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Suspect Identified in Fresno’s 56th Murder of 2021

Suspect Identified in Fresno’s 56th Murder of 2021

(KMJ) – Fresno Police detectives release the name of the suspect accused of fatally stabbing a man in a wheelchair earlier this month. The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has now charged 19-year-old Nickolas Irving with murder. He’s accused of stabbing 41-year-old Charles Kerns (pictured below) to death at Belmont and Roosevelt in Fresno around…MORE

Homicide Investigation Follows Shooting in Tranquility

Homicide Investigation Follows Shooting in Tranquility

(Photo courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office has yet to make any arrests following a fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon in the town of Tranquility. Here are the details shared in a news release from the Sheriff’s Office: At 1:40 pm on Wednesday, dispatchers with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office…MORE

Judge Plans to Re-Sentence Scott Peterson to Life This Fall

Judge Plans to Re-Sentence Scott Peterson to Life This Fall

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) – A California judge says she plans to re-sentence Scott Peterson to life in prison this fall in the 2002 murders of his wife and unborn son. San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo said Wednesday that she wants to sentence Peterson in November before deciding whether he deserves a…MORE

Tulare County Fire Says “No Thanks” to Unsolicited Donations

Tulare County Fire Says “No Thanks” to Unsolicited Donations

(Photo courtesy: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks)   (KMJ) – South Valley Fire Officials are asking you to be selective if you wish to assist in the battle against a pair of wildfires. Although donations are appreciated, the Tulare County Fire Department says unsolicited donations to firefighters battling the KNP Complex Fire and Windy…MORE

Crews Struggle to Contain 10 Big Calif. Wildfires

Crews Struggle to Contain 10 Big Calif. Wildfires

[ns-video id=”h_345d2cab5f17066081e9f78eed19e059″ publisher=”22180″] Northern California is bracing for critical fire weather conditions as firefighters struggle to contain at least 10 large wildfires burning across the state. A level two of three critical risk for fire weather is in effect through Monday night for a large portion of California, stretching from Redding to the region just north of Sacramento, the…MORE

Teen Arrested in Fresno Motel Murder

Teen Arrested in Fresno Motel Murder

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  A 17 year old boy has been arrested and charged with the murder of Philip Frusetta. Frusetta, 24, was found shot to death at the Motel 6 on N. Blackstone the evening of August 24. The victim was working as a security guard at the motel.  He was unarmed at the time…MORE

Manteca Woman, Convicted Drug Trafficker Sentenced

FRESNO, Calif. — Alecia Trapps, 58, of Manteca, was sentenced Sept. 17, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 21 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Trapps was the leader of…MORE

Crews Work Around the Clock Battling Dangerous “Windy Fire”

Crews Work Around the Clock Battling Dangerous “Windy Fire”

The Windy Fire is 21,598 acres with 3% containment. It is burning on the Tule River Indian Reservation and in Giant Sequoia National Monument, Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County. The fire grew yesterday afternoon across the Western Divide Highway (M107) and south to Johnsondale, Camp Whitsitt, and towards the Kern River. Fire also burned north reaching the…MORE