Category Archives: Local News

Big Brothers Big Sisters In Madera Needs To Search For A New Home After Business Shuts Down
MADERA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) -- Big Brothers Big Sisters in Madera is being forced to relocate after learning that JBT Marel, the owner of the building it occupies on Industrial Avenue, is shutting down ...
Gabe Navarro Jan 23, 2026

Merced Police Ramping Up Gang Violence Prevention Amid Rise In Incidents
MERCED, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) -- The Merced Police Department is stepping up gang violence prevention efforts after a recent rise in gang-related incidents. The special enforcement comes after five people...
Gabe Navarro Jan 23, 2026

Woman Found In Alleyway With Severe Injuries In Central Fresno
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) -- A woman was found with critical injuries in an alleyway in central Fresno Thursday afternoon, prompting a police investigation into a daytime shooting in a residential are...
Gabe Navarro Jan 23, 2026

Fresno Police Searching For Missing 16-Year-Old Girl
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno police need your help finding a teenager who's been missing for the last week. 16-year-old Sheyla Esquival-Bahena was last seen leaving her house in the area of Cesar C...
Liz Kern Jan 23, 2026

USDA Announces New World Screwworm Grand Challenge
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the launch of the New World Screwworm Grand Challenge. This funding opportunity marks a pivotal step in USDA's comprehensive strategy to combat NWS and pre...
Don York Jan 23, 2026 wedge / Depositphotos.com

Illegal Guns Found in Visalia Traffic Stop
VISALIA, CA (KMJ) A batch illegally modified guns are off the streets after a morning traffic stop in Visalia. Police pulled over a vehicle without a license plate around 8 a.m. Friday. A search of th...
Blake Taylor Jan 23, 2026

Porterville Gang Member Convicted in Motel Murder
TULARE, CA (KMJ) Oscar Zavala was found guilty Thursday of the 2023 murder of a rival gang member in Porterville. Tulare County prosecutors say Zavala, 29, shot and killed the victim at a Porterville ...
Blake Taylor Jan 23, 2026

US Completes Withdrawal from World Health Organization
NEW YORK -- The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials s...
Randy James Jan 23, 2026

Undercover DEA Agents Detain 3 People on Highway 99 During Drug Operation
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Highway Patrol says undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agents detained three people on Highway 99 during a drug operation Thursday. The incident happene...
Randy James Jan 23, 2026

Merced Man Returns From Work To Find Home Damaged by Fire
MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- In the North Valley, a man is picking up the pieces of his home that was badly damaged overnight in a fire. Video of flames bursting from the windows of a Merced home on 11th ...
Liz Kern Jan 22, 2026
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