BAKERSFIELD – Amid rising COVID-19 cases across the country, and following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency authorization of a booster dose for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, Governor Gavin Newsom today received his second Moderna booster at a clinic in Bakersfield, and encouraged all eligible Californians to get boosted to keep their immunity strong…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has been made aware of a scam taking place in Tulare County targeting Mexican American and Mexican National residents. During their investigation, Detectives learned that between September 2021 and May 2022, 59-year-old Micallela Aguilera Coleman of Lindsay promised to help numerous Tulare County residents obtain…… MORE
(KMJ) — Clovis Police were involved in a car chase after multiple attempts to pull over a driver over on Tuesday monring. Officers were in the area of Gettysburg and Helm Avenues when a red Toyota run a stop sign. The driver refused to stop and lead police on a chase. The pursuit had to…… MORE
(KMJ) — K-9 Bruce does it again, sniffing out another load of drugs during a traffic stop in Merced on Tuesday. Highway Patrol pulled over a Volkswagen for a tinted window violation, but officers noticed the driver showed several signs of criminal behavior during the stop. The call was made to bring in K-9 Bruce…… MORE
(KMJ) — The Fresno County DA’s Office has filed 24 charges against two men who they say are responsible for a series of retail burglaries in Fresno. Officials say both 21-year-old Schirell Cummings and Reginald Taylor have been carrying out these crimes from Dec. 2021 through May 2022. One of their last burglaries was at…… MORE
(KMJ) — 29-year-old Makiah Miles of Compton and her mother, 50-year-old Apryl Weston of Santa Maria, have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and identity theft for submitting fraudulent unemployment insurance claims to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) in the names of inmates, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court…… MORE
(KMJ) — The gunman who police say opened fire during a college party earlier this year in Merced is now behind bars. According to Merced Police, 21-year-old gang member Adrian Garcia was at the Hanger BBQ and pulled out a gun after a fight broke out on Feb. 26. Officers say Garcia then fired several…… MORE
(KMJ) — A broken water main left 12 residents without access to water Monday evening in Southeast Fresno. The City of Fresno says the broken water main is located at McMillin Avenue, just west of Clovis Avenue. A Sanger Unified school bus was also impacted by the broken water main and the back end of…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno Chaffee Zoo has welcomed a new baby wallaby. Tammar wallabies are born about the size of a jellybean and are then carried in their mother’s pouch for 8 to 9 months as they continue to grow and develop. The young wallaby is now out of mom’s pouch and can be seen in…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – A man from Merced County fired at deputies after leading them on a chase. Around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, deputies were helping CHP Officers track down a suspect who had fled from them during a traffic stop in the area of Highway 99 and Avenue 328. When Deputies caught up…… MORE
