Category Archives: Local News

Suspect In 2008 Fresno County Double Homicide Arrested in Bakersfield

Suspect In 2008 Fresno County Double Homicide Arrested in Bakersfield

  FRESNO COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – A suspect is arrested in Bakersfield in connection to double homicide in Fresno County more than a decade ago. U.S. Marshals arrested 42-year-old Jose Zepeda Jr. on Tuesday at a Northwest Bakersfield home. U.S. Marshals said the crime took place in 2008. Parlier Police responded to gunshots fired at…MORE

CA Health Dept. Urges No Vaping Amid 4th Death Reported in State

CA Health Dept. Urges No Vaping Amid 4th Death Reported in State

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California public health officials are urging people to stop vaping and using e-cigarettes as a fourth death related to vaping was reported in the state. The state’s Department of Public Health said Wednesday 161 people have been hospitalized for severe breathing problems and lung damage since August. Marin County’s Department of…MORE

CA Brewery Sees Backlash After Releasing ‘F–k PG&E’ Beer

CA Brewery Sees Backlash After Releasing ‘F–k PG&E’ Beer

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) – A Northern California brewery owner upset with devastating fires sparked by Pacific Gas &Electric power lines is producing a beer he named “F— PG&E” and the brew has sparked a backlash. Steve Doty, owner of Shady Oak brewery in Santa Rosa, announced the new beer last week on a Facebook…MORE

CPUC Investigating Planned PG&E Outages

CPUC Investigating Planned PG&E Outages

(KMJ) – California regulators have unanimously ordered an investigation into a dozen deliberate power outages that plunged millions of people into the dark last month. The California Public Utilities Commission voted Wednesday at a short meeting in San Francisco after testimony from people pleading for regulation, planning and leadership. Pacific Gas & Electric’s multiple rounds…MORE

Madera Police Searching for Owner of Dogs in Fatal Mauling

Madera Police Searching for Owner of Dogs in Fatal Mauling

(Photo Courtesy:  Madera Police Department ) (KMJ) –  Madera Police say this woman, identified as Heather Anglin, owns the dogs who attacked and killed a man in that city on Monday. 38-year old Lasaro Macedo suffered fatal bites to his face, arm and legs during the attack in a riverbed on the 1400 block of…MORE

FBI: CA Has Highest Number Of Hate Crimes

FBI: CA Has Highest Number Of Hate Crimes

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — 15 percent of the country’s hate crimes were reported in the Golden State during 2018     A new FBI report shows that there were at least 1,063 such crimes in California last year, 88 of which were in the Central Valley. Investigators say ancestry, race and ethnicity are the top reasons,…MORE

Democratic Presidential Hopeful Bernie Sanders Coming To Fresno

Democratic Presidential Hopeful Bernie Sanders Coming To Fresno

FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – More than a month after canceling a valley appearance because of emergency heart surgery democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will return to Fresno. The Vermont Senator will hold a rally for his 2020 Green New Deal this Friday on campus at Fresno City College. The event which is free to the public is set…MORE