FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A badge pinning ceremony was held Thursday to honor the 16th Fresno Fire Chief, Billy Alcorn. Alcorn was appointed to the position last month after serving as interim fire chief for five months. Alcorn was recruited to Fresno Fire in January of 2021 after serving as the Merced Fire Chief for…… MORE
EXETER, CA (KMJ) – Exeter Police respond to a disturbance at a home in that city on Thursday morning that became deadly. Exeter Police got the call around 7:00 a.m. requesting medical aid after a disturbance. When officers arrived at the Rancho Exeter Mobile Home Park at 314 North Albert Avenue, they found a 72-year-old…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California officials are expected to vote Thursday on a proposal to increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak that sickened thousands of families and forced them from their Los Angeles homes in 2015. The proposal for the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility has sparked…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ambitious and expensive plans for a dilapidated factory at San Quentin State Prison where inmates of one of the nation’s most notorious lockups once built furniture, and lawmakers have given him the greenlight to start with little input or oversight. He wants to spend $360 million…… MORE
VISALIA, Calif. (KMJ) — A woman is now on the run after officers say she stole thousands of dollars’ worth of chlorine products in Visalia. Misty Toledo, 41, is known for stealing items from Lowe’s on S. Mooney Boulevard that police are calling her a “Notorious Thief.” Toledo is also known for stealing from Target…… MORE
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ) — Hundreds of plants and illegally processed marijuana were recovered last week in Merced County. Merced County Sheriff’s Office issued multiple search warrants that led to a discovery of 702 marijuana plants. Deputies recovered a gun, about 300 pounds of processed marijuana, nearly 40 pounds of dried marijuana and hundreds of…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A New Mexico man is arraigned Wednesday, accused of kidnapping members of a migrant family and holding them hostage. The Fresno County DA’s Office charging 31-year-old Christian Guadalupe Ortiz Coronado of Los Lunas, New Mexico for the kidnapping for ransom of five victims last week in Fresno. Ortiz Coronado is accused…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — Fresno Police arrest an unhoused man for the murder of another homeless man, who died after the alleged assault, over the weekend. Fresno Police say around 11:00 pm Saturday night they responded to a report that there had been an assault at the Fresno Mission on G Street near San Benito.…… MORE
Jacoby Jackson, 33, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for special circumstance murder on Wednesday. On April 9, 2023, Tulare firefighters and police officers responded to a massage business on K Street. Upon arrival, they found an adult female in one of the massage rooms with signs of strangulation and…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gusty winds and low humidity brought high risk of wildfires to the interior of Northern California on Wednesday and a utility proactively cut electricity to approximately 8,400 customers to prevent potential ignitions in the blustery conditions. Red flag warnings for critical fire danger were to remain in effect until 8 p.m.…… MORE
