[ns-video id=”d435e432da83a1b780ba14c312060a6″ publisher=”22180″] Republicans have found a new boogeyman in the battle for the House: the nation’s top public health agency. As Republicans head back to their districts for the August recess, they are hammering the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and seizing on the backlash to new mask and vaccine mandates — part of…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A wanted felon is dead after a standoff Wednesday with Fresno Co. Sheriff’s deputies. Crisis negotiators attempted to talk the man into surrendering at the Flamingo Mobile Home Park on Central Ave. After hours of negotiations, the man died of self inflicted wounds. He was a resident of Butte County.… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Teachers and school staff in California are now required to either show proof they’ve gotten the COVID-19 vaccine or be subject to weekly tests. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the first-in-the-nation plan Wednesday at a news conference at an elementary school in Alameda County. California has already issued a similar requirement for state…… MORE
VISALIA, CA (KMJ) A serial child molester was sentenced Tuesday to 120 years to life in prison. 37 year old Oracio Reyes had been convicted of 15 counts of lewd acts on a child under fourteen. The crimes occurred from 2006 to 2016 against six minor female victims ages 6 to 13-years-old. Each of the crimes…… MORE
On Sunday, January 3, 2021, just after 1:00 am, officers from the Northeast Policing District responded to Maple Avenue just south of Shaw regarding two shooting victims. Officers arrived and located a 14-year-old female juvenile and a 15-year-old male juvenile suffering from gunshot wounds. Both juveniles were transported to local hospitals. Despite lifesaving efforts from…… MORE
SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. August 9, 2021 – Trained searchers assisting the Thoke family were able to locate Matt Thoke on Saturday and National Park Service (NPS) Rangers recovered his body on Sunday. Thoke was found in a location that was not visible by air and hardly visible on the ground, not…… MORE
(KMJ) – The former Bay Area salon owner thrust into the spotlight after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi received a blowout at her business during the lockdown will speak Tuesday night at an event in Clovis. According to The Business Journal, Erica Kious will speak at The Gentry Salon at 401 Clovis Avenue…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has allowed the parole release of a killer who served four decades in prison for the murder of a developmentally disabled man who was buried alive. Officials said Monday that Newsom took no action Friday on the state parole board’s latest decision granting parole to David Weidert.…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Mlakey Ghaleb Jaber posted bond and was released from jail over the weekend after a deadly crash in northeast Fresno. The 19 year old was arrested for DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter shortly after the wreck late Saturday evening at Chestnut and Dearing Avenues. 22 year old Andre Aguilar was killed and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Bruce Conte has passed away after a long battle with Leukemia. The local guitarist and vocalist was born in Sanger and grew up in Fresno. He found his biggest musical success in the ’70’s and ’80’s as lead guitarist for Tower of Power. The first announcement of Conte’s death was made on…… MORE
