Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Nikki Haley Resigns as UN Ambassador

Nikki Haley Resigns as UN Ambassador

[van id=”politics/2018/10/09/nikki-haley-trump-resignation-un-ambassador-vpx.cnn”] (CNN) – US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday directly to President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with her decision. A senior State Department official said Haley told her staff this morning. A source familiar with the matter said Haley’s resignation caught national security adviser John Bolton and…MORE

California DMV Finds Additional 1,500 People Wrongly Registered To Vote Under New System

California DMV Finds Additional 1,500 People Wrongly Registered To Vote Under New System

    FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The California DMV finds an additional 1,500 people who were wrongly registered to vote under the new system. The Department of Motor Vehicles made the announcement on Monday that people, including non-citizens, were wrongly registered to vote between late April and late September. The errors are in addition to…MORE

Trump Administration Plan To Privatize Postal Service Sparks Protest In 140 Cities

Trump Administration Plan To Privatize Postal Service Sparks Protest In 140 Cities

[Photo: File]   FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – US Postal Service employees spent their Columbus Day holiday protesting the Trump Administration’s proposed plan to privatize the agency. Employees gathered on Monday in 140 cities across the country from Fresno to Washington D.C. saying they want the post office to remain a part of the federal government. Workers carried…MORE

No Injuries After Officer Shooting, But PD Feared Worse Ending

No Injuries After Officer Shooting, But PD Feared Worse Ending

HANFORD (KMJ) — One suspect has been taken into custody and one Hanford Police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after an officer involved shooting in the city. It comes after a call on Thursday, when officers were sent to an apartment close to Highway 198 and 11th Avenue. Lieutenant Greg Freiner said…MORE

Space X Rocket Launch Lights Calif. Sky

Space X Rocket Launch Lights Calif. Sky

[van id=”van/batchfeed/2018/10/08/viralhog_27ee0f90-cb08-11e8-8c28-dbea5fa2483e”] (CNN) – Rocket launches are always guaranteed to make people look up to the sky in awe, but the latest SpaceX liftoff might have just raised the bar for a long time. Elon Musk’s company on Sunday successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket into the evening California sky, prompting locals to post pictures…MORE

Tropical Storm Michael heading to US

Tropical Storm Michael heading to US

[van id=”weather/2018/10/08/tropical-storm-hurricane-michael-monday-update-vpx.cnn”] (CNN) – Tropical Storm Michael formed near the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday, and it’s on track to wallop the United States. “The current forecast indicates the storm entering the Gulf of Mexico by Monday morning, strengthening to a hurricane by early Wednesday and likely targeting the Florida panhandle by late Wednesday,” CNN meteorologist…MORE

Kavanaugh Confirmed, Sworn in to SCOTUS

Kavanaugh Confirmed, Sworn in to SCOTUS

[van id=”politics/2018/10/06/brett-kavanaugh-senate-vote-nr-vpx.cnn”] WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Senate voted to send Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, ushering in a generational conservative majority and delivering a huge victory to President Donald Trump after a vicious confirmation battle inflamed by allegations of sexual assault against the nominee. As shrieks of “shame, shame, shame” echoed from…MORE

“Westside Shooter” Found Guilty By A Fresno Jury, Faces Life Sentence

“Westside Shooter” Found Guilty By A Fresno Jury, Faces Life Sentence

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The man considered the “Westside Shooter” is found guilty by a Fresno jury. 42 year-old Jorge Javier Gracia of Kerman (above) was convicted on Friday, October 5, 2018 for 19 felonies for the string of shootings in November and December of last year. In a news conference in December of…MORE

California Dept. Of Education Receives Million Dollar Grant To Help Prevent School Violence

California Dept. Of Education Receives Million Dollar Grant To Help Prevent School Violence

[Photo: AP News]   FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – The California Department of Education received a million dollar violence prevention and mental health training grant. State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson (below) says the funding is under the federal STOP School Violence Act to provide violence prevention and mental health training to students and staff in school districts…MORE

Gladding Hit And Run Suspect Alvarez Maravilla Enters Plea

Gladding Hit And Run Suspect Alvarez Maravilla Enters Plea

FRESNO (KMJ) — The teenager alleged to have caused the hit and run death of a Clovis Unified vice principal has entered his plea. Rogelio Alvarez Maravilla was already out on bail when he appeared in Fresno County Superior Court. He appeared in front of a judge amidst a crowd of family and friends of…MORE