Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Valley MMA Fighter Pleads Not Guilty In Animal Cruelty Charge

Valley MMA Fighter Pleads Not Guilty In Animal Cruelty Charge

FRESNO (KMj) — A Central Valley MMA fighter has pleaded not guilty to a felony animal cruelty charge. Fidel Manzano was alleged to have repeatedly hit a one year old dog, resulting in numerous injuries including partial blindness and a broken jaw. Inside the courtroom, it was decided that the 35 year old will be…MORE

Coroner’s Office Looking For Anyone Who Knows This Man

Coroner’s Office Looking For Anyone Who Knows This Man

FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno County Sheriff’s Department have confirmed that they’ve been contacted by members of Anthony Herrera’s family since the appeal was put out on Wednesday. The original story is below:   The search to find the friends or relatives of a deceased Fresno man has come up short. Now Fresno County Sheriff’s Office…MORE

2 Undercover Officers Shot At In Southwest Fresno

2 Undercover Officers Shot At In Southwest Fresno

  Fresno Police are still looking for two people – one of them shot at an unmarked police car with two undercover officers inside. It happened at 3:50p.m. Tuesday, December 8, 2015 near the intersection of Jensen and Walnut in Southwest Fresno. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says a bullet went right through the rear…MORE

Fresno’s Elephant Bar Hit By Hackers

Fresno’s Elephant Bar Hit By Hackers

(KMJ) – Fresno’s Elephant Bar is one of dozens of locations where customer payment card information may have been compromised . CM Ebar, LLC, owner of Elephant Bar restaurants, was alerted to a potential security incident by its card processor on Nov. 3. Based on a forensic investigation, it appears hackers installed malicious software on…MORE

Fresno State Flags At Half-Staff For Dee Jordan

Fresno State Flags At Half-Staff For Dee Jordan

Fresno State’s President Joseph Castro ordered the University’s national and state flags to be posted at half-staff Tuesday in memory of Mrs. Dee Jordan, whose family donated $29.5 million to Fresno State’s Ag One Foundation in 2009. “The impact of the Jordan family gift was transformational for Fresno State and continues to help us make…MORE

Code Strike Team Puts Slumlords On Notice

Code Strike Team Puts Slumlords On Notice

  The City of Fresno is adding officers to their Code Enforcement Strike Team, and will pursue criminal charges if needed — to force slumlords to fix their properties. Two code enforcement officers will be reassigned and report directly to City Manager Bruce Rudd, while Mayor Ashley Swearengin has set aside fiscal 2016 funds to…MORE

‘The Cat House On The Kings’ Needs Your Help To Win A Big Grant

‘The Cat House On The Kings’ Needs Your Help To Win A Big Grant

FRESNO (KMJ) — The Central Valley’s ‘Cat House on the Kings’ needs your help to win a grant of as much as $20,000. The cat sanctuary just north of Reedley houses felines who want to live in a no-cage and no kill shelter. It looks after abandoned and feral cats and kittens and it now…MORE

Search Continues for “At-Risk” Clovis Man

Search Continues for “At-Risk” Clovis Man

(KMJ) – Fresno County sheriff’s detectives are seeking the public’s help to locate a missing “at-risk” Clovis man. Kenneth Wesson, 65, left his home on the 3200 block of Bundy Avenue in Clovis on Dec. 3 around 11:15 a.m.  He was driving a 1989 white, single cab Chevy pickup truck with a rear slider window.…MORE

Clovis Woman Attacked Walking To Bus

Clovis Woman Attacked Walking To Bus

  (KMJ) December 7th, 2015 – Clovis Police are looking for tips are after woman was attacked near Peach and Gettysburg. It happened Monday, December 7th, just before 7:30a.m. Officers were dispatched to the area and found the victim being assisted by a passerby. The young woman had been walking in the north alleyway in…MORE

Weekend Shootings Have Police Targeting West Fresno Gangs

Weekend Shootings Have Police Targeting West Fresno Gangs

  There was ten shootings over a 10 hour period from December 5th through December 6th, and in three incidents, victims were hit. Now, Police Chief Jerry Dyer is placing a bulls-eye on West Fresno gangs. One incident took place overnight Saturday (12/5/2015), during an event at the Fresno Fairgrounds, and that incident spurred two more…MORE