Category Archives: Liz Kern News Articles

K9 Finds Heroin In BMW, Merced CHP Looking For Driver

K9 Finds Heroin In BMW, Merced CHP Looking For Driver

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Merced CHP is looking for a driver who left two kilos of heroin behind. An officer pulled over a white BMW on August 17, and found the driver’s license was suspended. While he was impounding the car in a Burger King parking lot off Childs Avenue, just east of SR-99 in…MORE

Bodies of Missing Hiker, Park Employee, Located In Yosemite National Park

Bodies of Missing Hiker, Park Employee, Located In Yosemite National Park

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) –  The bodies of two people who went missing in Yosemite National Park have now been located.   The 48-year-old Scott Tenczar from San Jose was an Afghanistan veteran and an experienced hiker. He was last seen July 25th. Tenczar had been planning to backpack to Crown and Peeler Lakes when he…MORE

Missing Yosemite National Park Employee Found Dead

Missing Yosemite National Park Employee Found Dead

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A National Parks Service employee who went missing in Yosemite Valley has been found dead. John Cogdell was last seen on Wednesday August 15th, in Upper Pines Campground.  His body was discovered Friday. The National Parks Service is not giving any details about his death.  MORE

Woman Accused of Abusing Foster Child, Arrested By Visalia Police

Woman Accused of Abusing Foster Child, Arrested By Visalia Police

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A woman is arrested in Visalia on Friday, accused of abusing her foster child. On August 12, around 2:30 p.m., Visalia Police were called out to the home on 1400 block of E. Sunnyview. Visalia Police say the foster mother, Darlene Valdovinos-Aguilera, told them the child had fallen. Police say…MORE

Employee Killed At South Valley Tomato Processing Plant

    FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An employee at a South Valley tomato processor has died after an accident at the plant. Just after 5:30 Thursday morning, Lemoore Police responded to a report of a traffic collision at the Olam Tomato Processing plant in the 1100 block of S. 19th Ave. Police say an employee…MORE

FBI Seeks Info On ‘John Doe’ In Sexual Exploitation Case

FBI Seeks Info On ‘John Doe’ In Sexual Exploitation Case

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The FBI office in Sacramento issued an alert Wednesday that investigators need the public’s help to identify a man who might have information relevant to a sexual exploitation case. The man might have critical information on the identity of a child victim, the FBI said.     The man was seen…MORE

Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting Near SE Fresno Elementary School

Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting Near SE Fresno Elementary School

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A deadly officer involved shooting takes place Tuesday morning, next to Southeast Fresno Elementary School. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said a 9-1-1 call came in just after 11:30 a.m. to report that that a man in his 20’s or early 30’s was yelling, appearing to be agitated, and possibly high…MORE

Valley Fever Cases Are Rising in Tulare County

Valley Fever Cases Are Rising in Tulare County

    FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Cases of valley fever are rising in Tulare County. Valley Fever is a fungal infection caused by breathing the coccidioides organism, a fungus, into the lungs, where the spores reproduce. Fungi spores are commonly found in soil and grow as a mold with long filaments that break off into airborne…MORE

Apartment Fire In Southeast Fresno Leaves 23 Displaced

Apartment Fire In Southeast Fresno Leaves 23 Displaced

[Photo: FFD] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — More than two dozen people are displaced after a fire at an apartment complex.  It happened Monday around 10:00 a.m. at an apartment at 475 N. Manilla, near Belmont. The fire began on the exterior and spread to the bottom and top units of the building. One building and eight…MORE