Category Archives: Liz Kern News Articles

Fresno Mayor Lee Brand Releases FY2019 City Budget

Fresno Mayor Lee Brand Releases FY2019 City Budget

[Photo: File] Press Release from Mayor Brand’s Office: FRESNO, CA – Mayor Lee Brand, along with City Manager Wilma Quan-Schecter, today announced the proposed City of Fresno budget for Fiscal Year 2019 during a press conference at City Hall. The $1.115 billion budget, which includes $341 million for the General Fund, puts an emphasis on…MORE

DA Files 3 More Charges Against 18 Year old Who Threatened Central HS Prom

DA Files 3 More Charges Against 18 Year old Who Threatened Central HS Prom

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno County District Attorney filed three new charges Tuesday against Edward Hannah. That brings a total of 4 counts against the 18-year-old accused of threatening to shoot up the Central High School prom. Three people were named as targets in his alleged death threats, along with Central High School. Hannah…MORE

Bill Streamlining Valley Sheriffs’ Hiring Process Passes Senate, On To Governor Brown

Bill Streamlining Valley Sheriffs’ Hiring Process Passes Senate, On To Governor Brown

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A bill to help valley law enforcement streamline their hiring process passes the state senate. “We’re super excited that it’s made it through the Assembly and the Senate, and obviously very hopeful that the Governor will sign it,” said Kings County Sheriff David Robinson, a supporter of the bill. SB 1888, authored…MORE

Abducted Toddler Found, Domestic Violence Suspect In Custody

Abducted Toddler Found, Domestic Violence Suspect In Custody

[Photo: Fresno PD] UPDATE: Fresno Police say suspect is in custody, two-year-old found safe. [Photo: Fresno PD] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno police are looking for a man considered armed and dangerous who abducted his two-year old daughter. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says the domestic violence incident began at 5:30 on Thursday, at the…MORE

Grizzlies Show Plans For Updates At Chukchansi Park

Grizzlies Show Plans For Updates At Chukchansi Park

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Final renderings of the plans to update Chukchansi Park are released today. Fresno Sports and Events, the ownership group of the Fresno Grizzlies are making major capital improvements. They say a new more modern hospitality area in the left field area will help put the stadium in the upper-echelon of…MORE

Body Found May Be Missing 18-Year Old Hiker

Body Found May Be Missing 18-Year Old Hiker

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Sheriff’s Office says their SAR Search and Rescue Team has recovered the body of a man from the San Joaquin River. They believe he’s the missing 18-year-old hiker, Jared Gardner, who was swept away last Saturday when hiking with friends near Auberry. Since then, Lt. Kathy Curtice says the Fresno County…MORE

Fresno Mom Shares Daughter’s Story To Raise Lyme Disease Awareness

Fresno Mom Shares Daughter’s Story To Raise Lyme Disease Awareness

[Photo: Jody Hudson] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month – one local mother hopes to share her daughter’s story to spread awareness. Jody Hudson’s daughter, Alex was supposed to be heading off to UCLA, but on March 24th, the 22 year-old lost her fight. For ten years, they didn’t know they were…MORE

Fresno County’s Sheriff Meets Trump, Discusses California’s Immigration Policy

Fresno County’s Sheriff Meets Trump, Discusses California’s Immigration Policy

[Photo: Sheriff Margaret Mims] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Sheriff Margaret Mims and other California law enforcement and public officials met with President Trump on Thursday in the Nation’s capital. “The President wanted to hear from all of us individually about the impacts of the Sanctuary State Law, and so that’s what we told him, said…MORE

Two Sentenced For Embezzling Over $1 Million From Fresno Business

Two Sentenced For Embezzling Over $1 Million From Fresno Business

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A local bookkeeper and her associate are sentenced for embezzling more than a million dollars from a Fresno business. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Brandi Marshall, 41, of Fresno to four years and three months in prison, and Daniel Barrios Jr., 37, of Fresno to two years and…MORE

10 Kids Taken From Northern California Home, Parent Denies Abuse

10 Kids Taken From Northern California Home, Parent Denies Abuse

[PHOTO: Solano County Sheriff’s Office via AP] FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A California woman whose 10 children were removed from a home described as filthy by authorities denied that she or her husband had abused or neglected the kids, telling reporters on Monday that the children all slept in one bedroom together because they wanted…MORE