Category Archives: Local News

Merced River. Photo: KFSNMERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — As the temperatures begin to rise in Central California, there is concern of strong currents through the Merced River.“We’...

Photo: California Office of GovernorSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has a budget deficit of $27.6 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday – a gap so wide that he’s proposing cutt...

Fowler High School. Photo: KFSNFOWLER, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – A 17-year-old has been arrested for allegedly making a swatting call about an active shooter at Fowler High School on Thursday morning....

FILE/KMJFRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed in southeast Fresno.Police say it happened before 11:30 am Thursday on Hamilton and Chance, near ...

Temple Beth Israel Rabbi Rick Winer is joined by author and educator Hilary Levine, speaking during KMJ’s Afternoon Drive Show, May 8, 2024. Photo: KMJ/Liz KernFRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Two Jewis...

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) — Visalia police are cracking down on prostitution at massage businesses.Over the past two months, officers have been actively investigating nine locations in the city.The...

20-year-old Kendra Reana McIntyre. Photo: KFSN/Debra RushFRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – A 14-year-old girl has been arrested by Los Angeles Police Department for the murder of 20-year-old Kendra Re...

SANGER, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man has been arrested after Sanger Police say he told them he killed his father.An employee at a Fastrip gas station on Academy Avenue called 911 about a man who wa...

MERCED, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Carlos Maldonado-Pizarro was in a Merced courtroom on Tuesday morning as he listened to the heartbroken parents of 14-year-old Christian Alonso-Andrade. The young vic...

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fresno County reports a decrease in fentanyl-related overdose deaths over the past few years as the District Attorney’s office announced charges against a man a...