(KMJ) – A suspected home burglar is chased by that home’s owner and then jumps into the Saint John’s River in an attempt to avoid capture by Visalia Police. This all began around 3 p.m. Saturday when a man says he caught 40-year old Michael Hernandez trying to break into his home near Loves Lane…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno judge decides a man will go to trial for the murder of a Calwa toddler. Gage Hurtado was the boyfriend of the child’s mother, Nicole Lopez, but was not the father. In September of 2017, Sheriff’s Deputies found 23-month-old Julius Lopez non-responsive in the home in Calwa with blows…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $24 billion package Friday, in an effort to cover the costs of future wildfires in California. Newsom’s plan includes the creation of a $21 billion fund, as well as a requirement that PG&E, So Cal Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric pay $3 billion into an…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – In a Thursday night tweet, former congressional candidate and current mayoral contender Andrew Janz lashed out at his old opponent, 22nd District Rep. Devin Nunes, responding to a Nunes tweet about a Fresno city council issue, surrounding the use of taxpayer cash to pay “criminals to be nice.” Nunes didn’t name anyone in…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno police have arrested a suspect in the murder of man outside a social services agency. 32-year old Matthew Chavez was attacked and stabbed on June 14, 2019 while he standing outside Turning Point on Blackstone Boulevard. Chavez died from his wounds after being rushed to CRMC. Police arrested…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – At issue, should the Fresno city council dedicate hundreds of thousands of dollars toward the anti-gang intervention program “Advance Peace.” “You can’t ask us to reduce gun violence without allocating money toward that effort,” Councilmember Miguel Arias said. Councilmember Miguel Arias, who sponsored the Advance Peace item, changed his motion to dedicate $200,000…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A twist in an alleged kidnapping story that broke Thursday morning. The victim claimed that two men tried to rob him, forcing him into a van and driving him to the Wells Fargo bank at Fresno and Van Ness in downtown Fresno. Fresno Police received a 911 call about the…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Legislature has approved Assembly Bill 91, which calls for more than doubling the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit program. The measure, which supporters believe will help the working poor, will expand the program to $1 billion. It’s part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest budget, which revokes the ability of Californians…… MORE
(KMJ) – Sacramento Police confirm one of its officers lost her life after being shot while responding to a domestic violence call in the northern part of that city Wednesday night. 26-year old Tara O’Sullivan died after being rushed to UC Davis Medical Center. And the Sacramento Police Department posted this message on its Facebook page…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — 21-year-old Myron Johnson of Tulare is set to spend more than 30 years behind bars, after threatening to kill a female minor, whom he had been selling for sex. The victim contacted Visalia Police in January 2017, after escaping from the home where Johnson had been holding her captive. Investigators were then…… MORE
