RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) – A Southern California couple who killed their newborn daughter and left her body in a cardboard box have pleaded guilty to murder. Eighteen-year-old Joshua Benson of Corona and 23-year-old Shawna Andritch entered pleas Tuesday to first-degree and second-degree murder, respectively. Each faces a potential life sentence. Prosecutors say the couple killed…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Cal Fire says the number of acres burned in the state, so far this year is down dramatically but that doesn’t mean homeowners should be complacent. Around this time, in August of 2018, Cal Fire says 3,100 fires had burned 600,000 acres across the state. Cal Fire said while there…… MORE
RIVERSIDE, CA (KMJ) – A public memorial service was held for CHP Officer Andre Moye Jr. who was killed in the line of duty. “Andre’s field training officers knew he was special, and immediately noticed his passion for law enforcement,” said CHP Captain John Tyler. “His work ethic was unparalleled, like a burning fire…… MORE
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The California Supreme Court has ruled San Diego failed to adequately analyze the potential environmental impacts of its marijuana dispensary law. The Union-Tribune reports the decision Monday is expected to limit the discretion of local governments across the state. San Diego declared that the 2014 pot law didn’t require any environmental…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Police say they’re working around the clock to find a murderer in a bizarre attack on a state university campus. Police say 57-year-old Steven Shek Keung chan was stabbed many times before he was found dead inside his car in the California State Fullerton parking lot Monday. they say the attacker targeted…… MORE
OAKLAND, CA (KMJ) – A judge has ordered deliberations to start all over in the Ghost Ship trial. Defendants Derick Almena and Max Harris are charged with involuntary manslaughter. They are accused of turning a San Francisco Bay area warehouse into a cluttered maze where 36 partygoers died during the “Ghost Ship” fire on December…… MORE
DINUBA, CA (KMJ) – Dinuba Police are looking for a 22-year-old homicide suspect, considered “armed and dangerous.” Back on August 6th, between 7:10 pm and 7:35 pm, Dinuba Police Officers responded to a report of a gunshot victim in the 500 block of Yale. Officers arrive to find one man had been…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – The so-called ‘Stephon Clark’s Law’ was signed Monday by Governor Gavin Newsom. AB 392 updates the existing standards so that deadly force may only be used when necessary. The bill was written by Assembly Member Shirley Weber, a Democrat from San Diego. “AB 392 is a necessary step to affirming…… MORE
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) – Kern County authorities say the Kern River remains very dangerous even though water levels have declined somewhat. The Sheriff’s Office says a search is continuing Monday for a 32-year-old man who reportedly fell into the river near the mouth of the Kern River Canyon late Saturday afternoon and was swept downstream.…… MORE
(KMJ) – The investigation continues into the cause of a 3-alarm fire that gutted 14 apartments and torched eight vehicles at a complex near Fresno State. The blaze at the Maplewood Apartment complex, on Backer near Shaw, broke out just after 7 p.m. Sunday. it took more than 50 firefighters to get this blazed knocked…… MORE
