Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Carr Injured in Raiders Blowout Loss

Carr Injured in Raiders Blowout Loss

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The offense didn’t take a snap across midfield until the fourth quarter. The defense struggled from the opening drive. Throw in an injury to starting quarterback Derek Carr and it’s hard to imagine how coach Jack Del Rio’s debut in Oakland could have gotten much worse. Andy Dalton threw two touchdown…MORE

“Valley Fire” Destroys 400 Homes, Kills 1

“Valley Fire” Destroys 400 Homes, Kills 1

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Some 400 homes were among the hundreds of structures destroyed as fast-moving wildfires raged through communities in Northern California, leaving at least one person dead and sending residents fleeing along roads where some buildings and vehicles were still in flames. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection confirmed Sunday one…MORE

Valley Remembers 14th Anniversary Of 9/11

CLOVIS (KMJ) — A ceremony to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attack has taken place at the Pelco Schneider Electric facility in Clovis Friday morning. Fire, police, and the public all came together as one to remember the fourteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which killed 2,977 people in New York, Washington D.C.,…MORE

Animal Disaster Team Responds to Rough Fire

Animal Disaster Team Responds to Rough Fire

(KMJ) – The Central California Animal Disaster Team (CCADT) has been deployed by the Fresno County Office Of Emergency Services to assist with displaced small and large animals due to the Rough Fire The small animal evacuation shelter will be open for pets of families under mandatory evacuation orders: CCADT has activated an emergency animal…MORE

Fire Evacuations Ordered For Residents of Dunlap

Fire Evacuations Ordered For Residents of Dunlap

Friday, Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies are going door to door to distribute mandatory evacuation notices to certain residents in Dunlap. The starting point will be on Millwood Road, 1 ½ miles east of where Dunlap Road and Millwood Road intersect. The notices will be handed out along Todd Eymann Road and up along Highway 245…MORE

Medical Marijuana Regulation Deal Reached

Medical Marijuana Regulation Deal Reached

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers were expected to vote Friday on a proposal to create the first regulatory framework for the state’s thriving but unruly medical marijuana industry after lawmakers reached an 11th-hour compromise on a trio of marijuana bills. The authors of legislation that had been stalled in the Senate and Assembly in…MORE

Training Crash Kills 1 Marine, Injures 18

Training Crash Kills 1 Marine, Injures 18

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A vehicle rolled over during routine training at Camp Pendleton, killing one Marine and injuring 18 others, officials said. First Lt. Colleen McFadden said she had very few details to release on Thursday’s crash, including what type of vehicle rolled over or the extent of the injuries involved. Several patients…MORE

The Big Cats Move to Safety

The Big Cats Move to Safety

        As the Rough Fire burns on, the animals at Cat Haven must be moved to safety … KMJ’s Michael Knight has the latest.  MORE

Derek Carr Named Raiders Captain

Derek Carr Named Raiders Captain

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Derek Carr’s mindset for his second NFL season opener is quite a bit different than what it was a year ago as a rookie. After being picked as the starter just days before last year’s opener, Carr is now firmly entrenched in the starting role and as one of the faces…MORE

Atwater Trio Suspected of Recording Murder

Atwater Trio Suspected of Recording Murder

(KMJ)  Three Merced County men are jailed on murder charges.  A murder, which valley investigators say was recorded on cell phone video.  Detectives say the Atwater trio tied up a man, stabbed him to death and recorded the attack with a cellphone video camera.  They were arrested after the ex-girlfriend of one of the suspects…MORE