Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Rescuers Race Time to Find Missing in Mudslides

Rescuers Race Time to Find Missing in Mudslides

[van id=”weather/2018/01/11/deadly-mudslides-california-vercammen-pkg-newday.cnn”] (CNN) – Ben Hyatt rushed to wake everyone up when rivers of mud started banging the doors and walls of his Montecito, California home. “Seemed like just heavy rain,” he said. “Five minutes later, heard loud wish sound. Mud came in an instant, like a dam breaking.” Hyatt and other residents are recalling…MORE

Fresno’s Master List Of Rentals Now Live – “Everybody Has To Register”

Fresno’s Master List Of Rentals Now Live – “Everybody Has To Register”

FRESNO (KMJ) — An online register of every rental home in the City of Fresno is now being established. “I made a promise to the people of Fresno to dramatically improve our housing stock and substantially reduce substandard housing,” said Mayor Lee Brand as he started Wednesday’s announcement inside Fresno City Hall. That promise came…MORE

Trump: Russia Probe “Single Greatest Witch Hunt” in US History

Trump: Russia Probe “Single Greatest Witch Hunt” in US History

[van id=”politics/2018/01/10/trump-collusion-between-russia-and-democrats-sot.cnn”] WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning again labeled the probe into potential coordination between his associates and Russia the “single greatest witch hunt” in US history. “The single greatest Witch Hunt in American history continues. There was no collusion, everybody including the Dems knows there was no collusion, & yet…MORE

Death Toll Rising in So-Cal Mudslides

Death Toll Rising in So-Cal Mudslides

[van id=”us/2018/01/09/mud-rivers-southern-california-zw-orig.cnn”] (CNN) – Two days after the Golden Globes and a speech that had everyone talking, Oprah Winfrey’s thoughts are not on her presidential prospects but with her neighbors in Santa Barbara, California, where heavy rains have caused dangerous mudslides and led to fatalities. At least 13 people have died and officials in Santa…MORE

Man Hits Puppy On Video Taped By Fresno School Kids

Man Hits Puppy On Video Taped By Fresno School Kids

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) -An investigation by Fresno Police after a man was caught on camera abusing a puppy – witnessed by two students, and now more than 17,000 people on Facebook. The cell phone video was taken by two kids who saw it happen on Cedar near Floradora Avenue, as they were boarding the…MORE

“Public Is Losing Money” As Hall Of Records Goes Dark

“Public Is Losing Money” As Hall Of Records Goes Dark

FRESNO (KMJ) — A power outage at Fresno County’s Hall of Records, which shut some services down early and plunged the Board of Supervisors into darkness, is being blamed on the building itself. “I’m told that there is a main outage somewhere on the street,” explained Fresno County Assessor-Recorder Paul Dictos. “Hopefully they are going…MORE

Woman Is Victim Of Hit & Run – Family Pleads For Help Finding Driver

Woman Is Victim Of Hit & Run – Family Pleads For Help Finding Driver

Fresno, CA (KMJ) – The Coroner’s Office has released the name of the woman who was struck by car Thursday night in Fresno. California Highway Patrol Officers say 49 year old Margarita Grimaldo was found on the road, along Cornelia and Shields. It was around 7:00 when the accident was reported to police. The mother…MORE

Fresno Homicide Victim Identified As 17 Year Old High School Student

Fresno Homicide Victim Identified As 17 Year Old High School Student

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police have identified Sunday’s homicide victim as 17 year-old Adalberto Ocampo. Police say it happened around 7:30 Sunday night at California near Elm in South Fresno. According to Fresno police, Ocampo was outside of a car talking with 3 or 4 people in a car, when someone inside the car shot…MORE

Fresno Co Health Dept Announces First Flu Death, Urges Vaccinations

Fresno Co Health Dept Announces First Flu Death, Urges Vaccinations

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) -A Fresno County resident under the age of 65 has died of the flu. The Fresno County Department of Public Health made the announcement on Monday, January 8th. “People most at risk are individuals over the age of 65, young children under the age of 2, and pregnant women and people…MORE