FRESNO (KMJ) – A Visalia man is behind bars for allegedly trying to rent out properties which he didn’t own and taking money from potential renters. Visalia PD Property Crimes Detectives say 28-year-old Nicholas Vallez scammed victims, stealing their money in the form of rental application fees. Vallez is facing multiple misdemeanor and felony charges. To date, 11…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a California mayor (all times local): 2:05 p.m. A California mayor has forcefully declared his innocence and says he never endangered children amid allegations that he made secret audio recording of strip game at youth camp run by him. Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva made the…… MORE
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(FRESNO, CA – KMJ) – For the first time in nearly two decades country music superstar Garth Brooks will play the Save Mart Center. Brooks will play FOUR shows – one on Friday, September 23rd (7pm), two on Saturday, September 24th (7pm and 10:30pm) and one on Sunday, September 25th (7:30pm). Tickets went on sale Friday,…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – 6 teens were taken to Fresno County Juvenile Hall Friday morning after breaking into an elementary school snack bar. A burglary alarm went off at Fig Garden Elementary in northwest Fresno Friday morning just before 1:30am. When police showed up, they found six boys – ages 13 to 16 – running through…… MORE
(KMJ) Numerous brush fires erupted along Highway 41 Thursday afternoon threatening homes and bringing traffic to a standstill – for a time – as thick smoke enveloped vehicles. At the same time, firefighters battled a 3-alarm house fire on N. Fresno St. Fresno Fire was stretched so thin that the department had to stop responding…… MORE
FRSNO (KMJ) – Two babies are born in California with a birth defect relating to the Zika Virus. The State Health Department confirmed Thursday, that two babies have been born in California with Microcephaly, a neurological defect relating to the Zika Virus. “We’re still learning a lot more, how it’s affecting people differently, and traditionally.…… MORE
(MADERA, CA (KMJ) – An active shooter scene in Madera County ended Thursday morning after the suspect sent Sheriff’s Deputies on a search for hours. 25-year-old Alvaro Molina is now in custody after fleeing on foot after a shooting and a car accident, where his car overturned. The Madera County Sheriff’s Office says Molina allegedly shot…… MORE
Fresno Police take one man and one woman into custody after a carjacking and crash near downtown Fresno. Officers say 22-year old Felipe Garcia took a car at knife-point from a man around 11 a-m on south Chance Avenue. Garcia drove off with a 36-year old woman still inside the vehicle, identified at 36-year-old Kastina Miller. Not…… MORE
ATWATER, CA (KMJ) – Merced County CHP and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a joint press conference to say what they could about Tuesday’s fatal bus crash. CHP confirmed that 4 people died in the bus crash on Highway 99 north just north of Atwater. Originally that number was 5 dead – but with…… MORE
