FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man faces charges following a SWAT standoff at a Fresno hotel after he escaped from police custody. The U.S. Attorney’s office charged 32-year-old Helan Lopez-Sanchez with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Court documents say back in January, law enforcement was tipped off that the Salvadoran…… MORE
UPDATE: FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fresno’s infamous Tower District Rapist has been denied parole after going before the state parole board Friday morning. This was his second time appearing in front of the board for parole. He will not be able to try again for seven years. Acosta was convicted of sexually assaulting at least…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A teenager was hospitalized after he was shot at an apartment complex in northwest Fresno on Thursday night. Fresno Police say the shooting happened around 6 p.m. Thursday inside an apartment near Polk and Santa Fe avenues. Police say the teen was shot in the upper body inside one of the…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Crews are working to extinguish a fire that destroyed multiple structures in Tulare County, including a vacant house. The second-alarm fire broke out just before 5 a.m. Thursday on Road 120 near Avenue 408, just outside Culter and Orosi. When Tulare County Fire arrived, they found a two-story home fully…… MORE
MAYOR’S STATEMENT REGARDING HOMELESS HOUSING, ASSISTANCE, AND PREVENTION (HHAP) FUNDING FRESNO, CA – Due to a last-minute change in the ongoing City Council budget presentations, Mayor Dyer today [Thursday] was unable to attend a Big City Mayors virtual news conference on the need for continued state funding to address homelessness. Mayor Dyer believes strongly that the…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The push to bring Art-hop back to Fulton Street will become a reality Thursday night. A year ago, the city of Fresno banned outdoor vendors, citing both heat and safety concerns. A major decrease in traffic in Downtown Fresno followed the decision. In the months since, the Downtown Fresno Partnership held a survey…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Action News has learned new details in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Caleb Quick outside a Clovis McDonald’s, with the attorney for the teenage suspect suggesting the killing may have been motivated by allegations of sexual misconduct involving Quick. Attorney Mark Coleman, who represents the 16-year-old boy charged in the April…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — The woman found guilty by a jury of murdering her ex-husband has learned her sentence. A judge ordered Erika Sandoval to spend 50 years to life in prison after a jury found her guilty in the deadly shooting of Exeter police officer Daniel Green. This was the second time Sandoval…… MORE
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Courage and strength: that’s what CHP officers Bernavet Mendez Padilla and Christian Ramirez used as they worked to save a man trapped in a car after a head-on crash in Merced County last month. “We have a pin in, be advised, it’s a red sedan that overturned in the canal.…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fresno residents looking to save water and beautify their yards may now qualify for more financial help from the city. The City of Fresno has expanded its “Lawn to Garden Rebate Program,” offering increased incentives for homeowners and businesses that replace traditional lawns with drought-tolerant landscaping. The program, which began in…… MORE
