FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide after a body of a woman is discovered. On Tuesday, the dead woman was found inside a home Porterville, near East Date Avenue and Ruth Street. Violent Crimes Detectives went inside the home and started their investigation. When they arrived, a…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Tulare City Hall was evacuated Tuesday due to a bomb threat. Tulare Police were clearing the scene after an investigation. Police began searching the building around 11:00 Tuesday morning. Tulare officers were asking people to stay away from the 400 block of Kern Avenue. About 50 City Hall employees were evacuated…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The US Department of Agriculture announced that it was loaning $449 million to the Sites Reservoir Project. Funds will be used to build the interconnection facilities to move water in and out of Sites Reservoir. The announcement was made Tuesday by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue,…… MORE
SACRAMENTO (KMJ/AP) — The Chair of the California Democratic Party has temporarily stepped down, following accusations of of sexual misconduct. Eric Bauman’s leave of absence began Monday. It has been alleged that he sexually harassed and assaulted several people during party functions. The alleged victims have not been identified. An external organization has been drafted…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A 53 year old man is taken into custody after firing shots at Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputies overnight. It all started around 10:00 Sunday night in Squaw Valley. The suspect was inside with his adult son at the home on the 35,000 block of George Smith Road. Fresno County Sheriff Spokesperson…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Stanislaus Co. Sheriff’s deputy died during a chase involving a man with at least three prior DUI convictions in the last nine years, investigators confirmed early Monday morning. Investigators said deputies were called to the intersection of Oakdale Rd. and Patterson Rd. in Riverbank, just outside Modesto, around 9:45…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The California Democratic Party has launched an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by party chair Eric Bauman. Bauman says he takes any allegation seriously and that an outside investigator is looking into the accusations against him. The allegations have been brought forward by a party vice-chair on behalf of anonymous…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A baby orangutan born earlier this month has begun his life on exhibit at Fresno Chaffee Zoo. Zoo visitors were able to see him for the first time on Tuesday. He is the child of 29 year old mother Siabu, who came to Fresno in 2001 from Audubon Zoo in New Orleans,…… MORE
FRESNO, Ca (KMJ) – A man is behind bars after leading deputies on a chase in Central Fresno. It started just after 1:00 a.m. Tuesday morning by Fountain Way and Wilson. Spokesperson Tony Botti from the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said deputies spotted a suspicious SUV and witnessed the suspect, Justin Sullivan (below), get inside…… MORE
The Camp Fire ravaged Northern California quickly and ferociously. Now flooding, mudslides and rivers of charred debris could do just the same. With more than 151,000 acres of newly scorched earth, heavy rain expected this week could lead to several other disasters. “Rainfall that would normally be absorbed will run off extremely quickly after a…… MORE
