Fresno County Health Dept. data the child was 17 years old or younger. Valley Children’s Hospital confirmed on Friday that the…… MORE
UPDATE: SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say at least one resident has died in wildfires that are raging through Northern California and threaten tens of thousands of homes. Solano County Sheriff Sheriff Thomas A. Ferrara announced the man’s death Thursday, but he didn’t have additional details. At least two other people have died in…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A helicopter pilot is killed in a crash Wednesday while fighting the Hills Fire. Cal Fire says the Bell UH-1H helicopter was dropping water on the Hills Fire in Fresno County, around 9 miles south of the City of Coalinga. The pilot was killed when the helicopter crashed around 10:00am…… MORE
Gavin Newsom said California could not afford to pay its share of President Donald Trump’s new expansion of unemployment benefits. According to President Trump’s Executive Order on Saturday, the order would provide $400 per week in additional assistance to Americans who are unemployed, $300 of which would come from the federal government. The remaining…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 34 Central Valley men who detectives say tried to solicit sex from children. “Operation COVID Chat Down” was a multi-agency effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that spanned between July 20th and August 2nd. FCSO says COVID-19 has pushed more kids to…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A 19-year-old Fresno woman who was seven-months pregnant was killed by a driver in Northwest Fresno on Sunday night. Fresno police say Autumn Frank was walking with friends on Swift Avenue near Marks around 10:30pm Sunday night She had almost made it out of the crosswalk and onto the sidewalk…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A teenager from the Central Valley is now the first teen to die from COVID-19 in the state of California. On Friday, the California Department of Public Health reported that the teenager had underlying health conditions. “It’s a huge trauma for everyone that’s involved, um, including the hospital workers,” said…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The CEO of Valley Children’s hospital in Madera says there’s a false narrative going around about children and Coronavirus. CEO Todd Suntrapak wants to debunk the narrative that children are not prone to getting sick or worse. They have seen children as young as three weeks old get sick from…… MORE
FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) — The USGS is reporting a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook around 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday. Initially USGS reported a 6.0 magnitude quake, centered near Lone Pine on the east side of the Sierras. The quake centered in Inyo County, about 15- 20 miles south east of Lone Pine. Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones…… MORE
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced today that the California Department of Education (CDE) has released comprehensive guidance that will support public school leaders across the state as they work with their local health officers to plan for the safe reopening of campuses and classrooms this fall. Titled “Stronger Together: A Guidebook…… MORE
