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Sanger Police On Trial For Killing Marine Veteran With PTSD

Sanger Police On Trial For Killing Marine Veteran With PTSD

Trial begins in a wrongful death suit filed by relatives of a Marine Corps veteran with PTSD. They believe Sanger Police officers used excessive force when they shot and killed Charles Salinas. He called police saying he was armed and suicidal, and was shot minutes after Sanger Police responded to the call. Officers said in…MORE

CA Corrections Chief Seeks to Change Prison Culture

CA Corrections Chief Seeks to Change Prison Culture

Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More…       Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Newly-appointed California corrections chief Scott Kernan is planning to add training on diversity and leadership for prison employees. The goal is…MORE

Study Examines Cognitive Effects of Pot Smoking

Study Examines Cognitive Effects of Pot Smoking

Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More…       Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Smoking marijuana regularly as a teen may prevent you from remembering certain words when you’re middle-aged. In a study published by…MORE

Chief Dyer Says Most Violent Suspect Off Streets, Two Still At Large

Chief Dyer Says Most Violent Suspect Off Streets, Two Still At Large

Police Chief Jerry Dyer says Michael Mitchell, the man arrested on Tuesday February 10th on their “Most Wanted” list, was responsible for a number of shootings and was an “extremely violent” individual. Chief Dyer says it will have an effect on crime in Central Fresno in the area of Effie Street and Pontiac Way. “We…MORE

Federal Office For Civil Rights No Longer Watching Fresno State

Federal Office For Civil Rights No Longer Watching Fresno State

FRESNO (KMJ) — The federal Office for Civil Rights has finished its investigation into Fresno State – and concluded that they’re in the clear. The college is now no longer under the gaze of Title IX investigators. The original case goes back to 1992, when allegations of inequality between men and women’s sports were raised…MORE

Fresno Police Reveal Suspect In Custody Already

Fresno Police Reveal Suspect In Custody Already

Fresno Police were looking for five of the most dangerous suspects in Fresno, but now say that there are only two men left on their most wanted list, not three. On Tuesday, February 9th, Michael Mitchell was spotted in the Tower District around 1:00pm, and the most violent on Fresno PD’s “Most Wanted” list was…MORE

State Holds Meetings For Marinello Beauty School Students

State Holds Meetings For Marinello Beauty School Students

(KMJ) – Wednesday, California’s  Bureau of Private Post-secondary Education will send  representatives to Fresno to meet with students of the now-closed Marinello School of Beauty. The Los Angeles-based company closed its schools in California, Nevada, Utah, Kansas and Connecticut last week after the U.S. Department of Education refused to re-certify it to participate in federal student…MORE

Price Tag Set For Fresno County’s Old Juvenile Hall

Price Tag Set For Fresno County’s Old Juvenile Hall

(KMJ) –  The Fresno County Board of Supervisors set the price for its old juvenile hall. Tuesday, Supervisors placed a minimum bid of $4.386 million for the nearly 12.6 acres of land near Ventura Avenue and Tenth Street.  That juvenile hall was closed in 2006. The minimum bid for the old juvenile hall site was proposed…MORE

Inspiring Students at African American Student Leadership & Ed. Conference

Inspiring Students at African American Student Leadership & Ed. Conference

(KMJ)-Fresno – Area African American high school and middle school students heard from speakers in a day-long conference, in downtown Fresno which was setup to inspire the students. Fresno Unified and Clovis Unified, along with the Fresno County Office Of Education partnered to host the “2016 African American Student Leadership & Educational Conference held at the…MORE

Most Violent Suspect On Fresno Police “Wanted” List Is Caught

Most Violent Suspect On Fresno Police “Wanted” List Is Caught

(KMJ) Fresno – One of the most violent of the five men who Fresno Police say need to be off the streets – is now in custody. Lieutenant Joe Gomez says Michael Mitchell was spotted in a car in Fresno’s Tower District – around 1:00 Tuesday afternoon. After a foot chase, and help from the k-9…MORE