Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Suspect Uses Own License Prior to Fresno Robbery

Suspect Uses Own License Prior to Fresno Robbery

(KMJ) –  Fresno Police say 50-year old Rodolfo Barron robbed the Advance America Check Cashing business at 4195 E. Belmont on Friday, October 23rd. Officers say Barron first entered the business, located at 4195 East Belmont Avenue, and tried to open up an account.  In doing so, he provided the clerks with his actual California…MORE

Families Wanting To Adopt Invited To Fresno Resource Fair

Families Wanting To Adopt Invited To Fresno Resource Fair

FRESNO (KMJ) — Helping the thousands of children in California waiting for adoptive and foster parents is the drive behind one state assemblyman wanting to make the adoption process easier. In the State Assembly, 23rd District Representative Jim Patterson says he’s been trying to make California’s adoption process easier ever since he got elected. “What…MORE

Manhunt Is On for Suspect in 3 Murders

Manhunt Is On for Suspect in 3 Murders

Authorities are hunting for an 18-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting a man and wounding another at a Northern California shopping center. 18-year-old Alexander Brown is wanted for killing one person and wounding another with a high-powered rifle in a Livermore parking lot. Brown also is wanted in the killing of 27-year-old Albert Thao in…MORE

Iowa Poll: Carson Leads Trump By Double Digits

Iowa Poll: Carson Leads Trump By Double Digits

WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new poll out Monday confirms that Ben Carson is topping Donald Trump in Iowa’s Republican caucuses — this time by 14 points. According to the Monmouth University poll released Monday, Carson is leading Trump 32% to 18% among likely Republican Iowa voters. In a Monmouth poll conducted in August, the two…MORE

GM Unveils New-Look Chevy Camaro

GM Unveils New-Look Chevy Camaro

(KMJ) – The new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro rolls off the production line on Monday. For the first time since the classic car’s new redesign, there will be a convertible version of the Camaro. General Motors unveiled the new ride at the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant. This is the first time the Camaro has been…MORE

Visalia Couple Arrested for Child Homicide

Visalia Couple Arrested for Child Homicide

          (KMJ) – A year after a Visalia 3-month old was rushed to Valley Children’s hospital and later died from its injuries, police have arrested the baby’s parents. 29-year old Daniel Ramirez and 28-year old Angela Jimenez were arrested Friday after speaking with investigators at Visalia Police Headquarters. Officers say their…MORE

Gang Member Busted for Attempted Roosevelt Break-In

Gang Member Busted for Attempted Roosevelt Break-In

(KMJ) – Fresno Police were called to the campus of Roosevelt High School over the weekend after a security guard found a broken window. Sunday, officers search the campus, located at 4250 E. Tulare Avenue.  And they found 32-year old Vincent Garcia hiding between two buildings.  Officers say he was pretending to be asleep. Fresno…MORE

Report: HSR to Miss Deadline, Budget

Report: HSR to Miss Deadline, Budget

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A newspaper analysis concludes California’s ambitious Los-Angeles-to-San-Francisco high-speed rail project will likely miss its 2022 deadline and go over its $68 billion budget. The Los Angeles Times said Saturday that state officials underestimated the project’s challenges — particularly punching 36 miles of tunnels through the mountains north of Los Angeles. It…MORE

OK State Crash Suspect Charged

OK State Crash Suspect Charged

(CNN) – Did getting behind the wheel drunk cost four people attending a homecoming parade their lives — including a 2-year-old boy? Adacia Chambers, 25, faces that question when she appears in court on Monday, along with four counts of second-degree murder, and the potential prospect of life in prison. She allegedly plowed into a…MORE

AC/DC Combo Leads Raiders Past Chargers

AC/DC Combo Leads Raiders Past Chargers

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Amari Cooper caught the screen pass from Derek Carr, stumbled a little and then went racing through traffic to complete the 52-yard touchdown play. It wasn’t quite halftime yet and the Oakland Raiders were embarrassing the San Diego Chargers 30-3. “It was just a perfect play,” Cooper, the Raiders’ first-round draft…MORE