Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Grizzlies Hold Championship Trophy Viewing

Grizzlies Hold Championship Trophy Viewing

(KMJ) – Don’t miss your chance to pose with some Triple-A Baseball championship hardware. The Fresno Grizzlies will hold an open-to-the-public Championship Trophy Viewing Party on Thursday, October 8th at Chukchansi Park from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. The free event marks the first opportunity for fans to experience the 2015 Triple-A National Championship Trophy. Parking…MORE

Fresno Camera Thieves Caught On Camera

Fresno Camera Thieves Caught On Camera

(KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify two men involved in the theft of a surveillance camera. The homeowner’s surveillance camera captured these images of the men driving onto the property and walking around. The theft occurred at 3:15 pm on August 11th at a home in the area…MORE

Janet Jackson, Cars Headline Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Janet Jackson, Cars Headline Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

By Lisa Respers France CNN This year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees include some familiar faces and one star who has just returned to the scene. Janet Jackson, N.W.A, Nine Inch Nails, Chicago, the Smiths, and Cheap Trick are just a few of the acts vying to enter the Class of 2016. They…MORE

FUSD Retired Food Services Worker Turns 100 Years Old

FUSD Retired Food Services Worker Turns 100 Years Old

A retired food services worker from Fresno Unified turns 100. It’s a milestone birthday for Ruby Barton who celebrates the century mark. “I don’t feel any different” – Ruby Barton, Retired Fresno Unified Food Service Worker. Fresno Unified Board members Janet Ryan and Christopher De La Cerda threw the party “We came and we wanted…MORE

German Exchange Students Learn American Football At Bullard High

German Exchange Students Learn American Football At Bullard High

American football is making quite an impression on a group of players from Munster, Germany who are practicing the sport…with coaches from Bullard High School. About 45 people including kids from ages 10 and up – boys and a girl in the group are working out and getting on the field field training from the…MORE

Afghan War Marine Corp Veteran Gets A Mortgage Free Home

Afghan War Marine Corp Veteran Gets A Mortgage Free Home

FRESNO (KMJ) — A valley veteran, whose decorations include the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, and the National Defense Medal, has been given a place to live with his family. Lance Corporal Jordan Cody, who used to live in Clovis, is now making Fresno his home alongside his wife and 16…MORE

Governor To Sign Climate Change Bill

Governor To Sign Climate Change Bill

(KMJ) – Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign an ambitious climate-change measure to increase California’s renewable electricity use to 50 percent and double energy efficiency in existing buildings by 2030. The governor and Democratic legislative leaders wanted to include a provision in the bill to cut petroleum use by half, but they met…MORE

Bulldogs QB Greenlee, Others Charged

Bulldogs QB Greenlee, Others Charged

(KMJ/AP)  The Fresno County District Attorney’s office has filed charges against Fresno State quarterback Zack Greenlee and a teammate arrested last month during a house party near the campus. 20 year old Zack Greenlee was charged Tuesday with possession of alcohol by a minor, a misdemeanor. Brandon Hughes, a 21-year-old linebacker on the team, was…MORE

Drug Cartel Hitman Admits to 9 Calif. Murders

Drug Cartel Hitman Admits to 9 Calif. Murders

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Once Jose Manuel Martinez acknowledged a vast killing spree that included nine people in California, officials set out to decide whether the self-described cartel enforcer actually carried out the horrific crimes. Details the 53-year-old Martinez provided confirmed his claims. He described with remarkable accuracy the victims’ clothes, body positions and the…MORE

Clovis Man Leads High Speed Chase Before Surrendering To K9

Clovis Man Leads High Speed Chase Before Surrendering To K9

  20 year old Ronald Castanon of Clovis led Sheriffs on a high speed chase before surrendering to a K9. According to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department, the robberies began on Sunday at 1:00 am, when Castanon pointed a gun at the Arco Gas Station clerk in Clovis, demanding cash and getting away with the…MORE