FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The man considered the “Westside Shooter” is found guilty by a Fresno jury. 42 year-old Jorge Javier Gracia of Kerman (above) was convicted on Friday, October 5, 2018 for 19 felonies for the string of shootings in November and December of last year. In a news conference in December of…… MORE
California Dept. Of Education Receives Million Dollar Grant To Help Prevent School Violence
[Photo: AP News] FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – The California Department of Education received a million dollar violence prevention and mental health training grant. State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson (below) says the funding is under the federal STOP School Violence Act to provide violence prevention and mental health training to students and staff in school districts…… MORE
Gladding Hit And Run Suspect Alvarez Maravilla Enters Plea
FRESNO (KMJ) — The teenager alleged to have caused the hit and run death of a Clovis Unified vice principal has entered his plea. Rogelio Alvarez Maravilla was already out on bail when he appeared in Fresno County Superior Court. He appeared in front of a judge amidst a crowd of family and friends of…… MORE
Ag Committee Members Advancing Farm Bill Talks
The “big four” farm bill leaders met in an effort to advance negotiations of the conference committee. Senators Pat Roberts and Debbie Stabenow, along with Representatives Mike Conaway and Collin Peterson, met Thursday in Washington to advance the farm bill talks, even though the House of Representatives is on recess until after the midterm elections.…… MORE
Poverello Sued For Protecting Transgender Individual In Women’s Shelter
FRESNO (KMJ) — Downtown Fresno’s Poverello House is being sued in federal court by nine women who say they were subject to sexual harassment by a transgender individual, and that staff failed to take action to stop it. The suit filed in April alleges that the nine women were using Naomi’s House women’s shelter along…… MORE
Madera Mother Pleads for Help to Catch Son’s Killer
(KMJ) – The mother of 9-year old Leonardo Morales has joined Madera Police to plead for help to track down those who gunned down her child. The boy and his father were both struck by gunfire when someone in a car pulled up to them at Tozer and Olive in Madera on February 18, 2018. …… MORE
2 Men Injured At 2 Residential Fires In Fresno
FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) — Two men were injured and Fresno firefighters were kept busy in the wee hours of Thursday morning. “We had two working residential fires, two people were transported to the hospital,” said Captain Robert Castillo, the Public Information Officer for Fresno Fire Department. Captain Castillo said both fires were well-involved, and…… MORE
52 People Arrested For Growing Cannabis Illegally In California
[Photo: File] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – 52 arrests are made across California for growing cannabis illegally. Attorney General Xavier Becerra (below) announced the results on Thursday, October 4, 2018 in the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting Program (CAMP). CAMP is the largest illegal marijuana eradication program in the nation. The 12-week operation spanned 40…… MORE
Charges Officially Filed in Death of Beloved Clovis Unified Educator
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Criminal charges have officially filed against the man accused of killing beloved Clovis Unified educator Gavin Gladding. CHP Sergeant Dave Salcido says the charges against 18-year-old Rogelio Alvarez-Maravilla include: Alvarez-Maravilla is accused of fatally striking 43-year-old Gladding, as he was jogging last month near Friant and Willow. He’s due to be…… MORE
DA Smittcamp Says Proposed Injection Centers “Exacerbate” Addictions
FRESNO (KMJ) — The District Attorney of Fresno County has slammed the proposal of creating safe drug injection centers, describing them as only making the situation worse. The comments come after Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the legislation on Sunday. In his message to the Members of the California State Assembly (click here), he wrote that…… MORE
