Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Detectives Looking For Vehicle Connected to a Shooting in Fresno

Detectives Looking For Vehicle Connected to a Shooting in Fresno

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s detectives need help finding a car and the people inside connected to a shooting in Fresno. At 11:00 pm on November 4th, neighbors dialed 911 after hearing shots fired and a vehicle speeding away from a cul de sac on Nantucket Ave., just north of Roberts Ave.…MORE

Yosemite High School Student Arrested, Homemade Bow & Arrow Recovered

Yosemite High School Student Arrested, Homemade Bow & Arrow Recovered

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A student is arrested Friday afternoon, after a lock down at Yosemite High School. Around 12:30 p.m., staff told the School Resource Deputy that a disgruntled male student was on campus, possibly armed with a weapon. When the Deputy attempted to approach him he fled, leading Deputies on a foot chase…MORE

Criminal Charges Filed Against Visalia Teacher Who Cut Student’s Hair

Criminal Charges Filed Against Visalia Teacher Who Cut Student’s Hair

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Criminal charge are filed Friday against a Visalia high school teacher who forcibly cut a student’s hair in class. A student’s video shot in class on December 5th, and posted on social media shows Margaret Gieszinger chasing students with scissors while belting out the “Star Spangled Banner” at University Preparatory High…MORE

Hero Sergeant in Thousand Oaks Mass Shooting was Killed By Friendly Fire

Hero Sergeant in Thousand Oaks Mass Shooting was Killed By Friendly Fire

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) – Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy killed in a mass shooting at a Southern California bar was shot five times by a gunman who killed 11 others, but struck fatally by a bullet fired by a highway patrolman. Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub says Sgt. Ron Helus died from a bullet…MORE

Field Worker Near Raisin City Shoots Robbery Suspect – With His Own Gun

Field Worker Near Raisin City Shoots Robbery Suspect – With His Own Gun

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A field worker near Raisin City shoots a robbery suspect in the leg – with his own gun. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says the search is on for the other two robbers. Around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office got a report of an armed robbery on Floral…MORE

Teacher Catches Two Teens Talking About “Columbine Style” Attack at Ivanhoe School

Teacher Catches Two Teens Talking About “Columbine Style” Attack at Ivanhoe School

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies responded Thursday afternoon to a threat targeting students at a school in Ivanhoe. Two boys were overheard talking about carrying out a “Columbine Style” attack at Elbow Community School on Road 160, in which they could “kill a lot of people.” Investigators say the boys are 13…MORE

Council Approves Pay Increase – But Drops Link To Supervisor’s Salary

Council Approves Pay Increase – But Drops Link To Supervisor’s Salary

FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno City Council has approved a pay increase for future members. Instead of $65,000 a year, those starting a new term of office will receive $80,000 a year for their service to their constituents. The 23% jump was described as long overdue by the bill’s sponsor Councilmember Oliver Baines. “There’s nothing average…MORE

Lindsay Mother Charged With Homicide, Twin Babies Found Drowned

Lindsay Mother Charged With Homicide, Twin Babies Found Drowned

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A mother from Lindsay is charged with homicide after her twin 10-month-old baby boys were found drowned, Thursday morning. At approximately 7:45a.m.,  the Tulare Police Department received a 911 call regarding two infants that had drowned. Officers responded to a hotel on the 700 block of South K Street, close…MORE

Paradise Residents Slowly Returning Home as Evacuation Orders End

Paradise Residents Slowly Returning Home as Evacuation Orders End

For nearly a month, Omar Franklin and his wife waited in agony to return home after the ferocious Camp Fire forced them out of Paradise. “Over here is my pop-up trailer with my son’s little scooter that he used to have,” Franklin told CNN affiliate KTXL, fighting back tears as he pointed out a pile…MORE