Category Archives: Local News

Memorial Service Held for Fallen CHP Officer Andre Moye Jr.

Memorial Service Held for Fallen CHP Officer Andre Moye Jr.

  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

Court rules San Diego marijuana law required more analysis

Court rules San Diego marijuana law required more analysis

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

Fullerton Police Release Sketch – Seek On-Campus Killer

Fullerton Police Release Sketch – Seek On-Campus Killer

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

3 Jurors in Ghost Ship Trial Excused, Deliberations Must Start Over

3 Jurors in Ghost Ship Trial Excused, Deliberations Must Start Over

  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 Police Search For Homicide Suspect Considered “Armed & Dangerous”

Dinuba Police Search For Homicide Suspect Considered “Armed & Dangerous”

      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

Gov. Newsom Signs So-Called ‘Stephon Clark’s Law’ Over Police Use of Force

Gov. Newsom Signs So-Called ‘Stephon Clark’s Law’ Over Police Use of Force

  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

1 dead, 1 missing in Kern River

1 dead, 1 missing in Kern River

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

Three-Alarm Fire Torches Apartments Near Fresno State

Three-Alarm Fire Torches Apartments Near Fresno State

(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

Charges Filed in Deadly Fresno DUI Crash

Charges Filed in Deadly Fresno DUI Crash

(KMJ) –  A woman is dead and a man behind bars after a fatal, DUI crash Saturday morning in Southeast Fresno. Fresno police say 34-year old Joshua Parker was drunk when his SUV crashed into a big rig just after 11 a.m. at Belmont and Barton.   That crashed killed his passenger, 22-year old Mina Serrano. Investigators…MORE

Fresno State Mourns Passing of Long-Time Police Chief

Fresno State Mourns Passing of Long-Time Police Chief

(KMJ) –  Fresno State confirms the head of its campus Police Department has passed away. David Huerta, Fresno State’s Police Chief since August 2004, passed away on August 16th surrounded by his family and close friends.   His death comes 13 months after he was hospitalized  at UCSF Medical Center for a double lung transplant. “Chief…MORE