Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Fresno Police Looking For Man Accused Of Bank Robbery

Fresno Police Looking For Man Accused Of Bank Robbery

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno police are asking for the public’s help to find a man they say robbed a local credit union. Police were called to the Educational Employees Credit Union on N. Milburn Ave in West Fresno on Tuesday afternoon after a robbery was reported. Witnesses told officers the man was a white…MORE

Fresno County Jail Shooter Found Guilty On All Charges

Fresno County Jail Shooter Found Guilty On All Charges

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A jury inside Fresno County Superior Court has found accused Fresno County Jail shooter Thong Vang guilty on all charges. The ex-convict from Laos was found guilty on Thursday, March 29th of two counts of felony attempted murder, two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, and one count of possession of…MORE

UPDATE: CPS Visited Family Prior to Deadly Plunge Off Mendocino Co. Cliff

UPDATE: CPS Visited Family Prior to Deadly Plunge Off Mendocino Co. Cliff

[van id=”us/2018/03/29/family-killed-car-off-cliff-pacific-coast-orig-gs.cnn”] (CNN) – A Washington family was killed after their SUV plunged 100 feet off a coastal highway in California, landing on its roof in the Pacific Ocean, officials said Wednesday. The bodies of Jennifer and Sarah Hart, and three of their six children, were found Monday in and around the vehicle, Mendocino County…MORE

Fresno Mayor Streamlining City’s Food Truck Permitting Process

Fresno Mayor Streamlining City’s Food Truck Permitting Process

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Mayor Lee Brand announces changes to the city’s food truck permitting process. Mayor Brand is eliminating both the $500 security bond and fingerprint requirement for all mobile vendor owners, operators, and employees. “After discussions this week with event organizers and staff, I have decided to eliminate both those requirements from…MORE

Central Unified Board Accused Of Collusion In Superintendent’s Removal

Central Unified Board Accused Of Collusion In Superintendent’s Removal

FRESNO (KMJ) — Allegations of collusion within the Central Unified School Board are being directed towards trustees by a newly formed political action committee. The Central United PAC came together following the removal of Superintendent Mark Sutton earlier this month. Members are trying to reinstate him in his former role. “I think they have their…MORE

Rep. Nunes’ Office Responds To March For Our Lives Fresno

Rep. Nunes’ Office Responds To March For Our Lives Fresno

FRESNO (KMJ) — Valley Congressman Devin Nunes will be unable to participate in a town hall event planned for April 7th, organized by March For Our Lives Fresno. That statement from his Director of Communications Jack Langer, who wrote in an email to KMJ News that he will be “traveling abroad on Intelligence Committee business,…MORE

Orange County Votes to Oppose “Sanctuary State” Law

Orange County Votes to Oppose “Sanctuary State” Law

(CNN) – Not all of California opposes President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Los Alamitos, a small city in Orange County, voted last week to oppose California’s “sanctuary” law. And now the county government is joining the backlash against the state policy, which prohibits local law enforcement from some cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The Orange…MORE

Protesters Storm Sacramento City Council Meeting

Protesters Storm Sacramento City Council Meeting

(CNN) – Stevante Clark made sure he’d be heard. Clark and a large group of protesters stormed a Sacramento City Council meeting Tuesday night to protest the shooting death of his brother — Stephon Clark — by police. While his fellow demonstrators filled the chamber, Stevante Clark marched straight to the front of the room,…MORE

Deliberations Underway In Trial Of Accused Fresno County Jail Shooter

Deliberations Underway In Trial Of Accused Fresno County Jail Shooter

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Deliberations were underway Tuesday inside Fresno County Superior Court in the trial of accused Fresno County Jail shooter Thong Vang. The ex-convict from Laos is facing felony attempted murder charges and being a felon in possession of a gun in the shooting of correctional Officers Juanita Davila (below left) and Toamalama Scanlan…MORE