Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Some Republicans in Congress sharply criticize Trump’s comments on Putin

Some Republicans in Congress sharply criticize Trump’s comments on Putin

(CNN) – After President Donald Trump’s stunning news conference Monday next to Russian President Vladimir Putin, members of Congress — including some within his own party — were quick to rebuke Trump’s performance on the world stage and Trump’s refusal to call Putin out for interfering in the US election. Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, a…MORE

Crews Working to Recover Body of Fallen Cal Fire Equipment Operator

Crews Working to Recover Body of Fallen Cal Fire Equipment Operator

(photo courtesy: Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit ) (KMJ) –  Cal Fire and the State Department of Forestry have yet to remove the body of an equipment operator killed while battling a wild fire now burning in Mariposa County. Braden Varney, a 10-year veteran with the Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit was killed Saturday when the bulldozer…MORE

Tower Shooting Suspect Surrenders On Central Coast

Tower Shooting Suspect Surrenders On Central Coast

(KMJ) – Fresno Police say  27-year old Cruz Pedro Hinojosa (pictured above) turned himself in to Pismo Beach Police after being sought in connection to a double fatal shooting in the Tower District. Officers say a 9-1-1 call brought officers to the Fresh Ink Tattoo Parlor on East Olive and North Echo just before 11:00 pm…MORE

Deputies Ask for Help To Identify Body Found Two Months Ago

Deputies Ask for Help To Identify Body Found Two Months Ago

{KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office continues to ask for your help identifying a deceased man who was considered a regular at a city fast food restaurant. Deputies discovered the remains on a man near the off-ramp of Highway 41 at Herndon back on May 24th. They say he matches the description of a…MORE

Tulare Union High School Teacher Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Student

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare Police Department says a Tulare Union High School teacher has been arrested for reportedly having sex with a student. Police say 50-year-old Angela Holguin Webb is also a volleyball coach. They say the relationship with the former student lasted 3 1/2 years while the student attended classes at…MORE

39 Year-old Man Seeking Relief From Heat Drowns In Selma Canal

39 Year-old Man Seeking Relief From Heat Drowns In Selma Canal

[Photo; FCSO] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Valley man looking for relief from the heat drowns in a Selma canal. The victim has been identified by the Fresno County Coroner’s Office as 39 year-old Jimmy Renteria. At 8:00 pm on Thursday, dispatchers at the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office received a call stating a man had…MORE

Trump Denies Criticism of British PM

Trump Denies Criticism of British PM

LONDON (CNN) – President Donald Trump denied Friday that he criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May, the day after a British tabloid published an interview with him in which he did just that. He dismissed the interview, conducted by a Ruport Murdoch-owned publication, as “fake news” saying it didn’t include all his comments about May.…MORE

Two Injured, One With Serious Burns, In Southeast Fresno Apartment Fire

Two Injured, One With Serious Burns, In Southeast Fresno Apartment Fire

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Two people are injured, one with serious burns, during an apartment fire Thursday, in Southeast Fresno. Fresno Fire Captain Robert Costillo says the blaze began around 12:30p.m. at 331 S. Dearing Avenue by Chestnut and Kings Canyon. Two patients were transported to CRMC, one suffered burns over 30 percent of her…MORE