Category Archives: Local News

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A controversial $1 billion piece of wildfire legislation has been signed into law. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 901, which increases the state’s forest ma...

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An Atwater man is charged with sexual exploitation of children through apps. A federal grand jury returned a 3-count indictment Thursday against 26 year-old Nikko Adolfo Perez...

  [Photo: Liz Kern/KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California Department of Motor Vehicle customers were affected by a system outage Thursday morning.. More than 60 offices were affected up and dow...

Image courtesy of Fresno Chaffee Zoo FRESNO (KMJ) — A man is facing trespassing charges after police said he broke into Fresno Chaffee Zoo and was bitten by a lion. Officers were called to the s...

FRESNO,CA (KMJ) -District Attorney Tim Ward has announced criminal charges against Oscar Robles, age 26, of Visalia, for incidents occurring in April of 2017 and January of 2018. Robles is employed as...

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A contractor pleads guilty to supplying unqualified armed guards to the Fresno IRS facility. Court documents show that 49-year-old Robert Bejarano, of Kingsburg was one...

Flowers and letters (left) in memory of Gavin Gladding (right, image courtesy of Clovis Unified ) FRESNO (KMJ) — The family of Fort Washington Elementary’s Vice Principal, killed following...

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A gas leak in Tulare County caused about 800 students from Cutler Elementary School and the nearby preschool to be evacuated. The Tulare County Sheriff Office says a co...

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an off-duty Porterville Police Sergeant for Inappropriate Contact with a Minor. It happened Sunday in the area of Jay Str...

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A local man is behind bars, again, as Fresno Police continue their crackdown on gang and gun violence. Fresno PD nabbed 34 year old Alfonso Ceja on Saurday evening during a vehicle st...