Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Tortured Family’s Aunt: “I Begged to See Them for 20 Years”

Tortured Family’s Aunt: “I Begged to See Them for 20 Years”

[van id=”us/2018/01/17/aunt-of-captive-children-speaks-on-gma-lc-orig.cnn”] (CNN) – When Kimberly Milligan moved into her California home in 2015, she was told her grandson might soon have a playmate, since a family of 12 lived across the street. But Milligan never saw children scampering in the backyard, never heard playful screams. A few times, Milligan saw a woman across the…MORE

Cost Climbs by $2.8 Billion for Bullet Train

Cost Climbs by $2.8 Billion for Bullet Train

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Officials are raising the projected cost of the first phase of California’s bullet train by 35 percent, to $10.6 billion. The extra $2.8 billion comes on a 119-mile segment in the Central Valley that is partly under construction. The California High Speed Rail Authority board discussed the increase Tuesday. The added…MORE

Measure Q Funds Transform Bullard High School

Measure Q Funds Transform Bullard High School

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The transformation of Bullard High School is complete. On Tuesday, January 16th a dedication ceremony was held. The master plan improvements to the Bullard High School Campus includes two new classroom buildings, a new administration building and library media center. The improvements were the final projects using Measure Q funds.  MORE

13 Brothers & Sisters Held Captive In Riverside Now Receiving Treatment

13 Brothers & Sisters Held Captive In Riverside Now Receiving Treatment

 [Photo: Facebook] FRESNO , CA (KMJ) – 13 brothers and sisters held captive, some chained to beds in Perris, California are now receiving treatment. The California couple, 57 year-old David Allen Turpin, and his 49-year-old wife Louise Anna, is being held on nine-million-dollars’ bail after police found the children at the family’s home in Riverside County.…MORE

Porterville Woman Booked For Homicide In Death Of 5 Month-old Daughter

Porterville Woman Booked For Homicide In Death Of 5 Month-old Daughter

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Porterville woman is arrested for the death of her 5 month-old baby daughter. Porterville Police arrived at 9:00 on Monday night to Sierra View Medical Center on report of an infant that arrived for treatment that was not breathing. The baby was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police say the cause…MORE

Parents Suspected of Keeping Kids Chained in California Home

Parents Suspected of Keeping Kids Chained in California Home

[Photo: Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept.] PERRIS, Calif. (AP) – Authorities say an emaciated teenager led deputies to a California home where her 12 brothers and sisters were locked up in filthy conditions, with some of them malnourished and chained to beds. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies arrested the parents Sunday at the home in Perris east…MORE

Register for the Fresno Co. Emergency Alert Program

Register for the Fresno Co. Emergency Alert Program

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE FRESNO COUNTY EMERGENCY ALERT PROGRAM: (CNN) – Human error is blamed for a false alarm of a missile heading for Hawaii, but the scare left Americans wondering how the missile detection and emergency messaging systems are supposed to work — and what went wrong. The US military is in…MORE