(Photo courtesy: Tulare County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – An arrest is made following a weekend homicide in the South Valley. Just before 11 p.m. Saturday night, Tulare County Sheriff Deputies were called to a car accident on the 100 block of Reservation Road on the Tule River Reservation. After they arrived, deputies found a man…… MORE
AP NEWS – California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he should not have attended a birthday dinner for a dozen people at the posh French Laundry restaurant last week, saying he should have set a better example for a virus-fatigued state that is seeing steep increases in coronavirus cases. Newsom, who has pleaded with residents…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — With coronavirus cases climbing across the country, Gov. Gavin Newsom has joined with Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee, to issue travel advisories. The West Coast governors are urging people who plan to visit their states or those coming home from travel outside these states, to self-quarantine…… MORE
CLOVIS, CA (KMJ) — A group of Fresno leaders have seen firsthand that COVID-19 is nothing to mess around with, after one by one they were either quarantined or actually infected. Two weeks ago, Fresno County Supervisor Steve Brandau tested positive. He had attended an election dinner and spread it to other city leaders. Brandau…… MORE
FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) — Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer confirmed Tuesday he has tested positive for coronavirus. On Tuesday morning Dyer issued the following statement: As you know, after being notified of my exposure to Steve Brandau last Tuesday evening at a small dinner gathering, I had a Rapid PCR test done Tuesday evening. That test showed…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — A man died after he was shot multiple times outside an apartment complex in Southeast Fresno Monday night. Police heard multiple gunshots around 10:45 p.m. in the area of Argyle and Beck Avenues, near Kings Canyon and Clovis. When they got there they found 33-year-old Marcello Pinkney of Fresno suffering from…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – After more than two months, Mother Nature finally lends a helping hand to firefighters in the Sierra. Snow at higher elevations and rain at lower elevations fell over the Creek Fire area Saturday. But Sierra National Forest officials say residents need to temper their optimism as the blaze continues…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno County announces the temporary closure of the Board of Supervisors, Clerk of the Board, and Administrative Offices and has directed those staffers to quarantine. This action follows a positive COVID-19 test by County Supervisor Steve Brandau. The County adds the services provided by these offices are still available by remote means…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Tulare County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies take two suspects into custody in connection to a shooting Thursday morning that critically injured one man. Deputies were called to a scene near Avenue 412 and Road 130 in Orosi around 1 a.m. Thursday after a reported gun battle between two vehicles. …… MORE
Bakersfield, (KMJ) – Conservative radio personality Inga Barks has passed away. Inga Barks was a name in radio in the Central Valley for decades, working here at KMJ then later in Bakersfield. KMJ’s Program Director Blake Taylor began working with Barks in 2002 at KERN radio in Bakersfield. He called her “an uber-talented…… MORE
