Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Warrant Issued For Murder Suspect Kaleo Schreiner

Warrant Issued For Murder Suspect Kaleo Schreiner

Fresno County Sheriff’s homicide detectives have issued an arrest warrant for a Tracy man wanted for murder in Fresno County’s 7th homicide of the year. Detectives are looking for 21 year-old Kaleo Schreiner. They believe he was was involved in the death of a 20 year-old Megan Troen (pictured), also from Tracy. Her body was found…MORE

Child Recovering From The Plague After Visiting The Valley

Child Recovering From The Plague After Visiting The Valley

YOSEMITE (KMJ) — A child from Los Angeles county is now recovering after contracting the plague while visiting the valley. The child first visited Stanislaus National Forest and then Yosemite National Park mid-July and was later diagnosed with the illness. It’s the same plague that spread throughout Europe in the 14th Century, but modern science…MORE

Two Men Accused Of Destroying Sequoia National Forest Land To Grow Pot

Two Men Accused Of Destroying Sequoia National Forest Land To Grow Pot

    Two men from Mexico are accused of destroying forest land in the Sequoia National Forest to illegally grow marijuana. 44 year-old Macedonio Madrigal-Herrera and 49 year-old Ezequiel Armas-Ortiz were caught at the Brush Creek Drainage on July 30th. Agents removed over 2,700 marijuana plants and found toxic chemicals, fertilizer, and trash at the…MORE

Tulare County Offers Amnesty For Traffic Tickets

Tulare County Offers Amnesty For Traffic Tickets

  Have an unpaid ticket from Tulare County? You’re set to get a break. Tulare County is giving a discount through a one-time amnesty program for unpaid traffic and non-traffic infraction tickets. “They put a hold on license as part of their collection activity – so it prevents people from being able to get to…MORE

Calif. Pays Off $14 Billion Debt

Calif. Pays Off $14 Billion Debt

(AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California closed an ugly chapter in its financial history on Wednesday by making its final payment on $14.2 billion in costly borrowing that plugged a budget deficit 11 years ago but eventually cost taxpayers about $5 billion in interest and fees. State Treasurer John Chiang and Director of Finance Michael Cohen…MORE

Cops Arrested in SLO Boot Camp Abuse

Cops Arrested in SLO Boot Camp Abuse

(AP) Four Southern California police officers were arrested on suspicion of child cruelty for allegedly abusing more than a dozen youngsters at a boot camp, it was reported Wednesday. Huntington Park officers Marissa Larios, 36, and Patrick Nijland, 47, and South Gate officers Carlos Gomez-Marquez, 31, and Edgar Gomez, 35, were arrested on Tuesday and…MORE

Angry Orchard Bottles Recalled, Explosion Fears

Angry Orchard Bottles Recalled, Explosion Fears

FRESNO (KMJ) — Specific batches of a popular cider brand are being recalled – over fears the bottles could explode. Angry Orchard say they could break or overflow on opening due to re-fermentation increasing the pressure on the inside of the glass. No illnesses or injuries have been reported, but the FDA say you can…MORE

Manhunt Continues In Eastern Kern County

Manhunt Continues In Eastern Kern County

Kern County Sheriff’s deputies enter their ninth day in search for the suspect believed to be hiding in the Kelso Valley area. According to Ray Pruitt with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, crews will continue their search in a 5 square mile radius in the Jawbone Canyon area. Deputies still do not know the identity of…MORE

Homicide Detectives Looking For Kaleo Schreiner

Homicide Detectives Looking For Kaleo Schreiner

The body of 20 year Megan Troen, of Tracy, California was found in an aqueduct by West. Nees and I-5 in the Firebaugh area. FSO Homicide detectives have identified a person of interest they would like to speak with. He is Kaleo Schreiner, 21, of Tracy. Schreiner is described as being 6’0”, 300 lbs. with…MORE

Gwyneth Paltrow On Capital Hill Calling For GMO labeling

Gwyneth Paltrow On Capital Hill Calling For GMO labeling

  Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is on Capitol Hill today, discussing GMO labeling – and calling on the Senate to defeat what’s called the ‘Dark Act.’ Paltrow was joined by her mother Blythe Danner, and Gary Hirshberg, the chairman of Just Label It. They say the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, or the “Dark Act”…MORE