(photo courtesy: Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit ) (KMJ) – Cal Fire and the State Department of Forestry have yet to remove the body of an equipment operator killed while battling a wild fire now burning in Mariposa County. Braden Varney, a 10-year veteran with the Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit was killed Saturday when the bulldozer…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno Police say 27-year old Cruz Pedro Hinojosa (pictured above) turned himself in to Pismo Beach Police after being sought in connection to a double fatal shooting in the Tower District. Officers say a 9-1-1 call brought officers to the Fresh Ink Tattoo Parlor on East Olive and North Echo just before 11:00 pm…… MORE
{KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office continues to ask for your help identifying a deceased man who was considered a regular at a city fast food restaurant. Deputies discovered the remains on a man near the off-ramp of Highway 41 at Herndon back on May 24th. They say he matches the description of a…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A baby is born to extraordinary circumstances, by a pregnant mom who came in to CRMC with a very rare condition. Ketxali Maldonado had 5 teams of physician specialists from Community Regional Medical Center working over two months to save her life. Maldonado had placenta accreta, where the placenta had grown…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare Police Department says a Tulare Union High School teacher has been arrested for reportedly having sex with a student. Police say 50-year-old Angela Holguin Webb is also a volleyball coach. They say the relationship with the former student lasted 3 1/2 years while the student attended classes at…… MORE
[Photo; FCSO] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Valley man looking for relief from the heat drowns in a Selma canal. The victim has been identified by the Fresno County Coroner’s Office as 39 year-old Jimmy Renteria. At 8:00 pm on Thursday, dispatchers at the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office received a call stating a man had…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Detectives in Tulare are investigating an armed robbery and and need the public’s assistance to identify the suspects. It happened June 30th on Avenue 192 AND Road 152. The suspect approached a road-side vendor on an ATV and tried to pull the victim into an orchard as one suspect held the…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Legislation to make it easier to repair and update water projects in the San Joaquin Valley is approved by the House. Speaking before the House of Representatives, Valley Congressman Jim Costa stressed the importance of water. “Nowhere is that more evident than in California, the San Joaquin Valley, the most productive…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Two people are injured, one with serious burns, during an apartment fire Thursday, in Southeast Fresno. Fresno Fire Captain Robert Costillo says the blaze began around 12:30p.m. at 331 S. Dearing Avenue by Chestnut and Kings Canyon. Two patients were transported to CRMC, one suffered burns over 30 percent of her…… MORE
FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – Hanford Police arrest a Valley teen at a city bible camp — and charge him with rape. Investigators say this all happened at Hanford’s Koinonia Church Bible Camp back on July 2nd, 2018. “They became acquaintances through the bible camp,” said Hanford Police Lieutenant Greg Fryner as he described the circumstances…… MORE
