FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – More than 600 Fresno Unified Employees and their families attended the “2018 Excellence in Education” awards. This year’s event held at the Golden Palace Banquet Hall in West Central Fresno was honoring and recognizing some of the Fresno Unified School District’s outstanding employees. 45 finalists received plaques, after being nominated by their…… MORE
Homicide Suspects From Mississippi Caught Sleeping In Fresno
FRESNO (KMJ) — Two wanted suspects from Mississippi have been arrested outside a Southeast Fresno gym. The call on Tuesday came after passers-by alerted police to a suspicious vehicle with two people sleeping inside. After checking plate information and speaking to the pair within, the responding officer established that the vehicle belonged to a wanted…… MORE
Charge Filed In Murder Of Transgender Victim: Kenton “KC” Haggard
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A murder charge is now filed against the man accused of killing a transgender person, Kenton ‘KC” Haggard. On Monday, Fresno police announced they arrested Richard Joseph Lopez (above) of Fresno. Lopez was already in custody in Fresno on an elder abuse charge and auto theft from a crime in 2017 in…… MORE
Distracted Driver Convicted Of Vehicular Manslaughter In Kern County
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A distracted driver is convicted of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in Kern County. Last March, Gary Vansant struck and killed 41 year-old Sara Hernandez. She was crossing in an unmarked crosswalk, at Ashe and McKee Roads to get to the Bakersfield Sports Village Soccer Park. The Kern County DA’s office…… MORE
China Peak Temporarily Closed – Not Enough Snow For Skiers
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – China Peak Mountain Resort seeing too little snow to remain open, for now. The resort had to close in early January, and had just reopened on January 26. Officials said they will open on a moment’s notice, once the area gets enough snow. Resort officials says they’re looking for 18 inches,…… MORE
One Dead After Shooting Near Fresno’s Tioga Middle School
FRESNO (KMJ) — A homicide investigation is underway following an early morning shooting in Central Fresno. Police were called to a home close to Millbrook and Santa Ana Avenues at around 4am. “We responded to 3523 East Santa Ana for a report of multiple shots being fired at the location,” established Fresno Police Sergeant Andre…… MORE
Fresno Felon Suspect In Transgender Murder From 2015
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police make an arrest on Monday in the murder of a transgender person killed in Central Fresno back in 2015. It was back on July 23rd, around 2:20 in the morning that Kenton Haggard was stabbed to death on Blackstone and Cornell Avenues. Surveillance video shows 66 year-old Haggard, wearing…… MORE
Jessica Delara
Jessica Delara of Sanger. An arrest warrant has been issued for felony battery and assault. In December, a woman went to a home in Sanger to serve her husband divorce papers. While doing so, the man’s girlfriend, Jessica Delara, confronted the woman and attacked her. Delara punched the woman in the face, knocked her…… MORE
Sexually Violent Predator From Visalia Committed To Coalinga State Hospital
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A sexually violent predator from Visalia is committed to the State hospital. 44 year-old Jessie Pritchett will be confined for an undetermined amount of time at Coalinga State Hospital. Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward says Pritchett’s rampage of violence in Tulare and LA Counties spanned 30 years against more than…… MORE
Legislation Would Limit CA Opioid Prescriptions to 3 Days
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — New legislation calls for limiting opioid prescriptions to no more than 3 days. The measure, introduced by Calif. Democratic Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez, would also require a doctor to justify why a particular dosage is needed, if it hasn’t decreased after the third refill. Opioids, designed only for temporary pain relief, led to…… MORE
