MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Twenty pounds of meth are off the streets after a traffic stop in Merced County. On Tuesday, officers with the California Highway Patrol pulled over a Kia SUV on Highway 99 near Applegate Road for a traffic violation. Officers asked to search the vehicle but were denied. That’s when they…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — One person has died following a water rescue in Fresno County on Easter Sunday. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office was called out around 4 pm Sunday to the Winton Park area, where two men were struggling in the Kings River. The agency used a helicopter to help the men. One man…… MORE
CLOVIS, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Clovis family’s Easter Sunday started with a small fire. Clovis Fire was called to an apartment complex near Fowler and Tollhouse avenues. When they arrived, firefighters saw smoke coming from the second floor of a two-story building. The fire was found inside a dryer and was quickly contained without spreading…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fight on Sunday that left one person critically injured. At around Noon, a group of young men approached a man in the parking lot of a gas station near Lincoln and Elm avenues in Easton. A fight broke out and one of the…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The search for an escaped inmate accused of killing a police officer in Mexico is over. Cesar Hernandez was arrested Thursday by members of Mexico’s State Investigation Agency. It comes after a $35,000 reward was issued for information leading to his arrest. It’s not known if that reward has been collected. …… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Fresno leaders “flipped the switch” on the city’s largest combined solar and battery storage project. The work represents more than 34 megawatts of solar and battery storage — enough to power some 560 homes. During a gathering on Thursday at the Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility in southwest Fresno, Mayor Jerry Dyer…… MORE
MERCED, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a one-of-a-kind agricultural center at Merced College on Thursday. The highly anticipated Ag-Tec Center will help to advance innovation while providing students a hands-on learning experience. Once completed, the center will house advanced processing equipment for fruits and vegetables, a training hub, and a community…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Two more kids have been found to have been exposed to cocaine at a Tulare County home where a nine-month-old initially tested positive for the drug. Detectives with the Tulare County Sheriff’s office arrested 29-year-old Ashley Flores and 32-year-old Casey Willbanks on Tuesday. Flores and Willbanks had taken a nine-month-old…… MORE
MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN/KMJ) — The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office says a man could soon face charges in a major child predator case. Investigators took 58-year-old Robert Brooks into custody Tuesday in Calaveras County, where he worked. The arrest stems from a search warrant executed in September 2024 at a property in the Coulterville and…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Arson investigators have identified the man they believe to be responsible for a fire at a local auto dealer last weekend. The blaze broke out at the dealership at Cesar Chavez Blvd. and Van Ness Ave. last Saturday. On Tuesday evening, Fresno PD arrested Steven Reinhart. He’s facing 7 felony counts of…… MORE
