Yearly Archives: 2017

Bail Remains $560K For Teen Who Allegedly Live Streamed Crash

Bail Remains $560K For Teen Who Allegedly Live Streamed Crash

Posted on July 28, 2017

(KMJ) – The bail amount will remain the same, $560,000, for 18-year-old Obdulia Sanchez whose bail hearing was on Friday.  Sanchez is the teen who allegedly caused a fatal DUI crash outside Los Banos while live-streaming.  Sanchez’s public defender, Ramnik Samrao, says that’s too high. “[Sanchez] is a foster child,” says Samrao. “She has been [a foster child]…… MORE

Fresno PD Conducting Bike & Pedestrian Safety Ops

Fresno PD Conducting Bike & Pedestrian Safety Ops

Posted on July 28, 2017

[Photo: Liz Kern/KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) -The Fresno Police Department is gearing up for a bike & pedestrian safety enforcement operations. Numbers are on the rise in California, in just a two year span, the Fresno PD has investigated 741 injury collisions and 51 fatalities involving pedestrians and bicyclists. Extra officers will be on the…… MORE

CalFire: Property Owners Still Responsible for Controversial Fee

CalFire: Property Owners Still Responsible for Controversial Fee

Posted on July 28, 2017

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The controversial Fire Prevention Fee has been repealed by the California Legislature. However, property owners on whom it was imposed, must still pay meet their existing obligations. CalFire says bills issued for the fiscal years during which the fee was in place must be paid in full. Rhose who are delinquent face…… MORE

Visalia Holds Boots, Brews & Bacon Fest

Visalia Holds Boots, Brews & Bacon Fest

Posted on July 28, 2017

VISALIA (KMJ) — A bacon eating contest is one part of a new festival taking place in Visalia this weekend. Organizers hope “Boots, Brews, & Bacon” will become an annual event for the city. “In addition to the beer tasting and bacon tasting, provided by local breweries and restaurants, we are having a bacon eating…… MORE