Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Fresno Mayor Lee Brand Releases FY2019 City Budget

Fresno Mayor Lee Brand Releases FY2019 City Budget

[Photo: File] Press Release from Mayor Brand’s Office: FRESNO, CA – Mayor Lee Brand, along with City Manager Wilma Quan-Schecter, today announced the proposed City of Fresno budget for Fiscal Year 2019 during a press conference at City Hall. The $1.115 billion budget, which includes $341 million for the General Fund, puts an emphasis on…MORE

DA Files 3 More Charges Against 18 Year old Who Threatened Central HS Prom

DA Files 3 More Charges Against 18 Year old Who Threatened Central HS Prom

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno County District Attorney filed three new charges Tuesday against Edward Hannah. That brings a total of 4 counts against the 18-year-old accused of threatening to shoot up the Central High School prom. Three people were named as targets in his alleged death threats, along with Central High School. Hannah…MORE

Bill Streamlining Valley Sheriffs’ Hiring Process Passes Senate, On To Governor Brown

Bill Streamlining Valley Sheriffs’ Hiring Process Passes Senate, On To Governor Brown

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A bill to help valley law enforcement streamline their hiring process passes the state senate. “We’re super excited that it’s made it through the Assembly and the Senate, and obviously very hopeful that the Governor will sign it,” said Kings County Sheriff David Robinson, a supporter of the bill. SB 1888, authored…MORE

Calif. May Expand Gun Violence Restraining Order Law

Calif. May Expand Gun Violence Restraining Order Law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California lawmakers are taking steps to let school employees ask judges to temporarily strip gun rights from potentially dangerous people. The state Assembly passed a bill Monday that would allow school employees and co-workers to request gun violence restraining orders against people who show warning signs of violence. California is one…MORE

Galt Man Suspected of Trafficking $90M of Liquid Meth

Galt Man Suspected of Trafficking $90M of Liquid Meth

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  A north valley man is behind bars in a North Carolina jail, held on charges of transporting a massive amount of meth.  Investigators seized a semi-truck truck on Saturday that had $90.8 million worth of liquid methamphetamine in the driver’s side fuel tank.  49-year-old Raul Topete Arreola of Galt, CA was driving and…MORE

Is Lemoore the Future Home of Surfing?

Is Lemoore the Future Home of Surfing?

[van id=”sports/2018/05/16/world-surf-league-surf-ranch-kelly-slater-lakey-peterson-intl-spt.cnn”] (CNN) – He was worried he might have created a monster, but legendary surfer Kelly Slater is convinced his artificial wave can take surfing into the future. Slater’s vision — the Surf Ranch — is a revolutionary “wave system” located 100 miles from the ocean in dusty Lemoore, a farming town in California’s…MORE