Category Archives: Liz Kern News Articles

California’s Attorney General Sues Trump Administration Over Family Planning Funds

California’s Attorney General Sues Trump Administration Over Family Planning Funds

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says the state will file a federal lawsuit seeking to block the Health and Human Services Department’s new family planning rule. A coalition of 20 states and California’s Attorney General are attempting to block changes to the Title X Family Planning Program. Becerra says it…MORE

Report: Firefighter/EMS Suicides On The Rise Nationwide

Report: Firefighter/EMS Suicides On The Rise Nationwide

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A report is finding firefighter and EMS suicides are on the rise. At least 115 firefighters and emergency medical workers committed suicide across the nation in 2017, more than those who died in the line of duty, The Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance, which tracks figures across the nation, has seen…MORE

Visalia Man Gets Life For Rape of Unconscious Woman

Visalia Man Gets Life For Rape of Unconscious Woman

  VISALIA, CA (KMJ) -A Visalia man is sentenced to life behind bars after he was convicted of raping an unconscious woman. According to the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office, in the late evening of September 29, 2017, Tommy Ponce Sr. encountered a heavily intoxicated 21-year-old woman with her boyfriend. The victim had been drinking…MORE

PG&E Admits Its Equipment May Have Ignited Camp Fire

PG&E Admits Its Equipment May Have Ignited Camp Fire

      FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – PG&E admits that its equipment may have ignited the 2018 Camp Fire. The cause of blaze that killed 86 people and destroyed the entire town of Paradise is still under investigation, but PG&E says its equipment may be to blame. The utility said on Thursday that it’s taking…MORE

Sun-Maid’s Moving Corporate Headquarters to Fresno

Sun-Maid’s Moving Corporate Headquarters to Fresno

      FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Sun-Maid says it’s time for a change and is moving its corporate headquarters to Fresno. Fresno is where the company was founded in back 1912, growing to become the world’s largest producer of raisins and dried fruits. In 1964, the company built a new production facility in Kingsburg. Chicagoan…MORE

Do You Recognize Them? Women Steal From Fresno & Turlock Ulta Stores

Do You Recognize Them? Women Steal From Fresno & Turlock Ulta Stores

  TURLOCK, CA (KMJ) – Fresno and Turlock Police hope someone recognizes a group of women who stole from beauty stores in both cites. On Monday, February 25, 2019, at approximately 11:30am, Fresno Police say four women went into the Ulta Beauty Supply on Blackstone and Nees. Police say the four suspects went to various…MORE

Fresno Anglican Church Priest Arrested for Sex Crimes

Fresno Anglican Church Priest Arrested for Sex Crimes

    FRESNO, CA (KMJ)- A Fresno Anglican Church priest is arrested for sexual misconduct crimes against his followers. Fresno police are aware of 22 potential victims — mostly undocumented Hispanic male adults and one female, but they believe Jesus Antonio Serna could have hundreds more. Culminating a thirteen-month investigation, Serna was arrested at his…MORE

Boy Recovering After Falling into Pool Near Selma

Boy Recovering After Falling into Pool Near Selma

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A three-year-old boy is recovering after falling into a pool near Selma. About 12:15 on Friday, the Fresno County Fire Department and sheriff’s deputies were called to a home near Indianola and Manning avenues near Selma. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Tony Botti says EMS personal actually arrived before deputies. “They…MORE

25-Year-Old Arrested in Deadly Friant Road Hit-And-Run

25-Year-Old Arrested in Deadly Friant Road Hit-And-Run

Raod FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer held a news conference Friday afternoon to announce the arrest of 25-year-old Matthew Chenot. Dyer says Chenot was responsible for the hit and run death Thursday night. 70-year-old Ram Bhatia was killed in the intersection of Friant Rd. and Cooper River Dr.     Chief…MORE

More Charges Filed Against 7 Illegal Immigrants In Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh’s Murder

More Charges Filed Against 7 Illegal Immigrants In Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh’s Murder

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – More charges are filed against seven illegal immigrants accused of conspiring to harbor the alleged killer of Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh. A federal grand jury returned a nine-count superseding indictment Thursday against Erik Razo-Quiroz, 29, of Merced; Mendoza’s Brothers Adrian Virgen-Mendoza, 25, of Fairfield and Conrado Virgen Mendoza, 34,…MORE