Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

NWS Confirms Tornado Hit Madera County

NWS Confirms Tornado Hit Madera County

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — The National Weather Service Hanford confirms a tornado did touch down in Madera County Friday. Viewers reported the tornado touched down at Berenda Elementary School in the Madera Acres area. Video shows the damage it left behind at the campus. We’re told parents received a text alert to pick up their…MORE

Sanger PD Updates Kidnapping Investigation of 9-Year-Old Girl

Sanger PD Updates Kidnapping Investigation of 9-Year-Old Girl

SANGER, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Sanger Police say they are continuing the investigation into an alleged kidnapping last month, but so far they have found no evidence to support the statements made by the 9-year-old girl. On February 21, officers responded to a call of a possible kidnapping at 1:45 p.m. near JFK Park on Faller and…MORE

Shock Poll: Republican Garvey Surges to Lead in Senate Race

Shock Poll: Republican Garvey Surges to Lead in Senate Race

Los Angeles – Baseball legend Steve Garvey has surged to first place in California’s US Senate primary election according to a new poll released Friday by LA Times/Berkeley IGS. The former Dodgers and Padres star gave his immediate reaction to the news to KMJ’s Ray Appleton, moments after the poll was published. https://www.kmjnow.com/2020/12/10/the-ray-appleton-show-podcast/MORE

IRS Cracks Down on High-Income Earners 400K+ Who Did Not File Tax Returns

IRS Cracks Down on High-Income Earners 400K+ Who Did Not File Tax Returns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS plans to go after 125,000 high-income earners who did not file tax returns going back to 2017 — and the agency says hundreds of millions of dollars of unpaid taxes are involved in these cases. Beginning this week, the IRS will start sending out noncompliance letters to more than 25,000…MORE

Beloved Clovis Unified Employee Battling Aggressive Brain Cancer

Beloved Clovis Unified Employee Battling Aggressive Brain Cancer

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — One month ago, Bonnie Bisby was set to take a trip of a lifetime with her daughter to Costa Rica. But once she arrived, she started having symptoms that would lead to the diagnosis of a lifetime. “I was there a day, and I started noticing things. My face starting…MORE

Fresno Grizzlies Single-Game Tickets on Sale Thursday

Fresno Grizzlies Single-Game Tickets on Sale Thursday

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fresno Grizzlies fans can soon snag their tickets for the season. Single-game tickets will be available this Thursday starting at 10 am. Prices start at $10 on the team’s website, or at the Chukchansi Park Ticket Office. The Grizzlies also announced their promotional schedule, including the home opener, Star Wars night…MORE

Woman Died in Car Crash in Tulare County Early Wednesday: CHP

Woman Died in Car Crash in Tulare County Early Wednesday: CHP

TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – A woman died in a car crash in Tulare County early Wednesday morning. The CHP said it happened just before 6:30am, while a 27-year-old woman was driving a 2014 Nissan, near Farmersville. She was going east on Avenue 280 when she made a U-turn by Road 148, right into the…MORE

An Arrest is Made in a Fresno County Stabbing Over the Weekend

FRESNO, Calif. – Police said an arrest was made in a stabbing that took place on Sunday in Fresno. Police said 31-year-old Daniel Dominguez of Fresno, and an unidentified male accomplice approached a victim on State of California property in Fresno on February 25, 2024. Dominguez and his unidentified accomplice brandished a knife to threaten…MORE

All 8 People Killed in Madera County Crash Identified

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The Madera County Coroner’s Office has identified all eight victims involved in Friday’s head-on crash. Seven of the victims were farmworkers living in Kerman who were together in a van. They are: 24-year-old Juvenal Jacobo Talavera from Michoacán, Mexico33-year-old Hector Orozco from Jalisco, Mexico30-year-old Alfredo Morales Sanchez from Guerrero, Mexico30-year-old…MORE

Report: Panera’s Billionaire Owner Gets Sweetheart Deal from Newsom

Report: Panera’s Billionaire Owner Gets Sweetheart Deal from Newsom

FEB. 29, 2024 UPDATE: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office responds to allegations that a longtime donor benefited from an exemption in California’s new minimum wage law. Newsom’s Office refuted a Bloomberg news article alleging he exempted bakeries from the state’s fast food wage law to benefit political donor Greg Flynn, who owns a number of Panera…MORE