MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A teen is dead and two others are injured following a shooting at a party in Merced County. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened Sunday at midnight on Gertrude Avenue near North Winton Way in Winton. When deputies arrived, they found two 17-year-old boys and a 17-year-old…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Dozens of Valley veterans will take their “trip of a lifetime” courtesy of the Central Valley Honor Flight. Once again, our heroes from across Central California will fly to Washington, D.C. The veterans will gather Monday morning at Fresno Yosemite International Airport for a special sendoff, then they’ll fly to DC. …… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man is dead after a high-speed chase in Fresno County. CHP officers say just after midnight Sunday, a Dodge Challenger was headed east on Highway 180 near Clovis Avenue at speeds reaching up to 130 miles-per-hour. Officers tried to pull the car over but the driver did not stop…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni joined KMJ’s Philip Teresi Thursday on the Afternoon Drive to discuss the arrest of a group of suspected armed robbers with possible ties to a violent Venezuelan prison gang.… MORE
Misty Her has been appointed the new Superintendent of the struggling Fresno Unified School District – and not everybody is happy about it. The vote was 6-1 in favor of Her taking the helm, replacing Bob Nelson who departed last year to take a position at Fresno State. “There is no accountability…The culture of failing…… MORE
VISALIA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Visalia police captain has been charged with stealing money from the department’s program focused on helping local youth. On Friday, the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office filed charges related to theft and embezzlement against Visalia Police Captain Luma Fahoum. Officials say Fahoum had been embezzling money from the Visalia Police Explorer…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Fresno Police released video Friday of an armed burglary and subsequent chase and officer-involved shooting. The confrontation happened January 26 at an apartment complex at Shaw and Backer Ave. when three armed assailants broke into a unit and made off with a large safe.… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Downtown Fresno conference is taking action to empower women entrepreneurs. Thursday, the Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation hosted its ”Power of Women in Business Conference.” The event featured a keynote speaker who is making history. The brand ”Latina” is the first Mexican hair-care line to launch in ULTA Beauty stores. It…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man has been arrested after police say he admitted to the deadly stabbing of his son in northeast Fresno. “This is a tragic situation and completely avoidable,” said Fresno Police Lt. Paul Cervantes. 52-year-old Bryan Blackman is behind bars after admitting to the stabbing late Wednesday afternoon of his son,…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The man convicted in a 2021 deadly shooting in east central Fresno learned his punishment on Thursday. Jeffrey Emmett was sentenced to 26 years and eight months for the killing of 28-year-old Nikilas Cornwell. The shooting happened on Clinton and Argyle during an argument over a cellphone. The defense attorney had…… MORE
