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Category Archives: Local News
Gas Station Clerk Dead After Robbery In Madera County
MADERA (KMJ) — Deputies in Madera County are searching for two people they say robbed a gas station, and then fired shots which killed an employee. The incident was called into dispatch around 11pm Monday, and Madera County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Tackle Box Gas Station and Mini Mart on Road 26, just north…… MORE
Santa Rosa Residents Still Sifting Through Charred Rubble
[van id=”us/2017/11/14/california-wildfire-coffey-park-rn-nccorig.cnn”] SANTA ROSA, California (CNN) – The engine came roaring back to life, despite the vehicle being partially burned and melted. And though their car may not look pretty, Christina Lopez and her husband concluded the fire-damaged Honda Civic was safe enough to drive. Lopez said she was anxious to have her car so…… MORE
“Starbucks Bandit” Found Guilty
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A jury has found the man dubbed the “Starbucks Bandit” guilty. 30 year old Ryan Flores admits to the attempted robbery charge stemming from the incident at the Fresno Starbucks store in July, when Good Samaritan Cregg Jerri intervened – hitting the would-be robber with a chair, and the two wrestling with…… MORE
Four Year Sentence For Former Deputy Police Chief Keith Foster
FRESNO (KMJ) — The former Deputy Chief of Fresno Police will spend four years behind bars, for conspiring to distribute heroin and marijuana. The sentencing came Monday afternoon inside Downtown Fresno’s Federal Courthouse. “Foster abused his position of trust for his own financial gain,” said U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert. “Given that the abuse of methamphetamine,…… MORE
Lesson Learned? CSUF Prof. Loses 1st Amendment Case
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A Fresno State professor apparently needs a few lessons on the First Amendment. In May of 2016, Dr. Greg Thatcher was videotaped erasing chalk messages written on a campus sidewalk by a pro-life student group decrying abortion. The video (click to watch) shows Thatcher getting into a heated confrontation with the female students…… MORE
Both Sides Rest In Starbucks Bandit Trial
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Both sides have rested in the Starbucks Bandit trial. Jurors will hear closing arguments on Monday, November13th and decide the fate of the accused – Ryan Flores, who faces prison time on the charge of assault w/a deadly weapon with great bodily injury. The robbery took place back on July 20th…… MORE
Vacant Home Fire Warning As Valley Weather Gets Cooler
FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno Fire says there is a higher risk of vacant home fires now the cooler temperatures are enveloping the Central Valley. “In fact, to date, we’re about at a 30% increase in vacant apartment structure fires and then about a 10% in our commercial vacant structure fires,” revealed Fire Chief Kerri Donis.…… MORE
National Stores On Fulton Street “At Least A Decade” Away
FRESNO (KMJ) — Downtown Fresno’s Fulton Street is at least ten years away from attracting big name stores, according to the city’s former mayor Ashley Swearengin. “In our research in looking at opening up the mall, we knew that it would take at least a decade for national retailers to move into a traditional ‘main…… MORE
Another Suspect In PRK Firearms Burglary Caught In Modesto
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) -Another suspect in the burglary at PRK Firearms has been caught. On October 20th, six people from Stanislaus County broke into the store on Clovis Avenue in Fresno. They stole 50 firearms. Four suspects were arrested last week, on tips from Turlock and Modesto Police. Now, Fresno Police Lieutenant Mark Hudson…… MORE
