Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Manhunt Underway In Kern County

Manhunt Underway In Kern County

  Authorities in Kern County continue to hunt for a man who shot and wounded two Kern County sheriff’s deputies. The deputies were fired on Saturday night while searching farm outbuildings in the Twin Oaks area. Deputy Michael Booker remains hospitalized in stable condition. And Deputy Jose Perez, who pulled Booker to safety, was grazed…MORE

Fleming Sentenced In Murder of Sarah Douglas

Fleming Sentenced In Murder of Sarah Douglas

Onetime Cal Fire battalion chief, Orville Fleming has been sentenced for the second degree murder of his girlfriend. Sacramento Judge Sharon Lueras commented to the court what type of hell 26-year-old Sarah June Douglas endured before she was killed by her boyfriend Orville fleming. Lueras ordered Fleming to serve a mandatory 15 years to life…MORE

Kettlebell, Food & Fitness Fun Benefitting Marjaree Mason

Kettlebell, Food & Fitness Fun Benefitting Marjaree Mason

  On Saturday morning, August 1st, the Marjaree Mason Center is partnering with a handful of local brands, to promote wellness. Kettlebell instructor Dina Juve – who’s in the running to be the next Health Fitness Star – will be running a donation-based class at the event to benefit the center. Marjaree Mason’s Director of…MORE

Tostada Craving Leads Clovis Woman To A Million Dollar Win

Tostada Craving Leads Clovis Woman To A Million Dollar Win

CLOVIS (KMJ) — A Clovis woman is thanking her father’s tostada cravings for leading her to a $1 million lottery win. It was an otherwise ordinary Monday in the valley when Catalina Deniston traveled from her home in Clovis earlier this week to visit her parents in Sanger. While she was there her father was…MORE

Find A Bird – What Do You Do?

Find A Bird – What Do You Do?

    You find a baby bird — what do you do? KMJ’S Liz Kern knows…   Liz: Found it outside KMJ’s stairs,the nest unreachable – a sparrow – 1 day old “And they’re usually not always like this – some of they you find are already grown. – Susan Andrioni from Pet ER. “If…MORE

Fresno Sheriff’s Investigate Shooting At Motorcycle Club

Fresno Sheriff’s Investigate Shooting At Motorcycle Club

  Around 4:00 on Thursday, (July 30th), deputies responded to the 3100 block of W. Olive Ave. in Fresno for a report of a shooting. Deputies arrived and found a man at a home who had been shot. He had run up the street from the Los Dorados Motorcycle Clubhouse at 3225 W. Olive. where…MORE

Parole to be Granted for Chowchilla Bus Kidnapper

Parole to be Granted for Chowchilla Bus Kidnapper

Governor Jerry Brown has allowed parole for one of three men convicted in the kidnapping of 26 children and their school bus driver nearly 40 years ago near Chowchilla Brown had until midnight to decide whether to approve parole for 63-year-old James Schoenfeld or send the case back to the board that recommended his release.…MORE

Mandatory Farm Water Cuts Likely to Survive Legal Challenge

Mandatory Farm Water Cuts Likely to Survive Legal Challenge

Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More…         Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A Sacramento judge believes the thousands of notices sent to California farmers, agencies, and corporations with water rights telling them…MORE

Fresno Council Approves Police Hiring Incentives

Fresno Council Approves Police Hiring Incentives

The Fresno City Council vote was unanimous to offer incentives to attract and recruit qualified police officers. The City Manager’s Office, and Council Members Lee Brand and Steve Brandau co-sponsored the proposal, and all council members agreed. “Well, it’s a good day, the council authorized the hiring incentives for lateral employees – what that means…MORE

$14.5m Project To Bring F35C To NAS Lemoore Breaks Ground

$14.5m Project To Bring F35C To NAS Lemoore Breaks Ground

LEMOORE (KMJ) — The first step to bringing the F35C Joint Strike Fighter to Naval Air Station Lemoore has been made – with the start of a multi-million dollar improvement project. The groundbreaking is the first step towards bringing the F35C to the base. It’ll see an expansion of Hanger 5 to accommodate the new…MORE