Fresno CA

Jawana Washington was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for giving her son, a documented gang member and convicted felon, her own gun.

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A felon pleaded guilty Monday for having a firearm while fighting officers when they were trying to arrest him during a traffic stop in Fresno County in 2024. The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that 27-year-old Joseph Rocha of Fresno pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A man was sentenced Monday for assaulting a Veterans Affairs employee in Fresno, the Department of Justice said. According to the DOJ, the man, identified as 43-year-old Joseph Luis Alamo, committed the assault the day before Veterans’ Day. The DOJ says that’s when Alamo encountered the...

A dream to serve and protect has become a reality for one local man.

Jawana Washington, 45, of Fresno, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for aiding and abetting a felon in possession of a firearm and disposing of a firearm to a felon. Washington was convicted on September 3rd, following a one-day trial. Court documents revealed that she knowingly provided her firearm...

A 27-year-old Chilean woman pleaded guilty to bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery stemming from a string of bank and ATM heists throughout California, Oregon, and Washington. Maite Celis Silva was part of a South American crime group that broke into multiple financial institutions from May through...

This story was originally published by Fresnoland. The Fresno Police Department is investigating a report alleging that $1.5 million was reportedly embezzled by a now-former employee of the Fresno Arts Council, according to three high-ranking city sources. The matter was reported to local authorities last week. On...

There are two fewer places to grab a quick bite near downtown Fresno and Highway 99. The KFC and Wendy’s on C and Fresno streets — which operated next door to each other for years — are now closed. The windows are boarded up and the buildings are surrounded by chain-link fence. The signs are gone, only the metal...

Alysa Liu, 20, was born in Clovis and earned a gold medal for Team USA in the short program event in Milan.

Three pedestrians were hospitalized Saturday afternoon after being struck by a pickup truck while walking in a crosswalk, Madera police said. Officers responded around 2:35 p.m. to Granada Drive and Cleveland Avenue, where they found that a Ford pickup turning southbound had hit the pedestrians. All three were...