(KMJ) – Cal Fire says the River Fire broke out around 2:13 p.m. Sunday on Oak Grove Road and Oak Grove School Road in Mariposa County. The fire is spreading quickly, swallowing over 4,000 acres, which is about six and a quarter square miles. The River Fire now covers 4,000 acres and as of…… MORE
BECKWOURTH, CA (AP) — Firefighters are battling several wildfires in Northern California as forecasts call for a new heatwave. Campgrounds and residences around Frenchman Lake in the northern Sierra Nevada are under evacuation orders due to the increased activity of a pair of lightning-sparked fires near the popular reservoir in Plumas County. The…… MORE
(KMJ) – A Sanger Police officer now faces sexual battery and unlawfully detaining a person while on duty. That department requested the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office conduct the investigation into allegation brought against 37-year-old Officer J.D. Torrence. Here are the circumstances surrounding his arrest, as shared via the Sheriff’s Office: On June 23rd, while…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin announced Tuesday that he would run for governor in the state’s recall election. Assemblyman Kiley said he wants to “renew the meaning of ‘We the People.’” Kiley has served in the legislature since 2016, and serves as vice-chair of the assembly education committee. He holds degrees…… MORE
ANAHEIM, CA. (KMJ) — Disneyland Resort announces it is offering a limited-time ticket offer this summer. Tickets are as low as $83 per person per day for 3-Day tickets for California residents only. The 3-day tickets can be used on any three separate days through Sept. 30, 2021. Whether it’s a road trip or three…… MORE
INCLINE VILLAGE, NV — A teenager is dead after a boating incident on Lake Tahoe over the 4th of July holiday weekend. Multiple agencies responded to a distressed boat in the area of Secret Cove just after 6 p.m. on Monday, July 5. Authorities said all the occupants on the boat were between the…… MORE
FRESNO CA (KMJ) — Fresno State Director of Athletics Terry Tumey held a news conference on campus Tuesday afternoon to introduce Stacy May-Johnson as the new softball coach. May-Johnson was the head coach at Utah Valley University for the last two seasons where she accumulated an overall winning percentage of .507, compared to an average…… MORE
OROVILLE, CA — A murder investigation is underway after a 20-year-old man was found dead at a Lake Oroville campground over the busy 4th of July weekend, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. Tyler Dickson was found dead inside a tent at the Bidwell Marina Campground around 5 Saturday morning, according to sheriff’s…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s Investigators continue to search for the second of two suspects wanted for the armed robbery of a Selma fruit vendor. Back on June 20th, the Sheriff’s Office says two men, one armed with a hand gun; the other with a baseball bat, held…… MORE
TULARE, CA (KMJ) — A Tulare man has been arrested, accused of multiple sex-related charges with a child under the age of 10. Detectives from the Tulare Police Department served a search warrant Thursday at a residence on Colorado Court after receiving reports of possible child molestation. 76-year-old Fred Guerrero was arrested…… MORE
