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
San Francisco (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed the final outstanding lawsuit filed by the parents of Kate Steinle, whose death on a San Francisco pier in 2015 touched off a national debate over sanctuary city policies. Steinle’s parents sued the federal government and the ranger who left the gun in an unlocked vehicle…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge will not temporarily exempt freelance journalists and photographers from a broad new California labor law that they fear could put some of them out of business. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez denied the temporary restraining order sought by two freelancers’ organizations while he considers their objections to the…… MORE
PORTERVILLE, CA (KMJ) – A Porterville man is arrested for allegedly molesting children at his daycare center. Porterville Police released a statement that 58-year-old Jose Luis Cortez Caballero was arrested Monday morning after an investigation that started in December 2019. Police said for the past 22 years, Caballero and his wife ran the licensed…… MORE
FRESNO ,CA (KMJ) – Two brothers are arrested for a fatal shooting last Thursday in Porterville. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, with help from Nebraska State Patrol and Utah Highway Patrol, has arrested 20-year-old Jeremy Bailey and 25-year-old Christopher Corbit, both of Porterville, for the murder of Adonis Tapia on January 2nd in…… MORE
HANFORD, CA. (KMJ) — DNA evidence left at a home burglary in Hanford has resulted in an arrest nearly a year and a half later. Deputies were investigating a burglary off Highway 198 in July of 2018. The homeowner says the back door was found open and a doggie door installed on the back…… MORE
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PLAINVIEW, Calif. (KMJ News) — A missing a missing South Valley mother of four is found dead in Imperial County. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office say 36-year old Brittney Steenbergen was last seen December 28 at her home in Plainview. On January 1, the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office responded to a body found in a…… MORE
UPDATE: Police say the teen suffered frostbite and is being treated for exposure to his feet. He was found by two skiers. Witnesses said he was able to walk to the helicopter. UPDATE: It has been confirmed that the teenage boy Nicolas “Andrew” Alcantara missing in Millcreek Canyon has been found alive, according to Detective…… MORE
