SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California has overhauled its sex education guidance for public school teachers, encouraging them to talk about gender identity with kindergarteners and giving advice to help LGBT teenagers navigate relationships and practice safe sex. LGBT advocates praised the new recommendations for giving such attention to a community that often is left out…… MORE
***UPDATE*** Mr. Garcia has been found and is safe. -Tony Botti, Fresno County Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson. FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a missing elderly man. 79-year-old Julio Gutierrez Garcia was last seen in the area of Bullard and Marks in Fresno County…… MORE
Chief Jerry Dyer talking recent crime trends, says violent crime in Fresno is down nearly seven percent when compared to this time last year, but that might change. “Summer months are those times of year when we know we are going to see an increase in violence,” Dyer said. There have been 17 murders so…… MORE
MADERA, (KMJ) – Madera Police and the Madera Animal Shelter give a puppy to a girl whose dog was killed by her father. Police say 27-year-old Ambrocio Hernandez was not welcome around the home near south D Street – where his daughter lives. On Monday night, he admitted to Madera Police that’s when he…… MORE
The man suspected of shooting six people last weekend at Oceano Dunes made his first court appearance Wednesday morning. Francisco Orozco did not enter a plea on charges of attempted murder and assault. His arraignment was pushed to next week. The presiding judge raised the bail amount to $1-million on the 19 year old suspect.… MORE
(KMJ) – Madera Police say a man with a history of drug abuse beat a family dog to death because he says the animal was too playful. Officers were called to the 800 block of D Street just before 9 p.m. Monday when a large pool of blood was spotted in a family’s driveway. Police…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KM) – Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula’s middle daughter takes the stand Tuesday, as testimony continued in his misdemeanor child abuse trial. Fresno Police Detective Ken Dodd continued his testimony, first, telling Prosecutor Steve Wright that the CPS worker at MDIC (the Multidisciplinary Interview Center) was concerned “that the victim had been coached,…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The Fresno Catholic Diocese has agreed to release a list of names of local clergy accused of child sex abuse, after activists repeat their call for it to be made public. KMJ’s Clint Olivier has more from church headquarters in central Fresno: … MORE
ATWATER, Calif. (AP/KMJ) – Authorities in central California have released the identity of a man suspected in the killing of the son of a former district attorney. Atwater Police Chief Michael Salvador said Monday that detectives are searching for 26-year-old Dagoberto Penaloza in the shooting death of Ethan Morse. Morse was the son of former…… MORE
FRESNO, (KMJ) – Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula’s daughter wrapped up her testimony, Monday in his misdemeanor child abuse trial. At Fresno County Superior Court, Defense Attorney Margarita Martinez Baly continued her cross examination from the previous Friday, showing a series of photos from family trips and asking the 7-year-old girl to describe what was happening…… MORE
