Category Archives: Local News

Tulare Sheriff Halts Visitation At Men’s Correctional Facility Over Flu Fears

Tulare Sheriff Halts Visitation At Men’s Correctional Facility Over Flu Fears

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Flu fears are temporarily halting visitation at the Tulare Men’s Correctional Facility. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux has pro-actively suspended in-person visitation to prevent the spread of the flu at the Men’s Correctional Facility on January 27-28. It’s under the advisement of the Tulare County Health Department and the jail’s medical provider, Corizon. Visitors…MORE

US Attorney Calls Gun Seizure Possibly Largest In Fresno History

US Attorney Calls Gun Seizure Possibly Largest In Fresno History

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Hundreds of firearms are removed from the streets in what the US Attorney is calling possibly the largest seizure in the city of Fresno. A months long investigation leads to the arrest of a convicted felon from Fresno. 39 year-old James Bowen was busted last week. ATF working with the MAGEC…MORE

Alleged Westside Shooter Caught Says Fresno County DA

Alleged Westside Shooter Caught Says Fresno County DA

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The alleged “Westside Shooter” is caught says the Fresno County DA. 42 year-old Jorge Javier Gracia of Kerman has been charged in a Felony Complaint for the string of shootings last November and December west of Fresno. More than a half dozen shootings took place with rounds have been fired…MORE

Ground Broken On $101.8m New Jail Facility

Ground Broken On $101.8m New Jail Facility

FRESNO (KMJ) — A ground breaking in Downtown Fresno officially marked the start of work on Fresno’s County Jail’s West Annex. Construction is expected to take two years and once complete officials say it will have 300 beds, with a mixture of small and medium capacity housing units. It’s designed to replace the South Annex…MORE

Brown Defends Bullet Train, Water Tunnels in SOS Address, Bashes Trump

Brown Defends Bullet Train, Water Tunnels in SOS Address, Bashes Trump

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. delivered his 16th and final – State of the State address today. The Governor was optimistic; “Simply put – California is prospering.” In his remarks, the Governor pointed to a number of far-reaching, bipartisan measures passed in recent years – from pension and workers’ compensation…MORE

Fresno Police Join Multi-Agency Gun Seizure – U.S. Attorney To Release Details

Fresno Police Join Multi-Agency Gun Seizure – U.S. Attorney To Release Details

  [Photo: File KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The U.S. Attorney will release details Thursday on a Valley gun seizure. The case is a joint effort by the Feds, Fresno Police and the MAGEC Team. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says they are working with the U.S. Attorney’s office and other law agencies to remove…MORE

Bipartisan Support For HSR Audit Is A “Major Development”

Bipartisan Support For HSR Audit Is A “Major Development”

FRESNO (KMJ) — An audit of California’s High Speed Rail has “gotten some real speed” now it has bipartisan support. Republican State Assemblyman Jim Patterson’s confidence stems from a request made by Democratic State Senator Jim Beall, who has written to the Chair of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to ask him to “approve an…MORE

Elton John’s Farewell Tour Coming to Fresno

Elton John’s Farewell Tour Coming to Fresno

Elton John is returning to Fresno!  The rock legend is embarking on a massive worldwide farewell tour of 300+ performances on 5 continents. The man who penned Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and dozens of other hits will play the Save Mart Center on January 15, 2019. Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 2.  Prices range…MORE

8 Central Coast Beaches Reopen After Sewage Spill

8 Central Coast Beaches Reopen After Sewage Spill

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Eight beaches on the Central Coast have reopened after a sewage spill. Nearly 5 million gallons of sewage spilled at the Monterey One Water Treatment Facility over the weekend. Carmel Beach, San Carlos Beach, Lovers Points, Monterey Municipal & State Beaches, The Beach at Spanish Bay, Sunset Drive, and Stillwater Cove…MORE

Fighting Child Sex Crimes Has Fresno County’s Sheriff In Sacramento

Fighting Child Sex Crimes Has Fresno County’s Sheriff In Sacramento

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno County’s Sheriff visits Sacramento Tuesday as law enforcement works together to bring to justice the worst offenders who exploit children. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Tuesday announces that a 57 year-old Sacramento man is sentenced to life in prison for crimes including buying children and…MORE