FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The increase in respiratory viruses this winter season is not only pushing emergency rooms to maximum capacity but also urgent care and primary doctors. “What we’re seeing across the Valley is that the emergency departments are impacted, and as a result, we’re seeing that the wait times for non-urgent issues…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Emotions ran high as a distraught Fresno mother convicted of child abuse pleaded with a judge to spare her from prison on Tuesday. “There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t regret any of that, and I do,” Joy Frances Collins said. “And I beg for your mercy so…… MORE
CLOVIS, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Valley family claims Clovis Police caused their loved one’s death when she needed help. A settlement ends the lawsuit over Isabel De la Torre’s medical call that ended in tragedy. The coroner’s report declared Isabel De La Torre’s death “Homicide by positional and compressional asphyxia due to prone restraint.” In…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The City of Fresno is looking into possibly leasing a portion of a building that once belonged to the now-defunct Bitwise company. The State Center Warehouse is located on “R” and Huntington Boulevard in Downtown Fresno. City council members are considering a lease agreement for 37,000 square feet on the second…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) It’s been 16 years since Fresno residents saw a rate increase for trash service. Now, a significant rate hike is being debated. “We have to follow the Proposition 218 process”, Fresno City Manager Georganne White told Broeske & Musson. Prop 218 means the city has to mail a notice about the proposed…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni didn’t hold back when asked about California’s new laws taking effect in 2024 for conceal carry holders. Listen here to his interview with KMJ’s John Broeske and Christina Musson:… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places — the ice in a skating rink, the manufactured snow on ski slopes, in pipes providing irrigation for farmland. And — coming soon — in your drinking glass. California regulators on Tuesday approved new…… MORE
(KMJ) – Hospitals in the Fresno County area are reporting severely impacted conditions in their facilities due to a historic number of admitted patients and people accessing the emergency department with non-urgent medical problems. The Fresno County Department of Public Health (FCDPH) and Central California Emergency Medical Services (CCEMSA) are pleading with the public to seek…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fire investigators are working to determine what sparked a structure fire in West Central Fresno. The fire happened Sunday at an abandoned building on Nielsen Avenue near Highway 99. It used to be the Fresno County Morgue and for a while it was also used as the County Animal Shelter. Firefighters…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A 21-year-old Fresno man is dead after a rollover crash on a Highway 41 embankment Sunday morning. The California Highway Patrol says the man was driving southbound on Highway 41 around 3:30 a.m. when he drifted between the north and south lanes and down an embankment. Officers say his car…… MORE
