(KMJ) – 28-year old Johnny Alexander Quenga of Fresno entered a guilty plea on Monday to aiming the beam of a laser pointer at a Fresno Police helicopter. In pleading guilty, Quenga acknowledged that he repeatedly struck the aircraft with a powerful green laser attached to an airsoft rifle. As a result, the airmen experienced…… MORE
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Suspect Uses Own License Prior to Fresno Robbery
(KMJ) – Fresno Police say 50-year old Rodolfo Barron robbed the Advance America Check Cashing business at 4195 E. Belmont on Friday, October 23rd. Officers say Barron first entered the business, located at 4195 East Belmont Avenue, and tried to open up an account. In doing so, he provided the clerks with his actual California…… MORE
Families Wanting To Adopt Invited To Fresno Resource Fair
FRESNO (KMJ) — Helping the thousands of children in California waiting for adoptive and foster parents is the drive behind one state assemblyman wanting to make the adoption process easier. In the State Assembly, 23rd District Representative Jim Patterson says he’s been trying to make California’s adoption process easier ever since he got elected. “What…… MORE
Manhunt Is On for Suspect in 3 Murders
Authorities are hunting for an 18-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting a man and wounding another at a Northern California shopping center. 18-year-old Alexander Brown is wanted for killing one person and wounding another with a high-powered rifle in a Livermore parking lot. Brown also is wanted in the killing of 27-year-old Albert Thao in…… MORE
Trainee Firefighters Wanted For Fresno Fire
FRESNO (KMJ) — Do you want to be a Firefighter? Well your luck is in as applications are now open for firefighter trainees with Fresno Fire. The minimum requirement candidates need are High School diploma or GED Be at least 20 years of age to apply, and be 21 years of age and have a…… MORE
Hanford Police Investigating Gunshots Fired
Hanford Police are looking into who fired shots around 8:30 last night in the area of Myrtle and Harris Streets Several callers phoned in to the police department, saying they heard up to six gun shots in the area. Officers found six shell casings in the 200 block of East Ivy Street. Witnesses described a…… MORE
GM Unveils New-Look Chevy Camaro
(KMJ) – The new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro rolls off the production line on Monday. For the first time since the classic car’s new redesign, there will be a convertible version of the Camaro. General Motors unveiled the new ride at the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant. This is the first time the Camaro has been…… MORE
Visalia Couple Arrested for Child Homicide
(KMJ) – A year after a Visalia 3-month old was rushed to Valley Children’s hospital and later died from its injuries, police have arrested the baby’s parents. 29-year old Daniel Ramirez and 28-year old Angela Jimenez were arrested Friday after speaking with investigators at Visalia Police Headquarters. Officers say their…… MORE
Gang Member Busted for Attempted Roosevelt Break-In
(KMJ) – Fresno Police were called to the campus of Roosevelt High School over the weekend after a security guard found a broken window. Sunday, officers search the campus, located at 4250 E. Tulare Avenue. And they found 32-year old Vincent Garcia hiding between two buildings. Officers say he was pretending to be asleep. Fresno…… MORE
‘Women’s Empowerment Day’ Held in South Valley
BAKERSFIELD (KMJ) — A drive to get more women into positions of power is kicking off in the South Valley. It’s as part of ‘Women’s Empowerment Day – Bakersfield’, and it’ll see a veritable who’s-who of powerful women coming to our part of the state. The one day conference is being organized by non-partisan California…… MORE
