Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Porterville Police Search For Suspect Who Shot Man

Porterville Police Search For Suspect Who Shot Man

PORTERVILLE, CA (KMJ) – Porterville Police are searching for the suspect who they say shot a man several times. Porterville police say officers were called to a scene near Westfield and Prospect just after 9:30 Tuesday morning. Police says they found a man who had been shot several times. He was rushed to Sierra View…MORE

Judge Kicks Trump’s Twitter Lawsuit to California Courts

Judge Kicks Trump’s Twitter Lawsuit to California Courts

Former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit to get his Twitter account restored has been transferred from his state of filing, Florida, to Twitter’s state of business, California, a federal judge in Florida ruled Tuesday. Twitter filed the motion to transfer to the lawsuit to the Northern District of California as required by the forum selection clause…MORE

Vaccine Mandates Force Another In-N-Out Location to Close

Vaccine Mandates Force Another In-N-Out Location to Close

(KMJ) – Contra Costa County suspends the permit of the In-N-Out in Pleasant Hill after it is issued more citations to the business for not following county vaccine mandates. This means the restaurant is currently closed. Earlier this month, the Bay Area’s ABC7 News reported on the restaurant’s first two citations, as well as the…MORE

Merced Man Killed in Highway 99 Median Strip Identified

Merced Man Killed in Highway 99 Median Strip Identified

MERCED, CA (KMJ) – A Merced man who died in the center median of Highway 99 has been identified. The Fresno County Coroner says it was 27-year-old Daniel Davis who died on Monday. The Fresno CHP says it was around 4:00 p.m. and there was heavy rainfall at the time when they received a call…MORE

$24 billion in goods is floating outside California’s ports

$24 billion in goods is floating outside California’s ports

Extreme port congestion has become a major nuisance that just won’t go away this year. Unfortunately, it could be one of the biggest problems of 2022, too. Backlogs and elevated shipping costs are likely to persist “at least” through the middle of next year, Goldman Sachs warned clients in a note Monday. “No immediate solution for…MORE

Storm Dumps Rain, Snow, in Sierra; I-80 Partially Open

Storm Dumps Rain, Snow, in Sierra; I-80 Partially Open

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Mountain snowfalls are piling up, Interstate 80 was closed for hours and Lake Tahoe-area schools are shuttered as a wet storm packing historic moisture sweeps from the Pacific Ocean into the Sierra Nevada. The freeway between Reno and San Francisco reopened to passenger traffic Monday but remained closed to commercial vehicles…MORE

Weekend Storm Preparation From PG&E

Weekend Storm Preparation From PG&E

PGE RELEASE (FROM DENNY BOYLES): As you are aware, forecasters are calling for a storm producing significant wind and rain to arrive in almost all areas of our  service territory this weekend. While the forecast for Fresno and Madera is less severe than other areas, I wanted to give you an update on our preparations.…MORE

Merced Police Are Looking for a Missing Mother

Merced Police Are Looking for a Missing Mother

MERCED, CA (KMJ) – Detectives say Francisca Vasquez-Hernandez was reported missing on Monday the 18th, 2021 after leaving her home with her son, Erick Alvarado on the 15th. Vasquez-Hernandez does not have a vehicle and it is unknown if she was picked up in a vehicle or left on foot. Family members have attempted to…MORE

Remains Found in Florida Park ID’d as Brian Laundrie: FBI

Remains Found in Florida Park ID’d as Brian Laundrie: FBI

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The FBI on Thursday identified human remains found in a Florida nature preserve as those of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple was on a cross-country road trip. The remains, a backpack and notebook believed to belong to Laundrie were…MORE

Cause of California Family’s Deaths in Sierra Mountains Revealed By Mariposa County Sheriff

Cause of California Family’s Deaths in Sierra Mountains Revealed By Mariposa County Sheriff

MARIPOSA. CA (KMJ) – The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office releases their findings Thursday on what many considered the mysterious deaths of a family on a hiking trail. During Thursday’s press conference at headquarters, Mariposa County Sheriff Briese said the cause of death was determined to be hyperthermia and dehydration due to the exposure. On August…MORE