Category Archives: Local News
New Ice Cream Shop Opens in Northwest Fresno
Scoops at Bullard and West in northwest Fresno opens. Photo: KFSNRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — With 28 flavors to choose from including four that rotate monthly, Scoops at Bullard and West in north...
Apr 15, 2024
DA Dismayed as Repeat Kidnapper, Carjacker Paroled
KERN COUNTY, CA (KMJ) Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer did not hold back Monday when she learned that Hector Silva was granted parole, 8 years before his sentence was complete.Sliva has se...
Apr 15, 2024
Police ID Suspect in Deadly Central Fresno Shooting of 42-year-old Man
Wanted Homicide Suspect Robert Phompong, 41, Photo Fresnp Police Dept.FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – Police have identified the suspect in a central Fresno shooting that killed 42-year-old Yong Van...
Apr 12, 2024
Shohei Ohtani’s Former Interpreter Turns Himself In On Federal Bank Fraud Charges
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to undergo gambling addiction treatment in a sports betting case.Ippei M...
Apr 12, 2024
Riverdale Carjacking Suspects Nabbed
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A pair of suspected carjackers are behind bars after Fresno County and Kings County investigators coordinated to make the bust.On Thursday, deputies with the Fresno County SheriffR...
Apr 12, 2024
California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce Seizes $53M Worth of Unlicensed Cannabis
CALIFORNIA – Reinforcing California's commitment to supporting legal cannabis operators and dismantling the illegal market, the Governor's Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce seized more than...
Apr 11, 2024
Kristin Smart’s Killer Paul Flores Attacked For 2nd Time at Coalinga Prison
Paul Flores booking photo (Photo: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office)FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – Paul Flores, the convicted killer of Kristin Smart, has been attacked for a second ti...
Apr 11, 2024
OJ Simpson, Fallen Football Hero Acquitted Of Murder In ‘Trial Of The Century,’ Dies At 76
FILE – O.J. Simpson stands as he listens to Municipal Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell as she reads her decision to hold him over for trial on July 8, 1994, in connection with the June 12 slayings ...
Apr 11, 2024
Suspect In Murder And Mutilation Of Man In Fresno County Appears In Court
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A young man accused of killing a Mendota man made his first court appearance in the case Wednesday afternoon in juvenile court.Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies ...
Apr 11, 2024
Driver Who Hit And Killed Fresno Teen Sentenced 5 Years in Jail
Lisa Spoors, the driver who hit and killed 15-year-old Rashad Al-Hakim Jr. in 2022, has been sentenced to five years in jail. Photo: FSCOFresno, CA (KMJ/KFSN) — Lisa Spoors, the driver who hit a...
Apr 10, 2024
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