(Photo Courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s Detectives have rearrested 30 year old Salinas man after an earlier arrest for kidnapping and attempted rape. Fabian Ornelas was initially arrested on June 13th in Fresno after meeting a woman on Tinder. She claims he tried to sexually assault when the two met in person. …… MORE
(KMJ) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants. Thursday the justices rejected administration arguments that the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (or DACA) is illegal and that courts have no role to play in reviewing the decision to end it. Chief Justice John…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Visalia Unified School District announces the modified return of its extracurricular activities. On July 1st, VUSD says it will follow state and local health guidelines to implement the return of extracurricular programs such as athletics, visual and performing arts, and other student group activities. The District says they will begin with limited group…… MORE
(Photos courtesy: Merced County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – The Merced County Sheriff’s Office says its Deputies located and took down a massive marijuana cultivation and processing site. Saturday, Deputies served a search warrant on two large barns on the 5700 block of West Highway 14. There they detained 15 suspects and found thousands of pounds…… MORE
(Photo Courtesy: Fresno Police Department) (KMJ) – Fresno Police credit a security guard with thwarting an attempted bank robbery in Downtown Fresno. Officers say 45-year old Richard Martinez walked into the Westamerica Bank on Tulare and O Street just before 11:30 a.m.Tuesday and handed a teller a note. It stated he was armed with two…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) – Pacific Gas & Electric confessed Tuesday to killing 84 people in a devastating Northern California wildfire. The dramatic court hearing was also punctuated by a promise from the company’s outgoing CEO that nation’s largest utility will never again put profits ahead of safety. PG&E CEO Bill Johnson appeared on the…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Cal Fire SLO) (KMJ)- All lanes of Highway 101 are open as a fast-moving wildfire continues to burn on the Central Coast. The Avila fire closed the highway and threatened dozens of homes after it began Monday. But authorities lifted evacuations after Cal Fire crews made progress against the blaze at Avila Beach.…… MORE
(KMJ) – A man accused of being the rapist and killer who terrorized California residents in the 1970s and 1980s has agreed to plead guilty in return for being spared the death penalty. A law enforcement source and a victim’s relative says Joseph DeAngelo, suspected of being the Golden State Killer, is expected to plead…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Supreme Court rules that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment. And, in doing so, gives a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court. The court decided by a 6-3 vote Monday that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Fresno Police Department now says the suspect shot by officers earlier this week in the northwestern part of the city was not armed. This all stems from an incident around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on Barstow near Blackstone. There a pair of Fresno Police officers confronted 35-year old Anthony Coronado after getting several 9-1-1…… MORE
