Category Archives: Local News

Adventure Church to File Lawsuit  Against City of Fresno Over Tower Theatre

Adventure Church to File Lawsuit Against City of Fresno Over Tower Theatre

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Adventure Church sends e-mail, Wednesday, announcing the organization’s intent to file lawsuit against City of Fresno and other entities over the sale of Tower Theatre. On April 21, 2022, Fresno City council voted to purchase the Tower Theatre, despite the likelihood of a multi-million dollar lawsuit. Council voted 4-3 in favor…MORE

Central Valley Dairy Company Adds First-Ever All-Electric Trucks to its Fleet

Central Valley Dairy Company Adds First-Ever All-Electric Trucks to its Fleet

(KMJ) — Producers Dairy welcomes two new all-electric commercial trucks to its fleet that will produce zero emissions while it travels across the Central Valley. The Volvo VNR Electric is the first-class 8-battery truck to hit the road. The trucks will be based out of Fresno and are designed for Producers Dairy to travel regionally…MORE

Crime Stoppers Tip Turns Up Guns and Drugs

Crime Stoppers Tip Turns Up Guns and Drugs

(KMJ) — Fresno Police Officers arrested two suspects after an anonymous tip on Friday. The Crime Stoppers tip helped Police identify two individuals during a traffic stop suspected of possession meth and cocaine for intended for sale. A search of the car found drugs ready for sale and then a later search of the home…MORE

Governor Newsom Highlights  Universal College Savings Program

Governor Newsom Highlights Universal College Savings Program

SAN FRANCISCO – Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom joined a class of 1st graders from Bryant Elementary School as they deposited the $11 millionth dollar into Kindergarten to College savings accounts, highlighting the success of this program and how the Administration has expanded this concept statewide. San Francisco’s Kindergarten to College (K2C) program, founded in 2011 by…MORE

FCSD SWAT Nabs Road Rage Suspect After Standoff

FCSD SWAT Nabs Road Rage Suspect After Standoff

A wild, high-speed chase and standoff came to a peaceful end early Tuesday morning in Orange Cove. Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Joshua Heinrichs after the parolee allegedly fired multiple shots at a truck during a road rage incident on Reed Ave and Adams Ave. in Reedley on Monday night. No one was injured in…MORE

Kidnapped San Jose Baby Located, Three Arrested

Kidnapped San Jose Baby Located, Three Arrested

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Police Department announced 3-month old Brandon Cuellar has been found safe. California authorities and the FBI had been searching for the baby taken from his Bay Area home by a stranger. Police say three suspects are in custody. Police say a man entered an apartment in San…MORE

It’s Official! Elon Musk Buys Twitter for $44 Billion

It’s Official! Elon Musk Buys Twitter for $44 Billion

(AP) – Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on social and economic issues to more than 83 million followers. The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the…MORE

Valley Murder Suspect Tracked Down in Southern California

Valley Murder Suspect Tracked Down in Southern California

(KMJ) – A Lindsay resident sought for a deadly shooting in the South Valley is tracked down and taken into custody. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office says an April 19th shooting on the 24000 block of Avenue 188 near road 240 in Strathmore left a woman injured and 34-year-old Pedro Antonio Lopez dead. Deputies identified…MORE

Fresno Man Accused of Stealing Highway Patrol Vehicle

Fresno Man Accused of Stealing Highway Patrol Vehicle

(KMJ) – The California Highway Patrol says an initial call for a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon becomes a high-speed pursuit after one of the people involved in the accident steals a CHP vehicle. Here are the details, as released by the Highway Patrol: Friday, at approximately 5:30 p.m., a Fresno Area California Highway Patrol Officer…MORE

Calif. Lawmakers Propose 4 Day Workweek

Calif. Lawmakers Propose 4 Day Workweek

Charlotte Pence Bond – DailyWire.com Lawmakers in California are considering implementing a 4-day workweek for large companies. California legislators have introduced a new bill known as AB 2932 that would reduce the workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours — from five days to four days — for large companies with more than 500 employees. Any…MORE