HURON, CA (KMJ) – A 21-year-old man is dead – killed while working in an almond orchard. Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputies were called out to an orchard located near Highway 198 and Lassen Avenue on Thursday morning, after getting a call from a man about a co-worker being injured. When they arrived, they found the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno Police initially investigated a second shooting on the same street where a man was shot early Thursday morning. When officers arrived, they were told a 19-year old was shot by an unknown suspect. But, Detectives eventually discovered the real story. Witnesses eventually told them a group of young men were inside an apartment…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A teacher at Tenaya Middle School has been arrested – accused of sex crimes with a 14-year-old student. The Fresno Police Department says 30-year-old Justine Nelson is facing three felony counts of oral copulation with a minor under 16 years of age, and two felony counts of possession of child pornography. The crimes allegedly…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The man accused of shooting two correctional officers inside the lobby of Fresno County Jail has entered a not guilty plea. Thong Vang appeared in front of a judge once again Thursday morning, dressed in a yellow jumpsuit. The color indicates he remains in solitary confinement following his alleged actions on September…… MORE
(KMJ) 53 year old Luis Moreno was found guilty Wednesday of 2nd degree murder for a deadly drunken collision. A jury found Moreno guilty on all three felony counts – including 2nd degree murder for the collision that took place back in 2013. Moreno drove drunk on Friant Road, his pick-up plowed head-on into a…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — 35-year-old Theresa Ramirez has been arrested by Fresno Police, after a lengthy investigation revealed she had unlawful relations with an underage, male student. The 16-year-old boy admitted to investigators that the relationship started last fall, when she was said to have been assisting him with his work off campus. Lt. Joe Gomez tells…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested the driver who caused a crash at Blackstone and McKinley Avenues in Fresno on Wednesday. 36-year-old Stephen Yates was booked on felony hit-and-run and a probation violation. Around 10am, Yates was spotted driving recklessly and when deputies tried to stop him he allegedly took off in…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Citing a “new, unprecedented, and intensely complicated pressing legal matter unrelated to the superintendent and district staff,” Michael Hanson has put off the presentation of his self-evaluation to the Board of Education, previously scheduled for Wednesday evening. Hanson tells KMJ News, “The topic was going to take all the time that we could…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giant tunnels that Gov. Jerry Brown wants to build to haul water across California are economically feasible only if the federal government bears a third of the nearly $16 billion cost because local water districts may not benefit as expected, according to an analysis that the state commissioned last year but…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – 6 men and 8 women are deciding the fate of 52 year old Luis Moreno – accused of killing a 54 year old mother of eight while driving drunk – when he hit her car three years ago. The defense is disputing count 1 that Moreno deliberately acted with “conscious disregard”…… MORE
