FRESNO,CA(KMJ) – 30 year old Pierre Phelps was shot and killed Sunday afternoon. Police found Phelps on the 1400 block of Eleventh Street, where they say he was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Sources say Phelps was visiting…… MORE
Diocese of Fresno responds to news that CADOJ will issue subpoenas in ongoing compliance review: Since May of this year, the Diocese of Fresno, along with five other dioceses, has cooperated on a voluntary basis with the Attorney General’s Office as it conducts a thorough examination of the practices and procedures that seek…… MORE
A recent independent report suggests U.S. trade aid in 2019 for farmers may surpass limits set in World Trade Organization commitments. The report for the American Enterprise Institute by Joe Glauber, a former Department of Agriculture Chief Economist, suggests the size of payments made to producers in 2019 may encourage other WTO members to…… MORE
(KMJ) – California regulators have unanimously ordered an investigation into a dozen deliberate power outages that plunged millions of people into the dark last month. The California Public Utilities Commission voted Wednesday at a short meeting in San Francisco after testimony from people pleading for regulation, planning and leadership. Pacific Gas & Electric’s multiple rounds…… MORE
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – An elderly repeat sex offender is sentenced today to 400 years-to-life in prison. 66-year-old Steven Wing was sentenced in Tulare County Superior Court on Thursday. Wing was convicted by a Tulare County Jury of molesting a girl from the time she was 4 — to the time she turned…… MORE
PG&E is now agreeing to credit customers affected by its’ power safety shutoffs. It follows calls by Governor Gavin Newsom for the company to rebate the millions of people left without power, as part of the embattled utility’s efforts to prevent wildfires. PG&E’s so-called safety shutoffs have been blamed on decades of mismanagement.… MORE
Los Angeles County health officials are issuing a warning about possible exposure to measles. To anyone who may have been at Disneyland earlier this month. The city’s department of public health says a person with the viral infection visited the Anaheim theme park on October 16th, between 9:00 A.M. and 8:30 PM. The warning reminds…… MORE
A Madera man who is accused of causing a crash that resulted in the death of three people Nebraska was taken into custody Friday. He’ll be extradited to Kearney, Nebraska, where he will face three counts of felony manslaughter. Investigators say Kratt’s semitrailer ran into the rear of a line of vehicles that had…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Madera County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office and Cal Fire crews are working to recover a vehicle found submerged in the waters of Bass Lake. Sheriff’s Deputies have closed Road 222 between The Way of Mono Trail and The Forks Resort. And they ask the public to avoid the…… MORE
CLOVIS, CA (KMJ) – Two gang members are arrested for auto theft after running from officers, and hiding in a Clovis hotel. Just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, Clovis Police Officers located a stolen vehicle in the parking lot of the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel near Sylmar and Shaw in Clovis. Two men were…… MORE
