Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Salman Pleads Not Guilty of Backing Husband’s Massacre

Salman Pleads Not Guilty of Backing Husband’s Massacre

OAKLAND, California (CNN) – The widow of the man who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub last year pleaded not guilty in a federal court in Oakland on Wednesday to all charges filed against her. A grand jury this month charged Noor Salman with obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting her husband’s…MORE

Homicide Investigation At Fresno Shopping Center

Homicide Investigation At Fresno Shopping Center

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Police are looking for tips after a man is killed in Northeast Fresno. The investigation began as a suspicious death and later turned into a homicide investigation. Police got the call at 8:08 Wednesday morning, that a security guard found a man with blood on his face lying in the parking lot at…MORE

More Snow Forecast For The Central Valley’s Higher Elevations

More Snow Forecast For The Central Valley’s Higher Elevations

FRESNO (KMJ) — The bands of precipitation forecast for the Central Valley have prompted both a Winter Storm Warning in the Sierra Nevada above 5000 feet, and a Wind Advisory in the lower elevations. Both are in effect from Wednesday evening until Thursday morning. The wet weather associated has also renewed flooding concerns in the…MORE

Blue Tech Valley Cluster Kicks Off At Fresno State

Blue Tech Valley Cluster Kicks Off At Fresno State

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno State  continues to position itself as a leader in water and AG technology. On Tuesday, it kicked off the Blue Tech Valley Cluster – which will expand plug and play space for entrepreneurs and 64 internships, The cluster is the result of a $5 million dollar grant from the California Energy…MORE

Fresno “Tacos” Adopt Taco Emoji

Fresno “Tacos” Adopt Taco Emoji

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno Grizzlies are pushing the “Fresno Tacos” brand even further in 2017. Just like last year, the Grizzlies will be the “Fresno Tacos” every Taco Tuesday home game. But, this year they will also be the “Fresno Tacos” if they’re on the road on a Tuesday. The team’s big announcement…MORE

Fresno CEO Embezzles $500,000

Fresno CEO Embezzles $500,000

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Mary Williams was the Chief Executive Officer of Aeroplate Corporation, an engineering and contracting firm in Fresno. According to court documents, from June of 2011 to last November, 70 year-old Williams embezzled over $500,000 from an employee pension plan. One plan asset was real estate appraised at over $900,000 in value. According to…MORE

Recreational Pot Banned In Tulare County Until December 2018

Recreational Pot Banned In Tulare County Until December 2018

TULARE (KMJ) — The ban on recreational marijuana in Tulare County has been extended until the end of 2018. The unanimous decision made by Tulare County’s Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning extended an interim ordinance prohibiting commercial non-medical marijuana activity. It also stops any outdoor cultivation of non-medical marijuana on private grounds, and indoor growing…MORE

Stone Soup Fresno Benefits From Kaiser MLK Day Clean-up

About 80 volunteers from both Kaiser Permanente and Hands On were painting, cleaning, organizing and landscaping the grounds of the non-profit Stone Soup Fresno. Scott Shimamoto is Kaiser’s Area Pharmacy Director, and was one of the volunteers. “They’ve been redoing some of the rooms, and we have been doing outside trim work and we redid…MORE

ORLANDO SHOOTER’S WIFE ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA

ORLANDO SHOOTER’S WIFE ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA

(CNN) – Authorities have arrested the wife of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen in connection with their investigation into the June mass shooting, FBI spokesman Prentice Danner said. Noor Salman was arrested in the San Francisco area Monday morning, Danner said. Salman, who married Mateen in 2011, came under increasing scrutiny as authorities investigated Mateen,…MORE

Sheriff’s Office Asking You To Help Name A Horse

Sheriff’s Office Asking You To Help Name A Horse

FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help naming a horse. The newest member of their mounted patrol is without an identity, and time is running out to put your suggestion into the metaphoric hat. “We’d like to get him officially named in the spring, because his certification to be part…MORE