A Fresno teen speaks out Wednesday about getting stranded overnight while hiking in Utah mountains. He shared his experience in this exclusive interview with KMJ’s Liz Kern. It was ultimately a choice between live or death for Nicolas Alcantara, surviving nearly 30 hours in the cold. “Shivering to death, I didn’t want to die…… MORE
SAN DIEGO (AP) – A Southern California man whose two children died in a fire that investigators said likely erupted when he passed out drunk and dropped a cigarette was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that during the three-hour sentencing hearing Wednesday, 39-year-old defendant Henry Lopez called the…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Some California Democratic state lawmakers have announced legislation that would require telecommunications companies to have at least 72 hours of backup power at cellphone towers in high-risk fire areas. Representatives from the telecommunications industry told lawmakers in a separate oversight hearing on Wednesday that the bill is unfair. Data from the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – The California Food Expo… dissolving — amid financial and organizational issues. Formerly the Fresno Food Expo it spent nine years highlighting the Valley’s food, beverage and AG industries. It will be closing operations by January 31st. Exhibitors who had registered for this year will be now be refunded their payments by…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s governor is seeking $750 million in part to help pay rent for people facing homelessness in the most populous state’s latest attempt to fight what he called a national crisis. Gov. Gavin Newsom planned to sign an executive order Wednesday creating the fund, two days before he presents his second…… MORE
(KMJ) – A female Fresno Police officer continues to recover after “fighting for her life” during at attempted arrest Tuesday night in the West Central part of the city. The officer reportedly contacted 22-year old Dontrea Castro around 5 p.m. in front of an Inn on Parkway north of Belmont after suspecting she was a…… MORE
(KMJ) – A three-month investigation leads to an arrest for embezzlement at a South Valley Ag company. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office says its deputies were contacted back in September by representatives from Best Agri Marketing in Traver. They told investigators the company’s vice president of 19 years, Denise Franks, embezzled more than $300,000 over…… MORE
SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT (KMJ) – A Fresno teenager is now recovering in a hospital in Utah after being stranded in snow overnight. Click to listen to the exclusive interview with his mother, Jenni Alcantara by KMJ’s Liz Kern below. A phone call on January 2 turned Jenni Alcantara’s world upside down, when…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ News) — A cell phone recovered from a canal has helped Fresno County detectives arrest a man on robbery and battery charges. 21-year-old Amilcar Alfaro is facing 10 years-to-life in prison for punching an elderly couple, who took photos of him holding a screaming toddler over a canal at De Witt and…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – SB 57 which would have made voter registration optional at the California DMV is shot down by a partisan vote. Senate Bill 57 died Tuesday in the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee. It was authored by Senator Patricia Bates, a Republican from Laguna Niguel, and co-authored by members of the…… MORE
