Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Gov. Newsom Announces Website, Stipends for Healthcare Workers
SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a new program to provide doctors, nurses and other critical front-line health care workers access to no-cost or low-cost hotel rooms. The program wil...
Cumulus Media Apr 09, 2020

Department of Justice Activates COVID-19 Fraud Hotline
(KMJ) – The Department of Justice says it has now enacted the National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline. The move comes as the FBI says fraudsters have now been working overtime to scam, plot a...
Cumulus Media Apr 03, 2020

Suspects Lead Sheriff’s Deputies on High-Speed Fresno County Chase
(KMJ) – Two suspects lead Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputies on a high-speed chase in a stolen pick-up truck. And the Sheriff’s Office put out this news release detailing Thursday̵...
Cumulus Media Apr 03, 2020

Fresno County Sees 12 More COVID-19 Cases
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Herr are the latest numbers on coronavirus in the San Joaquin Valley, as of 5:00pm, April.w 2020. Kern County has the most cases -142. Fresno County is not far behind with 94, ...
Cumulus Media Apr 02, 2020

More than Six Million Americans Apply for Unemployment
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week - doubling a record high set just one week earlier - a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of ...
Cumulus Media Apr 02, 2020

Fresno Sheriff’s Dispatcher Talks Armed Suspect Into Surrendering
(KMJ) – A Fresno County Sheriff’s dispatcher is credited with talking an armed suspect into peacefully surrendering to the Sheriff’s SWAT Crisis Negotiation Team. Just after 4 a.m. W...
Cumulus Media Apr 02, 2020

Engineer Tries to Crash Train Into USNS Mercy at the Port of LA
(KMJ) – Los Angeles-area law enforcement say an engineer deliberately ran a train off the tracks at high speed near the Port of Los Angeles. And, they say he did so in an attempt to crash into t...
Cumulus Media Apr 02, 2020

CA Schools Superintendent: Appears Students Not Return to Campuses Before End of School Year
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Issues Statement on 2019-20 School Year Amid Current School Safety Concerns SACRAMENTO-State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond released a statement ...
Cumulus Media Mar 31, 2020

Gov. Newsom Launches Hotline, Says ‘Check on Your Neighbor’
Governor Newsom Launches Campaign to Protect Health and Well-Being of Older Californians During COVID-19 Pandemic To combat social isolation, 'Stay Home. Save Lives. Check In.' campaign urges all Cali...
Cumulus Media Mar 31, 2020

Sheriff’s Detectives Searching for Valley I.D. & Credit Card Thieves
(KMJ) – Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is now asking for the public’s help to identify this quartet of suspects wanted for Central Valley credit card and identity...
Cumulus Media Mar 26, 2020
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