Category Archives: Local News

Firefighter is Injured Battling Reedley House Fire

Firefighter is Injured Battling Reedley House Fire

  REEDLEY, CA (KMJ) – A Firefighter is injured battling a house fire in Reedley. Fire crews responded to the blaze just after 7:00 Sunday night on the 900 block of West Kings Drive Circle. Two people were inside the home but made it out. Three cats and one dog did not make it –…MORE

California Proposes Regulations to Prevent Insurance Discrimination

California Proposes Regulations to Prevent Insurance Discrimination

  LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The California Department of Insurance has released proposed regulations to reform how insurance companies offer group discounts based on occupation, education, and other arbitrary factors that historically have not been available to drivers in less-affluent and more diverse communities. If adopted, this would be the first major change to the…MORE

WATCH: Coast Guard Rescues California Surfer After Shark Attack

WATCH: Coast Guard Rescues California Surfer After Shark Attack

[vemba-video id=”us/2019/12/23/coast-guard-rescues-surfer-shark-attack-california-orig-llr.cnn”] A 37-year-old man was rescued by a US Coast Guard helicopter after he was bitten by a shark while surfing near Santa Rosa Island in California Saturday. “This was the best possible outcome to a truly terrifying situation,” said Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Benjamin McIntyre-Coble. The victim’s friend notified the Coast Guard of the…MORE

Calif. Still Most Populous State, But Stalls at 39.9 Million

Calif. Still Most Populous State, But Stalls at 39.9 Million

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – More people are leaving California than moving in. New estimates released Friday put the state’s population at 39.96 million. That’s just shy of the 40 million milestone demographers had predicted the state would have passed by now. The report shows California added more than 180,000 people when accounting for births and…MORE

Charges Dropped Against Ex-FCC, Clovis HS Wrestler Dylan Martinez

Charges Dropped Against Ex-FCC, Clovis HS Wrestler Dylan Martinez

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)–A prosecutor says two University of Minnesota wrestlers who were arrested in an alleged sexual assault will not face criminal charges. Gable Steveson and Dylan Martinez were arrested in June on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct after someone reported a rape.  Martinez starred at Clovis High School and Fresno City College before transferring to…MORE

Visalia Man Gets Life for Attempted Murder of Officer

Visalia Man Gets Life for Attempted Murder of Officer

(KMJ)  A south valley man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for the attempted murder of a police officer. Tulare County prosecutors say Paul Ward, 43, came out of a house naked in 2017 and punched a responding officer in the face, before choking him and reaching for his gun. Another officer struck the…MORE

Failed Burglary Near Visalia Caught On Video

Failed Burglary Near Visalia Caught On Video

  VISALIA,CA(KMJ) – A failed burglary was caught on camera last night near Visalia. The attempted burglary happened at The Visalia Sales Yard on road 152 near Visalia. Officers say they responded to a burglar alarm around 8:40 P.M. When they arrived they only found an entry door leading to a kitchen area pried open,…MORE

CDC Confirms 138 Cases of E. coli Linked to Salinas Lettuce

CDC Confirms 138 Cases of E. coli Linked to Salinas Lettuce

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Remember the E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce last month? Turns out, it’s not over.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday it has confirmed 138 cases of E. coli in 25 states, with the most recent one occurring on December 1. That means consumers should continue avoiding romaine lettuce from Salinas, California — where…MORE

Ex-OJ Prosecutor Defending Wealthy Democratic Donor in Drug Deaths

Ex-OJ Prosecutor Defending Wealthy Democratic Donor in Drug Deaths

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden is now representing Ed Buck, the wealthy Democratic donor charged in two overdose deaths at his Los Angeles-area apartment. The 65-year-old Buck has pleaded not guilty to distributing meth resulting in the deaths of Timothy Dean in January and Gemmel Moore in 2017. Federal prosecutors…MORE