(Photo courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s Investigators are still trying to figure out what motivated a Sanger man to stab a 70-year old woman. Here are the circumstances of the case according to a Sheriff’s Office News Release: Just before 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sheriff’s dispatchers received a call of a…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Tulare County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for a second suspect after a pair of men reportedly beat and rob a Valley fruit stand vendor. Saturday, just before 3:30 p.m., a Sheriff’s Detective was driving near Road 204 and Avenue 256 in Exeter when he saw…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Tulare County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – A tip given to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office sets off a month-long investigation into the distribution of online child pornography. It lead to the Wednesday arrest of 18-year old Britney Vasquez of Orosi. Investigators say she created a fake social media account and then shared dozens of nude…… MORE
(Photo Courtesy: California Highway Patrol) (KMJ) – The California Highway Patrol is now searching for a 2010 to 2013 silver Toyota Corolla believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident Wednesday afternoon in Fresno. Officers say a man in his 60s was struck and killed by this type of vehicle around 5 p.m. while…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Sex Crimes Unit arrest a 32-year old Fresno man for rape and several other sexual assault charges. Monday, the parents of a 12-year old girl contacted the Sheriff’s Office to report their daughter mission. She returned home on her own but then told…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ News0 — The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says a 15-year-old boy and his 13-year-old sister were home alone, when a homeless man forced his way inside. Deputies say the boy kept 23-year-old Steven Vega distracted, and away from his sister’s room. Vega then found the keys to a Camaro in the drive…… MORE
WASCO, Calif. (AP) – A union official says a group of about 50 farm workers at a California pistachio farm have gone on strike, demanding free face coverings, gloves and information from the farm’s owner. A United Farm Workers official said workers were picketing Thursday outside Primex Farms in the central California city of Wasco…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he could withhold up to $2.5 billion in the upcoming state budget from local governments that fail to comply with mandates intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The funding threat comes as California sees a worrisome rise in the number of virus cases and…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California voters will decide in November whether governments and public colleges and universities can consider race in their hiring and admissions decisions. The state has banned affirmative action policies since 1996 when voters approved a constitutional amendment that bans preferential treatment based on race and other factors. The state Senate voted…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in a 2-1 ruling that the Justice Department’s decision to abandon the case against Flynn settles the…… MORE
