VISALIA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — In the South Valley, closing arguments continue in Erika Sandoval’s murder trial. After a nearly three-month trial, jurors are now listening to closing arguments. Today, the prosecution laid out its case. This second murder trial for Erika Sandoval is close to coming to an end. Sandoval has admitted to shooting and…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Two people are in custody for the deadly shooting that happened at a barbershop in central Fresno. Police took 18-year-old Kobe Chantharangsy into custody on Sunday, along with Adrian Echeverria, who police say was an accessory to the crime. The shooting happened on April 19 at the Los Viejones Barbershop on…… MORE
WASHINGTON (KMJ/KFSN) — An F/A-18 fighter jet assigned to a squadron based out of NAS Lemoore rolled off the side of an aircraft carrier and sank to the bottom of the Red Sea on Monday. The Navy said at the time, the aircraft was being towed out of the hangar bay of the USS Harry…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Central Valley fields are the “Breadbasket of the World,” but for farmworker Xochilt Nuñez, they are filled with a new reality: Fears about the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Speaking in Spanish, Nuñez told Action News that many workers simply are not showing up to harvest the food that feeds the world. …… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A bill introduced by Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula aimed at stopping a century-long mining project in Fresno County did not make it out of committee Monday afternoon. That mining project would drill a 600-foot deep pit near the San Joaquin River in Fresno County. Arambula introduced a bill, AB1425, which went before…… MORE
HANFORD, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Family members have identified the 17-year-old boy killed in a stabbing outside the Hanford Mall on Saturday night as Lorenzo Sanchez. The Hanford Police Department says a 15-year-old suspect, who has not been identified, is booked in the Kings County Juvenile Center on a single charge of murder. Sanchez was going…… MORE
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A teen is dead and two others are injured following a shooting at a party in Merced County. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened Sunday at midnight on Gertrude Avenue near North Winton Way in Winton. When deputies arrived, they found two 17-year-old boys and a 17-year-old…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Dozens of Valley veterans will take their “trip of a lifetime” courtesy of the Central Valley Honor Flight. Once again, our heroes from across Central California will fly to Washington, D.C. The veterans will gather Monday morning at Fresno Yosemite International Airport for a special sendoff, then they’ll fly to DC. …… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man is dead after a high-speed chase in Fresno County. CHP officers say just after midnight Sunday, a Dodge Challenger was headed east on Highway 180 near Clovis Avenue at speeds reaching up to 130 miles-per-hour. Officers tried to pull the car over but the driver did not stop…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni joined KMJ’s Philip Teresi Thursday on the Afternoon Drive to discuss the arrest of a group of suspected armed robbers with possible ties to a violent Venezuelan prison gang.… MORE
