FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California Governor Jerry Brown has issued an emergency proclamation for Mariposa County due to the Ferguson Fire. The Ferguson Fire was currently at 43,299 acres, and at 27 percent containment as of Thursday afternoon when the California Governor made his proclamation. Gov. Brown declaring a state of emergency makes in Mariposa…… MORE
9 Year-Old Waterford Boy Killed After He Rides Into Intersection
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department says it was an accident. 9-year-old Johnny Davis, was riding south on Tim Bell Road, on Tuesday night. He was approaching Yosemite Boulevard/Highway 132. The Sheriff’s Department says the road is really steep, apparently as he was riding down he couldn’t stop. The driver of…… MORE
Tulare County Sheriff’s Department Asks Help To Identify This Suspect
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect. Back on March 20th, Deputies responded to the 1100 block of Avenue 24, IN Earlimart, over the theft of a C-Train and other household items from a vacant mobile home on the property. A nearby neighbor…… MORE
Tulare Man Sentenced To Life For Child Molestation
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Tulare man is sentenced to life in prison for child molestation. On Thursday in the Tulare County Superior Court, 69 year-old Oscar Moreno received 40 years-to-life in prison for child molestation. On June 15, 2018, Moreno pleaded no contest to three counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a…… MORE
Tourists Scramble as Yosemite Closes Due to Wildfire
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Trade Assistance Details Still Being Worked Out
The Trump Administration announced its $12 billion plan to help farmers struggling under the escalating trade wars. Politico says there are still important details to be worked out, including just how much help farmers will get and how they’ll prove economic harm. More details are scheduled to come out after Labor Day. USDA Chief Economist…… MORE
New Poll Shows Clear Front-Runner in CA Governor’s Race
(KMJ) – A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California shows one candidate seeking to succeed Jerry Brown as California’s next Governor, with a clear, early lead. In numbers released Wednesday, Democrat and current Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom leads Republican businessman John Cox by a margin of 55 to 31 percent. The poll…… MORE
Woman Found Floating In Fresno Canal Identified
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno Police Department reports the family of the woman pulled from a Fresno canal has come forward. They say the woman has been identified as 60-year-old Judy Allen of Fresno. She was found floating face-down in a Fresno canal on Tuesday July 17th. Allen remains at Community Regional Medical…… MORE
One Dead In Head-On Crash With Military Vehicle Near Cholame Y
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – One person has been killed in a head-on crash Wednesday morning with a military vehicle near Cholame. It was about 7:45 a.m., when the California Highway Patrol says a military vehicle blew a tire by where Highway 41 meets Highway 46, in the Cholame Y. The military transport vehicle veered into…… MORE
Suspect Arrested in Fresno Kidnapping, Sexual Assault
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Chief Jerry Dyer announced the arrest of 35-year-old parolee Joseph Ward of Fresno Wednesday morning. On June 22, Ward allegedly broke into a northeast Fresno home, where a 24-year-old nanny was watching a 1-year-old baby. Dyers says, “While the suspect was still holding this 10 in. kitchen knife in his hand, he…… MORE
