(KMJ) – The Fresno City Council on Thursday honored Pacific Coast League and Triple-A National Champion Fresno Grizzlies. Council members held a special ceremony at the beginning of its weekly city council meeting. The Grizzlies (Houston Astros AAA) defeated Round Rock in five games to win the PCL title and then followed it with a…… MORE
SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) – Scientists say California’s historic drought is stressing the state’s treasured Giant Sequoia trees, some of the largest and oldest living things on earth. Koren Nydick, a National Park Service ecologist, says there’s more patches of dead foliage in the trees than past years. Giant Sequoias only grow naturally in…… MORE
(KMJ) – A Fresno homeowner’s security system helps catch a burglar in the act. Fresno Police responded to a burglar alarm on Wednesday just from 11 a.m. in the 4000 block of North Tollhouse. There, the homeowner was able to give officers a description of the man her security system photographed breaking into her garage.…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The big tourist season is now over, and Yosemite National Park is bearing the brunt of the many people who came to visit and left their trash there. Every year rangers set up what’s called the ‘Annual Facelift’, which is their call to the public to help collect all the debris that’s…… MORE
Mental Health Issues need to be taken seriously rather than stigmatized – that’s idea behind the Fresno County Board of Supervisors approval of a plan to address the mental health of those “doing time” Fresno County Supervisors voted to approve the Mental Health Services Act – a 3-year plan at over $160-million dollars to help…… MORE
Hanford police are looking for a robber who struck during lunchtime, Tuesday, September 22nd. Hanford police officers responded to the alleyway near Fifth and Douty Streets. where a man told officers he was returning to work around 12:45, and was approached by a Hispanic man holding a knife in the alley. He handed it over…… MORE
PG&E Grows Solar with $25,000 Grant to GRID Alternatives Central Valley. Through their 10-year partnership, PG&E and Grid Alternatives are hosting a job fair at Manchester Center, bringing together 16 companies from the local solar industry, with more than 180 job opportunities to Central Valley residents. The Job fair runs Wednesday, September 23rd, until…… MORE
(KMJ) – The search continues for a man who robbed a bank in Easton. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Department says the suspect walked into the WestAmerica Bank branch on South Elm Avenue around 9:30 Tuesday morning. Detectives say he was holding a handgun when he handed a teller a note demanding money. He was given…… MORE
(KMJ) Several search warrants were served Tuesday near Ewing Elementary School in Southeast Fresno resulting in three arrests. The trio of suspects were arrested at their homes on E. Pine, E. Hedges and E. Hammond. The first suspect, 46 year old Khorn Thorng (pictured) was arrested and charged with cultivating marijuana. He was additionally charged…… MORE
(KMJ) The Fresno Grizzlies capped off a record-setting season Tuesday night with a dominant victory over Columbus, 7-0, to win the AAA National Championship. Starting pitcher Chris Devenski, who was making his first career start for the Grizzlies, didn’t allow a hit until the sixth. He finished with seven shutout innings and earned MVP honors.…… MORE
