Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Officer-Involved Shooting In Earlimart Sends Suspected Car Thief To Hospital

Officer-Involved Shooting In Earlimart Sends Suspected Car Thief To Hospital

[Photo; Tulare Sheriff”s Office] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An officer involved shooting Monday morning in Tulare County, leaves a suspect injured. A suspect was shot by an officer in Earlimart, in the area of Armstrong Avenue and South State Street. The California Highway Patrol and Tulare County Sheriff’s Office were both involved. The Sheriff’s Office…MORE

Governor Brown Reverses Decision To Release Convicted Murderer

Governor Brown Reverses Decision To Release Convicted Murderer

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ) —California Governor Jerry Brown reversed the decision by a parole board to release convicted murderer Gerardo Zavala. According to a release, the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office objected to 46 year-old Zavala’s release at his most recent parole hearing on November 8, 2017. Since Gov. Brown reversed the parole board’s decision,…MORE

Armed Suspects On The Run In Madera County After Stabbing

Armed Suspects On The Run In Madera County After Stabbing

MADERA (KMJ) — The search is on for a pair of suspects who are alleged to have stabbed a man in the leg during an armed robbery. Madera County Sheriff’s Office first responded to a home near Club Drive and Road 26 at around 1.30am Friday. Deputies were told by two men that they were…MORE

Trump Threatens New Wave of Steep Tariffs on China

Trump Threatens New Wave of Steep Tariffs on China

[van id=”politics/2018/04/06/trump-on-tariffs-trade-war-sot-nd.cnn”] (CNN) – President Donald Trump’s decision to crack down on Chinese trade practices may seem a world away from the rural roads of Martin County, Minnesota, the self-proclaimed “Bacon Capitol of the USA.” But as the President and Republicans prepare to protect their majorities in the House and Senate in November, China’s tit-for-tat…MORE

Yosemite National Park Expects Significant Impacts from Incoming Storm

Yosemite National Park Expects Significant Impacts from Incoming Storm

[Photo: YNP] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Yosemite National Park Expects Significant Impacts from Incoming Storm Yosemite Valley to close to visitors on Friday, April 6, 2018 at 5:00 pm     Yosemite National Park expects significant impacts from a storm coming in from the Pacific and Yosemite Valley will be closed to park visitors on Friday, April…MORE

Fresno State Hires Justin Hutson As Men’s Head Basketball Coach

Fresno State Hires Justin Hutson As Men’s Head Basketball Coach

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Valley native Justin Hutson has been hired as the new men’s head basketball coach at Fresno State. Currently, he is the associate Head Coach at San Diego State. Hutson replaces Rodney Terry with the Bulldogs after Terry left to coach the UTEP Miners. Hutson grew up in Bakersfield, and played at Bakersfield,…MORE

South Valley Gang Member Sentenced 40 Years-To-Life For Murder

South Valley Gang Member Sentenced 40 Years-To-Life For Murder

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A South Valley gang member is sentenced 40 years-to-life in prison for murder. Sentencing took place on Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, in Tulare County Superior Court. 27-year-old Frankie Hernandez of Tulare had been found guilty of 2nd degree murder with special allegations of using a gun and committing the murder…MORE

Changing Lethal Force Law Will Make Things Worse, Warn Valley Sheriffs

Changing Lethal Force Law Will Make Things Worse, Warn Valley Sheriffs

FRESNO (KMJ/AP) — A proposal by California lawmakers to restrict law enforcement’s use of lethal force, is being branded unrealistic by a pair of Central Valley Sheriffs. The suggestion was put forward on Tuesday in the wake of the killing of 22 year old unarmed man Stephon Clark. He was shot by officers with Sacramento…MORE

5.3 Earthquake Strikes Offshore Los Angeles

5.3 Earthquake Strikes Offshore Los Angeles

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A 5.3 earthquake struck Thursday afternoon just offshore of Los Angeles. The US Geological Service says the quake hit before 1:00 p.m., located southwest of Channel Island Beach, 41 miles offshore beyond Santa Cruz island, and 10 miles deep. Light shaking could be felt as far as Oxnard with moderate shaking on…MORE