Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Coalinga State Hospital Patients Denied Appeal For Electronics By Judge

Coalinga State Hospital Patients Denied Appeal For Electronics By Judge

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A judge denies a temporary restraining order filed by inmates at Coalinga State Hospital.​ The restraining order would have prevented officials at the psychiatric hospital from taking away all personal electronics from patients. Patients have been protesting new restrictions on all their personal electronic devices from computers to MP-3 players. In January 16th,…MORE

Governor Brown Signs Pollution-Fighting Initiatives

Governor Brown Signs Pollution-Fighting Initiatives

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Governor Brown Takes Action to fight pollution. The Governor signed an executive order today to boost the supply of zero-emission vehicles and charging and refueling stations in California. The executive order implements the Governor’s call for a new target of 5 million zero-emission vehicles in California by 2030. Brown announced his…MORE

Random Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty – Federal Charges Possible

Random Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty – Federal Charges Possible

FRESNO (KMJ) — The man alleged to be responsible for the series of random shootings at vehicles in Fresno and Madera Counties pleaded not guilty inside Fresno County Superior Court. Jorge Javier Gracia’s arraignment Friday morning was to answer to five felony charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and two other felony charges related…MORE

Tulare Sheriff Halts Visitation At Men’s Correctional Facility Over Flu Fears

Tulare Sheriff Halts Visitation At Men’s Correctional Facility Over Flu Fears

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Flu fears are temporarily halting visitation at the Tulare Men’s Correctional Facility. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux has pro-actively suspended in-person visitation to prevent the spread of the flu at the Men’s Correctional Facility on January 27-28. It’s under the advisement of the Tulare County Health Department and the jail’s medical provider, Corizon. Visitors…MORE

US Attorney Calls Gun Seizure Possibly Largest In Fresno History

US Attorney Calls Gun Seizure Possibly Largest In Fresno History

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Hundreds of firearms are removed from the streets in what the US Attorney is calling possibly the largest seizure in the city of Fresno. A months long investigation leads to the arrest of a convicted felon from Fresno. 39 year-old James Bowen was busted last week. ATF working with the MAGEC…MORE

Alleged Westside Shooter Caught Says Fresno County DA

Alleged Westside Shooter Caught Says Fresno County DA

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The alleged “Westside Shooter” is caught says the Fresno County DA. 42 year-old Jorge Javier Gracia of Kerman has been charged in a Felony Complaint for the string of shootings last November and December west of Fresno. More than a half dozen shootings took place with rounds have been fired…MORE

Ground Broken On $101.8m New Jail Facility

Ground Broken On $101.8m New Jail Facility

FRESNO (KMJ) — A ground breaking in Downtown Fresno officially marked the start of work on Fresno’s County Jail’s West Annex. Construction is expected to take two years and once complete officials say it will have 300 beds, with a mixture of small and medium capacity housing units. It’s designed to replace the South Annex…MORE

Brown Defends Bullet Train, Water Tunnels in SOS Address, Bashes Trump

Brown Defends Bullet Train, Water Tunnels in SOS Address, Bashes Trump

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. delivered his 16th and final – State of the State address today. The Governor was optimistic; “Simply put – California is prospering.” In his remarks, the Governor pointed to a number of far-reaching, bipartisan measures passed in recent years – from pension and workers’ compensation…MORE

Oprah: Presidency “Is Not Something That Interests Me”

Oprah: Presidency “Is Not Something That Interests Me”

[van id=”entertainment/2018/01/25/oprah-instyle-interview-not-running-2020-new-day-sot.cnn”] (CNN) – Oprah Winfrey is downplaying her interest in a presidential run in a new interview, saying she doesn’t “have the DNA” for a run. “I’ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not,” Winfrey explained to InStyle Magazine. “And so it’s…MORE