Category Archives: Local News

Central Fresno Porch Thieves Caught on Video

(KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is now asking for you help to track down a pair of suspects wanted for stealing items from a porch in Central Fresno. Sheriff’s Deputies released the following information:  Shortly after 2:00 a.m. on 7/22/18, a man and woman were caught on camera sneaking up to the front…MORE

Thousands Evacuate as Deadly Wild Fire Pushes Toward Redding

Thousands Evacuate as Deadly Wild Fire Pushes Toward Redding

(photo courtesy:  KCRA) (KMJ) –  Cal Fire says says an explosive wildfire burning in Shasta County has killed a bulldozer operator and is pushing closer to the city of Redding. The Carr Fire has been burning since Monday afternoon.  Thursday, a privately hired bulldozer operator was killed and  three firefighters were burned while battling this…MORE

Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency Due to Ferguson Fire

Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency Due to Ferguson Fire

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California Governor Jerry Brown has issued an emergency proclamation for Mariposa County due to the Ferguson Fire. The Ferguson Fire was currently at 43,299 acres, and at 27 percent containment as of Thursday afternoon when the California Governor made his proclamation. Gov. Brown declaring a state of emergency makes in Mariposa…MORE

9 Year-Old Waterford Boy Killed After He Rides Into Intersection

9 Year-Old Waterford Boy Killed After He Rides Into Intersection

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department says it was an accident. 9-year-old Johnny Davis, was riding south on Tim Bell Road, on Tuesday night. He was approaching Yosemite Boulevard/Highway 132. The Sheriff’s Department says the road is really steep, apparently as he was riding down he couldn’t stop. The driver of…MORE

Tulare County Sheriff’s Department Asks Help To Identify This Suspect

Tulare County Sheriff’s Department Asks Help To Identify This Suspect

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect. Back on March 20th, Deputies responded to the 1100 block of Avenue 24, IN Earlimart, over the theft of a C-Train and other household items from a vacant mobile home on the property. A nearby neighbor…MORE

Tulare Man Sentenced To Life For Child Molestation

Tulare Man Sentenced To Life For Child Molestation

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Tulare man is sentenced to life in prison for child molestation. On Thursday in the Tulare County Superior Court, 69 year-old Oscar Moreno received 40 years-to-life in prison for child molestation. On June 15, 2018, Moreno pleaded no contest to three counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a…MORE

New Poll Shows Clear Front-Runner in CA Governor’s Race

New Poll Shows Clear Front-Runner in CA Governor’s Race

(KMJ) – A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California shows one candidate seeking to succeed Jerry Brown as California’s next Governor,  with a clear, early lead. In numbers released Wednesday, Democrat and current Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom leads Republican businessman John Cox by a margin of 55 to 31 percent. The poll…MORE

Woman Found Floating In Fresno Canal Identified

Woman Found Floating In Fresno Canal Identified

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno Police Department reports the family of the woman pulled from a Fresno canal has come forward. They say the woman has been identified as 60-year-old Judy Allen of Fresno. She was found floating face-down in a Fresno canal on Tuesday July 17th.   Allen remains at Community Regional Medical…MORE

One Dead In Head-On Crash With Military Vehicle Near Cholame Y

One Dead In Head-On Crash With Military Vehicle Near Cholame Y

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – One person has been killed in a head-on crash Wednesday morning with a military vehicle near Cholame. It was about 7:45 a.m., when the California Highway Patrol says a military vehicle blew a tire by where Highway 41 meets Highway 46, in the Cholame Y. The military transport vehicle veered into…MORE