Category Archives: Local News

Judge Stalls Uber, Postmates Challenge to AB 5

Judge Stalls Uber, Postmates Challenge to AB 5

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge is refusing to exempt ride-hailing company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates from a broad new California labor law while she considers their lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee on Monday denied the companies’ request for a preliminary injunction protecting them from the law. It aims to…MORE

Calif. DOJ Reviewing LA Police Use of State Gang Database

Calif. DOJ Reviewing LA Police Use of State Gang Database

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The California Department of Justice is reviewing the Los Angeles Police Department’s records and policies on use of a state database of gang members and associates. The move announced Monday by Attorney General Xavier Becerra comes after allegations emerged that officers in an elite crime suppression team falsified records and listed…MORE

PG&E Reminds Customers: Let Hearts Soar on Valentine’s Day, Not Metallic Balloons

PG&E Reminds Customers: Let Hearts Soar on Valentine’s Day, Not Metallic Balloons

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA – With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reminds customers that sparks – and not just the romantic kind – can fly on February 14 if improperly secured helium-filled metallic balloons come in contact with power lines. Metallic balloons have a silvery coating, which is a…MORE

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Owners of Unclaimed Jewelry Left After 2010 Selma Business Closure

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Owners of Unclaimed Jewelry Left After 2010 Selma Business Closure

    SELMA, CAlif. (KMJ) – The Fresno County Public Administrator’s Office is currently managing the estate of Selma resident George Garabedian, who passed away in 2019. For years, Garabedian operated a business called Geo’s Jewelry, located at 1937 High St. between 1st and 2nd in Selma. Garabedian permanently closed Geo’s Jewelry in 2010 after…MORE

Clerk Pistol-Whipped, Terra Bella Convenience Store Robbed, Suspects Get Away

Clerk Pistol-Whipped, Terra Bella Convenience Store Robbed, Suspects Get Away

  TERRA BELLA, CA (KMJ) – A convenience store clerk is pistol-whipped during an armed robbery in Terra Bella. South Valley investigators are seeking the public’s help identifying a pair of suspects. Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the C&F Market in the 9200 block of Road 236 just before 9:00 Sunday night. The…MORE

Wind Knocks Out Power to 44,000 PG&E Customers

Wind Knocks Out Power to 44,000 PG&E Customers

    NORTH FORK, CA (KMJ) – PG&E says wind is responsible for knocking out power to 44,000 customers on Monday. The Yosemite Division area extends from the Madera County Line to north of Modesto, and west to Interstate 5. As of 9:30 a.m., there are still 107 customers without power in the Oakhurst area,…MORE

Tip Leads to Arrest of Accused South Valley ATM Thief

Tip Leads to Arrest of Accused South Valley ATM Thief

(Photos courtesy:  Tulare County Sheriff’s Office ) (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, operating on a tip passed on to it from the Exeter Police Department, make an arrest following a series of ATM thefts in the South Valley. Friday, Deputies, along with Exeter Police officers and the state Parolee Apprehension Team, tracked down…MORE

Fight at Fresno County Hemp Store, Owner Stabbed By Fired Employee

Fight at Fresno County Hemp Store, Owner Stabbed By Fired Employee

    FRIANT, CA. (KMJ) — A fight inside a Fresno County hemp products store – after an employee is fired – ends with a stabbing. Fresno County Sheriff’s Sergeant Adam Maldonado says it happened around 6:00 Thursday night. 42-year-old Kelly Richardson was locking up the Yosemite Hemp Company in Friant, when 27-year-old Jose Ramos, the employee…MORE

$1.2 Million Worth of Illegal Marijuana Plants Seized in Fresno County

$1.2 Million Worth of Illegal Marijuana Plants Seized in Fresno County

  FRESNO COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – More than a million dollars with of illegal marijuana plants are seized in a bust this morning in Fresno County Narcotics Detectives working off of an anonymous tip, went to a home this morning to serve a search warrant. Inside the house at 4985 E. White Ave. in Fresno…MORE