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2 Men Dead After Falling Off Boat at Millerton Lake Are Identified

2 Men Dead After Falling Off Boat at Millerton Lake Are Identified

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Authorities have identified the two men who died at Millerton Lake on Friday morning. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says 83-year-old Dennis Penner and 81-year-old Daniel Trapp were on a boat at the lake around 10 a.m. It’s unclear how but both men ended up in the water, leaving their empty…MORE

Fresno Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

Fresno Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Fresno man has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor Court documents show between November 2021 and March 2022, 34-year-old Peter Yang communicated with a 15-year-old victim in Missouri on the gaming platform Among Us, and then through Discord and FaceTime calls. He coerced the victim into creating and…MORE

Josh Allen Scores Monster $330M Contract

Josh Allen Scores Monster $330M Contract

Buffalo Bills post on X The Buffalo Bills and 2024 NFL MVP QB Josh Allen have reached an agreement on a new deal that will keep him in Buffalo through 2030, the team announced Sunday. Allen, 29, and the Bills agreed to a six-year contract extension worth $330 million, with $250 million guaranteed. It’s the…MORE

Central Valley Health Departments Monitoring For Measles 

Central Valley Health Departments Monitoring For Measles 

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Cases of the measles are spreading across the country for the first time in a long time.  “Somebody with measles goes to an environment 10 people present with no immunity to measles,” Kaiser Permanente Fresno Dr. Samer Saghbini said.  “9 out of the 10 will get infected.”  Activity around the country…MORE

KMJ Sounds Off: Newsom’s Take on Trans Athletes

KMJ Sounds Off: Newsom’s Take on Trans Athletes

OPINION So Gov. Gavin Newsom stirred up a hornets nest with both conservatives AND liberals this week on his new podcast. The first episode of “This Is Gavin Newsom” pod dropped on Thursday with an unexpected whopper – that he agreed with his MAGA-backing guest Charlie Kirk – that trans women participating in girls sports…MORE

2 Men Dead After Falling Off Boat at Millerton Lake

2 Men Dead After Falling Off Boat at Millerton Lake

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The bodies of two men have been recovered after their boat was found out of control at Millerton Lake Friday morning. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says the boat was spotted driving in fast circles around 10 a.m. on the lake. Officials add that the boat appeared to be empty. The…MORE

Calif. Wildlife Dept. Wants Rodents on Dinner Plates

Calif. Wildlife Dept. Wants Rodents on Dinner Plates

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) We’ve been reporting on the invasive Nutria in the valley for a few years, yet the problem persists. The pesky rodent continues to reproduce and cause problems for farmers and protected wildlife areas in Fresno, Merced, Stanislaus and Solano Counties. Now a new solution is being pitched by the California Department of…MORE

Newsom: Trans Athletes ‘Deeply Unfair’, LGBTQ Caucus ‘Sickened’

Newsom: Trans Athletes ‘Deeply Unfair’, LGBTQ Caucus ‘Sickened’

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) The first episode of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new podcast dropped Thursday. And the notoriously left-leaning politician is already making news by agreeing with the majority of Americans on one of the most heated topics in the US — Trans athletes. While he held steadfast on a number of issues concerning the state…MORE