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Welcome Home Celebration Planned for Valley Olympic Silver Medalist

Welcome Home Celebration Planned for Valley Olympic Silver Medalist

(Photo courtesy:  The Associate Press) (KMJ) – Valley residents are being invited to help welcome home the Nation’s newest super heavyweight boxing silver medalist from the Tokyo Summer Olympic games. Here are the details included in a news release from the Tulare Chamber of Commerce: The community of Tulare is elated to announce the Welcome…MORE

Arnold’s Message for Anti-Mask Protesters: ‘Screw your freedom’

Arnold’s Message for Anti-Mask Protesters: ‘Screw your freedom’

[ns-video id=”d435e432da83a1b780ba14c312060a6″ publisher=”22180″] Republicans have found a new boogeyman in the battle for the House: the nation’s top public health agency. As Republicans head back to their districts for the August recess, they are hammering the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and seizing on the backlash to new mask and vaccine mandates — part of…MORE

Wanted Felon Dead After Standoff with Fresno Co. Deputies

Wanted Felon Dead After Standoff with Fresno Co. Deputies

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A wanted felon is dead after a standoff Wednesday with Fresno Co. Sheriff’s deputies. Crisis negotiators attempted to talk the man into surrendering at the Flamingo Mobile Home Park on Central Ave. After hours of negotiations, the man died of self inflicted wounds. He was a resident of Butte County.MORE

California Requires Teachers get COVID Vax or be Tested Regularly

California Requires Teachers get COVID Vax or be Tested Regularly

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Teachers and school staff in California are now required to either show proof they’ve gotten the COVID-19 vaccine or be subject to weekly tests. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the first-in-the-nation plan Wednesday at a news conference at an elementary school in Alameda County. California has already issued a similar requirement for state…MORE

Tulare County Serial Child Molester Sentenced to Life

Tulare County Serial Child Molester Sentenced to Life

VISALIA, CA (KMJ)  A serial child molester was sentenced Tuesday to 120 years to life in prison. 37 year old Oracio Reyes had been convicted of 15 counts of lewd acts on a child under fourteen. The crimes occurred from 2006 to 2016 against six minor female victims ages 6 to 13-years-old. Each of the crimes…MORE

Mother & Son Cuffed for Murder of 14 Yr Old Girl

Mother & Son Cuffed for Murder of 14 Yr Old Girl

On Sunday, January 3, 2021, just after 1:00 am, officers from the Northeast Policing District responded to Maple Avenue just south of Shaw regarding two shooting victims. Officers arrived and located a 14-year-old female juvenile and a 15-year-old male juvenile suffering from gunshot wounds. Both juveniles were transported to local hospitals. Despite lifesaving efforts from…MORE

Body of Missing Hiker Recovered in Sequoia NP

SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. August 9, 2021 – Trained searchers assisting the Thoke family were able to locate Matt Thoke on Saturday and National Park Service (NPS) Rangers recovered his body on Sunday. Thoke was found in a location that was not visible by air and hardly visible on the ground, not…MORE

Former Salon Owner Caught Up in Pelosi Blowout Scandal To Speak in Clovis

Former Salon Owner Caught Up in Pelosi Blowout Scandal To Speak in Clovis

  (KMJ) – The former Bay Area salon owner thrust into the spotlight after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi received a blowout at her business during the lockdown will speak Tuesday night at an event in Clovis. According to The Business Journal, Erica Kious will speak at The Gentry Salon at 401 Clovis Avenue…MORE

Parole Allowed for Killer Who Buried Clovis Disabled Man Alive

Parole Allowed for Killer Who Buried Clovis Disabled Man Alive

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has allowed the parole release of a killer who served four decades in prison for the murder of a developmentally disabled man who was buried alive. Officials said Monday that Newsom took no action Friday on the state parole board’s latest decision granting parole to David Weidert.…MORE