SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT (KMJ) – A Fresno teenager is now recovering in a hospital in Utah after being stranded in snow overnight. Click to listen to the exclusive interview with his mother, Jenni Alcantara by KMJ’s Liz Kern below. A phone call on January 2 turned Jenni Alcantara’s world upside down, when…… MORE
BREAKING: Iran Fires “More than a dozen ballistic missiles” at US Air Base in Iraq
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Phone Recovered from Canal Leads to Fresno Man’s Arrest
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ News) — A cell phone recovered from a canal has helped Fresno County detectives arrest a man on robbery and battery charges. 21-year-old Amilcar Alfaro is facing 10 years-to-life in prison for punching an elderly couple, who took photos of him holding a screaming toddler over a canal at De Witt and…… MORE
SB 57 to Make Voter Registration Optional at DMV, Fails By Partisan Vote
SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – SB 57 which would have made voter registration optional at the California DMV is shot down by a partisan vote. Senate Bill 57 died Tuesday in the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee. It was authored by Senator Patricia Bates, a Republican from Laguna Niguel, and co-authored by members of the…… MORE
Judge Drops Parents’ Final Claim in Death on SF Pier
San Francisco (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed the final outstanding lawsuit filed by the parents of Kate Steinle, whose death on a San Francisco pier in 2015 touched off a national debate over sanctuary city policies. Steinle’s parents sued the federal government and the ranger who left the gun in an unlocked vehicle…… MORE
Phase One Deal Signing Days Away
A Chinese delegation will travel to Washington, D.C. next week to join President Donald Trump in signing the phase one trade agreement between the two nations. The South China Morning Post reports China’s trade delegation plans to travel to the U.S. on January 13th, two days before President Trump plans to sign the accord.…… MORE
Federal Judge Holds Freelance Journalists to New California Labor Law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge will not temporarily exempt freelance journalists and photographers from a broad new California labor law that they fear could put some of them out of business. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez denied the temporary restraining order sought by two freelancers’ organizations while he considers their objections to the…… MORE
Porterville Daycare Provider Arrested for Allegedly Molesting Children
PORTERVILLE, CA (KMJ) – A Porterville man is arrested for allegedly molesting children at his daycare center. Porterville Police released a statement that 58-year-old Jose Luis Cortez Caballero was arrested Monday morning after an investigation that started in December 2019. Police said for the past 22 years, Caballero and his wife ran the licensed…… MORE
2 Porterville Brothers Arrested in Utah For Murder Of Porterville Man
FRESNO ,CA (KMJ) – Two brothers are arrested for a fatal shooting last Thursday in Porterville. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, with help from Nebraska State Patrol and Utah Highway Patrol, has arrested 20-year-old Jeremy Bailey and 25-year-old Christopher Corbit, both of Porterville, for the murder of Adonis Tapia on January 2nd in…… MORE
DNA Leads to Arrest of ‘Wet Bandit’ in Hanford
HANFORD, CA. (KMJ) — DNA evidence left at a home burglary in Hanford has resulted in an arrest nearly a year and a half later. Deputies were investigating a burglary off Highway 198 in July of 2018. The homeowner says the back door was found open and a doggie door installed on the back…… MORE
