The Senate passes the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. The reform bill would make it more difficult for ocean carriers to refuse to load American goods that are ready to get shipped from U.S. ports. The legislation is a federal response to congested ports. Some shipping lines find it more profitable to haul empty shipping containers…… MORE
Infant Suffers Burns After A Firebombing In The South Valley
VISALIA, Calif. (KMJ) — An infant suffered minor burns after a firebomb was thrown at a home in Visalia early Friday morning. Visalia Police and Fire crews responded to calls of fire on Garden Street near downtown around 3:00 a.m. where a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of a house . An infant inside…… MORE
Fresno Murder Suspect Tracked Down in Mexico
(KMJ) – A tip leads to the arrest of a suspect wanted in the August 2020 murder of a Fresno man. Here are the details as released by the Fresno Police Department: On August 16, 2020, at 4:00 a.m., officers responded to Belmont Avenue and Backer Avenue regarding a victim of a shooting. Officers arrived…… MORE
California Extends Statewide Eviction Protections
SACRAMENTO – On the final day of Women’s History Month, Acting Governor Eleni Kounalakis Thursday signed legislation that extends eviction protections for Californians participating in rental assistance programs, making her the first woman in California’s history to sign a piece of legislation into law. “California’s nation-leading rent relief program has provided much needed relief for more…… MORE
Man Who Shot a Teen Gets Life In Prison
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ) – Porterville man, 42-year-old Carlos Santos Moreno was sentenced to life in prison for luring and shooting a teenager in 2018. It started after two teenagers driving a truck taunted another group of teens near the Tule River on June 30th 2018. The teenage victim followed the truck to get the…… MORE
Suspects And Deputies Exchange Gunfire in the South Valley
(KMJ) – A total of four suspects are now in custody after getting into a gun battle with Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies Wednesday night. The Sheriff’s Office says the two men and two juveniles are suspects in the armed robberies of dairies in Pixley, Tipton and Tulare. Following reports of another robbery, Deputies tried to…… MORE
Suspect Identified in Deadly Shooting Inside Fresno Police Headquarters
(KMJ) We’re now learning more details on the deadly officer-involved shooting inside Fresno Police headquarters Tuesday afternoon. Here are the details as released by the Fresno Police Department: At approximately 11:42 a.m., a male adult entered the Fresno Police Department Headquarters Annex from an unknown entry point. The suspect made his way into a detective’s…… MORE
Street Vendor Robbed in Tulare County
(KMJ) – The search continues for a pair of suspects who held up a roadside vendor in the city of Tulare on Tuesday. Here are the details as released by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office: Just after 6 pm., Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the area of Cartmill and West in Tulare for…… MORE
Bakersfield Man Gets Prison for Transporting over 100Lbs of Meth
FRESNO, Calif. — Randal Jason Newell, 42, of Bakersfield, was sentenced Tuesday to three years and three months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Dec. 5, 2020, Newell drove from Bakersfield to Mexico to obtain and smuggle narcotics from Mexico to Bakersfield,…… MORE
Violent Suspect Killed at Fresno PD Headquarters
A deadly officer-involved shooting is under investigation at Fresno Police HQ. The incident took place around noon Tuesday inside the FPD Annex building downtown. Police Chief Paco Balderrama said the unidentified man was shot and killed by an officer inside the building. Chief Balderrama said at a news conference that the suspect should not have…… MORE
