Category Archives: Local News

Gov. Newsom Response To $8M Wildfire Funds Diverted To Border Wall: “So He Can Build Giant Vanity Project That Will Not Make Anyone Safer”

Gov. Newsom Response To $8M Wildfire Funds Diverted To Border Wall: “So He Can Build Giant Vanity Project That Will Not Make Anyone Safer”

  SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – California responds to the Trump Administration’s plan to divert funds from California National Guard wildfire fighting to build the border wall. President Trump’s plan was released this week. It will divert $8 million in funding to build a flight simulator to train and prepare National Guard pilots to provide swift response.…MORE

Ghost Ship Trial: Max Harris Acquitted, Jury Hung on Derick Almena

Ghost Ship Trial: Max Harris Acquitted, Jury Hung on Derick Almena

  OAKLAND, CA (KMJ) In the Ghost Ship trial, Max Harris has been acquitted. The Oakland jury hangs on convicting Derick Almena, following the four-month trial.   The verdicts were read inside the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland. 49-year-old Almena, and 29-year-old Harris each faced a maximum sentence of 39 years behind bars. Both…MORE

Search Continues for Suspect Who Shot Merced County Sheriff’s Sergeant

Search Continues for Suspect Who Shot Merced County Sheriff’s Sergeant

(KMJ) – The Merced County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for the suspect who opened fire on deputies Wednesday in Dos Palos. The Sheriff’s Office sought to arrest 51-year old Guadalupe Lopez-Herrea for domestic violence at a home near Eucalypyus and Highway 33.   But that’s when Deputies say he opened fire while hiding in near-by bushes. …MORE

Nunes Drops One Lawsuit; Files Another

Nunes Drops One Lawsuit; Files Another

FRESNO (KMJ) – Fresno Republican Congressman Devin Nunes is making some moves in the courtroom. Wednesday Nunes filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Virginia against opposition research group Fusion GPS and the left-wing Campaign for Accountability, saying the two groups attempted to intimidate and harass him because of his investigation into the Fusion GPS…MORE

Free Fresno/Clovis Active Shooter Training Booked Up – New Class Added

Free Fresno/Clovis Active Shooter Training Booked Up – New Class Added

FRESNO (KMJ) – An upcoming active shooter training hosted by Fresno Assemblyman Jim Patterson has seen such a huge response, the class filled up, forcing the lawmaker to add another session. The class, scheduled for the morning of Saturday the 21st of this month at Clovis Community College. Law enforcement experts will conduct the two-hour…MORE

Fired Worker Arrested For Murder of Tulare Co. Dairyman

Fired Worker Arrested For Murder of Tulare Co. Dairyman

    TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff announces an arrest in the murder of dairy farmer, shot outside his property near Visalia. Sheriff Mike Boudreaux  said around 2:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, his office got the call of shots fired. Deputies responding found 56-year old Anthony Dragt lying in the roadway on…MORE

4 Firefighters Taken to Hospital After Fire Engine Rolls in Tulare County

4 Firefighters Taken to Hospital After Fire Engine Rolls in Tulare County

    TULARE COUNTY, CA. (KMJ) — Four firefighters were taken to a hospital after a fire truck rolled over, CHP says. It happened around 8:30 a.m. on Avenue 56 between Road 244 and Road 236 in Tulare County.   According to CHP-Porterville, four firefighters were taken to hospitals, one with major injuries and three…MORE

Have You Seen This Suspect Vehicle in “Luring” Case in the Northeast Fresno?

Have You Seen This Suspect Vehicle in “Luring” Case in the Northeast Fresno?

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno police are looking for this vehicle in the case of man attempting to lure children into his car in the Northeast Fresno. In two separate incidents, police say girls were walking near Vinland Elementary School on August 26, 2019, when a man drove up and tried to get them to…MORE

Council Member Calls Fresno Incompetent Over Dealings with Developer

Council Member Calls Fresno Incompetent Over Dealings with Developer

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno City Council Member Garry Bredefeld says he wants to shine a light on what he calls City Hall’s incompetence when it comes to the dealings with a developer. Bredefeld says Granite Park Developer Terance Frazier filed a claim with the City wanting more taxpayer money for the South Stadium Project.…MORE

Detective Shoots K-9 Deputy in Tulare County

Detective Shoots K-9 Deputy in Tulare County

FRESNO (KMJ) – Just before 11:30 Tuesday morning, members of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office CATTCH Unit were conducting surveillance of a carjacking and robbery suspect. It was during that operation detectives stopped a car near Inyo and West in Tulare. Detectives found that the suspect, Ricardo Aguirre, was sitting in the rear passenger seat…MORE