MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The Merced County Sheriff’s Office has opened a death investigation after a body was found in the canal. Deputies responded to Highway 59 near Reilly Road on Wednesday morning for reports of a body floating in a canal. When they arrived, deputies found a body floating in an irrigation canal. Merced…… MORE
MERCED, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – The search is on for a teenage suspect after a man was stabbed and killed while sitting in his car in Merced on Tuesday night. Merced police say the stabbing happened around 8:30 pm in a neighborhood on Alviso Drive and Baxter Drive near Merino Park. Investigators say the victim was in…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) – A man and a woman who died in an ATV crash Saturday morning in western Fresno County have now been identified. The Fresno County Coroner’s Office has identified the driver as 24-year-old Silvestre Sandoval Romo of Mendota and his passenger as 22-year-old Guadalupe Ruiz Pina. The California Highway Patrol says the…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – A man who died after losing control of his car and crashing it into a Fresno County home Sunday has been identified. The Fresno County Coroner’s Office has identified him as 46-year-old Anthony Photopoulos. The California Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 2 p.m. Sunday in the area of Wishon…… MORE
MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – The woman who was killed in a crash involving a big rig in Madera County has been identified as 31-year-old Brittany Robbins. The crash happened on Friday, August 30 on Avenue 12 at Riverstone Boulevard. California Highway Patrol investigators say a man driving a Chrysler west on Avenue 12 stopped to…… MORE
In an exclusive interview Tuesday with KMJ’s Broeske & Musson, Kings County Supervisor Richard Valle outlined his outrage with PG&E. Be blames the utility giant for leaving dozens of families in the lurch as their newly-built homes remain without power. Around 50 homes in a new Corcoran development were built by DR Horton and should…… MORE
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — An investigation is underway after deputies say a man was stabbed to death in Merced County. Deputies were called out to a home on Merced Avenue near Bloss Avenue just after 3:30 am Tuesday — that’s south of the Delhi area. They say two people were in a fight that…… MORE
COARSEGOLD, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Burned Belongings. That is all that’s left after a fire blazed through a small community near Chukchansi Resort and Casino on Sunday. “We were dispatched to a call and initially, it came out as a structure fire, and it turned into a vegetation fire,” says CAL FIRE Battalion Chief, Jacob Ching. …… MORE
SACRAMENTO, August 30, 2024 – Cows at three California dairies located in the Central Valley have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). When herds began showing clinical signs consistent with HPAI on August 25, 2024, the dairy owners worked with their veterinarians and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to submit…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – A new evacuation order and warning are in place Friday afternoon as crews work to contain the Coffee Pot Fire in Tulare County. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation for the area north of South Fork Drive, east of Skyline Drive, south of Mineral King Road, and…… MORE
