(KMJ) — 29-year-old Makiah Miles of Compton and her mother, 50-year-old Apryl Weston of Santa Maria, have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and identity theft for submitting fraudulent unemployment insurance claims to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) in the names of inmates, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court…… MORE
(KMJ) — The gunman who police say opened fire during a college party earlier this year in Merced is now behind bars. According to Merced Police, 21-year-old gang member Adrian Garcia was at the Hanger BBQ and pulled out a gun after a fight broke out on Feb. 26. Officers say Garcia then fired several…… MORE
(KMJ) — A broken water main left 12 residents without access to water Monday evening in Southeast Fresno. The City of Fresno says the broken water main is located at McMillin Avenue, just west of Clovis Avenue. A Sanger Unified school bus was also impacted by the broken water main and the back end of…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno Chaffee Zoo has welcomed a new baby wallaby. Tammar wallabies are born about the size of a jellybean and are then carried in their mother’s pouch for 8 to 9 months as they continue to grow and develop. The young wallaby is now out of mom’s pouch and can be seen in…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – A man from Merced County fired at deputies after leading them on a chase. Around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, deputies were helping CHP Officers track down a suspect who had fled from them during a traffic stop in the area of Highway 99 and Avenue 328. When Deputies caught up…… MORE
(KMJ) — Fresno County Sheriffs arrested a person late Sunday night after the driver led them on a chase in a stolen car. Deputies spotted the stolen car in the area of Maroa and Swift Avenues around 11 Sunday night. When they tried to pull the car over, deputies said the driver refused to stop.…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office identifies the woman killed and dragged following a hit-and-run in Fresno Friday morning. Deputies say the victim was 29-year-old Monique Contreraz, who was homeless. Investigators say she was pushing a shopping cart and had a dog on a leash, who was also killed during the crash. Contreraz was…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday, an increase triggered by soaring inflation that will benefit about 3 million workers. The increase is required by a state law passed in 2016. But it comes at a good time for Democrats in…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is entering the next budget year with a record-smashing surplus of nearly $100 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. Newsom unveiled a revised budget plan of just over $300 billion for the next fiscal year, the highest in state history and fueled by surging tax revenues. The state has collected…… MORE
(KMJ) – A fuel reduction project is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday along the Highway 41 corridor. Cal Fire along with other agencies are working together to reduce wildfires with prescribed burns along the eastside of Highway 41 near the Madera canal to O’Neals. They say this area has seen more fires annually than anywhere…… MORE
