Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

SW Fresno Residents Fight Rezone, Citing Health Concerns

SW Fresno Residents Fight Rezone, Citing Health Concerns

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Quality of life and air pollution are concerns for the southwest Fresno community if rezoning is allowed. Landowners near Annadale and Elm are asking for the area to be changed from neighborhood mixed use to light industrial. Opponents said this goes against a 2017 agreement. This resolution is on the City Council’s…MORE

Ex-Monache High Student Charged in Campus Stabbing

Ex-Monache High Student Charged in Campus Stabbing

TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – Criminal charges are filed Wednesday against Noah Serrate, 19, for an attack on a student at Monache High School in Porterville. Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward announced the filing, alleging that during the morning of May 19, 2025, Serrate entered a second-floor classroom armed with a knife and attacked…MORE

Officers Exposed To Contaminated Mail At Mendota Prison 

Officers Exposed To Contaminated Mail At Mendota Prison 

MENDOTA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — An alarming medical situation at Federal Correctional Institution Mendota on Monday evening.  Two correctional officers who were distributing mail to inmates came in contact with a substance that made them feel sick.  “One of the correctional officers immediately became dizzy, lightheaded, nauseous and as he turned to his coworker who was…MORE

Pilot Program Increasing Pay For Fresno County Jurors Suspended 

Pilot Program Increasing Pay For Fresno County Jurors Suspended 

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Cuts to the California budget have ended the pilot program bumping the pay for jurors in Fresno County.  Since September, jurors in Fresno and six other California counties have been receiving $100 a day for their service.  The rate has now returned to the standard $15 a day.  The change comes…MORE

Valley Animal Center Needs New Truck for Mobile Adoption Events

Valley Animal Center Needs New Truck for Mobile Adoption Events

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The Valley Animal Center is in need of a new truck. Back in March, a crash took their old pickup truck out of commission for the Valley Animal Center. “Luckily, everybody was okay but, unfortunately, the damage that the truck received was unrepairable by insurance standards,” said Ruben Cantu, Animal Care Adoption…MORE

New Affordable Housing Project Breaks Ground In Downtown Fresno 

New Affordable Housing Project Breaks Ground In Downtown Fresno 

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A groundbreaking ceremony in Downtown Fresno marked the official start of construction on “The Mosaic.”  Located at 1840 Broadway, it’s the latest affordable housing development in the city.  “I think this place will provide something for the workforce, bring more people downtown and make it somewhere they can be proud to…MORE

Woman Arrested for Starting Fire Along Highway 180 in Fresno County, Police Say

Woman Arrested for Starting Fire Along Highway 180 in Fresno County, Police Say

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — New video shows the moments after a good Samaritan said he grabbed a small torch from a woman who is suspected of starting several fires near Highway 180 and Armstrong in East Central Fresno. Authorities say 35-year-old Diana Rivas was caught a little after 3 p.m. Sunday. Action News was there when…MORE

Visalia SWAT Busts Pair Wanted in Attempted Homicide

Visalia SWAT Busts Pair Wanted in Attempted Homicide

VISALIA, CA (KMJ) SWAT officers surrounded a home on West Cherry Ave. Monday morning in Visalia, taking a pair of wanted suspects into custody. Visalia Police say Douglas Kirk Son, 60 and Renee Sargent, 51 were sought on several felony charges. Son was booked into the Tulare County jail on charges including attempted homicide, torture,…MORE

CA Insurance Commissioner Announces New Smoke Claims & Remediation Task Force

CA Insurance Commissioner Announces New Smoke Claims & Remediation Task Force

Los Angeles – As California faces the aftermath of some of the worst wildfires in its history — urban conflagrations that have devastated entire neighborhoods and spread toxic soot and ash across wide regions — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today announced the formation of a new Smoke Claims & Remediation Task Force within the California…MORE

Man Killed In West Central Fresno Structure Fire 

Man Killed In West Central Fresno Structure Fire 

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — “I saw all the smoke and I saw all the movement in the front with the firefighters. I thought it was my house.”  Noe Montejano is describing the moment he noticed firefighters on his security camera tearing through his backyard to put out a fast-spreading fire that his neighbor couldn’t escape. …MORE