LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles police say a gunman who opened fire on a patrol car was fatally shot by other officers. No officers were injured in the shooting Sunday night in the El Sereno area. Sgt. Barry Montgomery says the incident began when the patrol car came under fire while stopped at a…… MORE
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) – Kern County authorities say the Kern River remains very dangerous even though water levels have declined somewhat. The Sheriff’s Office says a search is continuing Monday for a 32-year-old man who reportedly fell into the river near the mouth of the Kern River Canyon late Saturday afternoon and was swept downstream.…… MORE
(KMJ) – The investigation continues into the cause of a 3-alarm fire that gutted 14 apartments and torched eight vehicles at a complex near Fresno State. The blaze at the Maplewood Apartment complex, on Backer near Shaw, broke out just after 7 p.m. Sunday. it took more than 50 firefighters to get this blazed knocked…… MORE
(KMJ) – A woman is dead and a man behind bars after a fatal, DUI crash Saturday morning in Southeast Fresno. Fresno police say 34-year old Joshua Parker was drunk when his SUV crashed into a big rig just after 11 a.m. at Belmont and Barton. That crashed killed his passenger, 22-year old Mina Serrano. Investigators…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno State confirms the head of its campus Police Department has passed away. David Huerta, Fresno State’s Police Chief since August 2004, passed away on August 16th surrounded by his family and close friends. His death comes 13 months after he was hospitalized at UCSF Medical Center for a double lung transplant. “Chief…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Homicide investigators release the name of an 18-year-old man who they say shot a father in Central Fresno. Police said the murder took place just before 3:00am on August 15, 2019. 30-year-old Ricky Brogdon was on the phone with 9-1-1. He called them saying there was a person in his…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A former Fresno County Sheriff’s deputy is rearrested for dissuading a witness. 51-year-old David Raquenio was first arrested on domestic violence charges in May, 2019. Clovis Police arrested Raquenio again on Wednesday, August 14th. He was also booked and currently in the Fresno Country Jail on one felony charge of “Violation…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — California is joined by three other states in filing the latest court challenge to new rules blocking green cards, for many immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers, or other forms of public assistance. In announcing the lawsuit Friday, Democratic Attorney General Xavier Beccera said, “They’re trying to make…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A 49-year-old man from Tulare County is denied parole for the murder of his mother. On May 1, 1998, James Ray Kelley was 28 at the time, when he went with his 66-year-old mother to a local store to cash her $600 Social Security check. When they returned to their…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – The Fresno City Council has voted to override the veto of Mayor Lee Brand, effectively ending the practice of giving raises to city employees after they’ve given notice to quit. The agenda item passed Thursday on a 6-0, bipartisan vote. “When you are giving retroactive raises, you are inappropriately using taxpayer money,…… MORE
