FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno City council member holds a news conference Thursday, slamming fellow council members for how he says they are spending taxpayer money. District 6 Council Member Garry Bredefeld says fellow council members Miguel Arias, Nelson Esparza, Tyler Maxwell and Esmeralda Soria are wasting some of their $700,000 operating budgets and…… MORE
(KMJ) – Madera Police say an argument between two couples over a parking space at the Walmart parking lot turned violent. Around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Officers were called to the lot on West Cleveland Avenue, not far from Highway 99 after 19-year-old Ray Yrigollen allegedly took out a knife and stabbed a yet-to-be identified man.…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police Department’s Homicide Unit is requesting the community’s help in identifying a murder suspect. On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, Fresno Police officers were dispatched to Fairmont Avenue and Holt Avenue regarding multiple shots being fired in the area. Officers arrived and found 17-year-old Jaylin Johnson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – Deputies are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who broke into a Posey home on Monday morning. Just before 1:30 a.m on Monday, Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the 44100 Block of Sugarloaf Road in Posey for a theft in progress.During their investigation, Deputies learned…… MORE
(KMJ) – A Rio Vista Middle School eighth-grader is now on her way to Washington, D.C. to take on the best spellers in the country. And here is the link to watch how Central Unified’s Japleen Dhillon secured that spot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TYtAGCEb1lLu_xD6AYQXq4g-p7s2_uRX/view The finals for the 2022 Scripps National Spelling be will be held June 2nd.… MORE
(KMJ) – A state-wide operation targeting those willing to buy alcohol for minors leads to dozens of citations issued both within the Central Valley and across California. Here are the details, as released by the CA Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: Agents from the ABC and officers from nearly 50 local police and sheriff’s departments…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS said Thursday it plans to hire 10,000 new workers to help reduce a massive backlog that the government says will make this tax season the most challenging in history. The agency released a plan to work down the tens of millions of filings that includes speeding up the traditionally slow…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Clovis Police Department is now asking for the public’s help tracking down a trio of suspects wanted for tampering with automated teller machines. In a post on the Department’s Facebook page, Investigators write: All 3 suspects are wanted for felony ID theft and placing skimming devices on multiple ATM’s. The vehicles pictured…… MORE
Press Release from Mayor Dyer’s Office: FRESNO, CA- Mayor Jerry Dyer will testify before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday, March 10, regarding the ongoing and proposed PG&E rate increases. Mayor Dyer is deeply concerned about the burden these increases will have on our communities, especially our most vulnerable residents. PG&E increased electricity rates by…… MORE
(KMJ) – A tip helps Tulare County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives track down and arrest a Tulare woman sought in a weekend homicide. Tuesday afternoon, detectives, assisted by Fresno Police, moved in on a room on a Motel 6 on Blackstone Avenue and took 52-year-old Pennie Ince into custody. Now, they are working on returning her…… MORE
