GILROY, Calif. (AP) – The Santa Clara County coroner’s office says the gunman in the deadly Northern California festival shooting killed himself, a finding that contradicts earlier police accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. Santino William Legan, 19, shot and killed three people – including two children – Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.…… MORE
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – The trial against two men arrested after a deadly warehouse fire in the San Francisco Bay Area is wrapping up. Closing arguments are set to begin Monday in the trial against Derick Almena and Max Harris. They’re charged with involuntary manslaughter after the December 2016 fire at the so-called Ghost Ship…… MORE
Farm Service Agency offices starting on Monday are accepting producer applications for the Market Facilitation Program payments announced last week. The payments are part of the $16 billion trade aid package for producers in 2019. The Department of Agriculture expects the first round of payments to start mailing around mid-to-late August. Producers have until…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Former Hanford Republican Congressman David Valadao says he is taking “a strong look” at getting in the race to unseat the man who defeated him in 2018, 21st District Democratic Congressman TJ Cox. Cox won the seat by less than 1,000 votes. The former congressman filed a Statement of Candidacy with the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) – Governor Gavin Newsom signed a $214.8 billion operating budget that expands the state’s Medicaid program to include people 25 and younger living in the country illegally. Monday, Newsom told a crowd of supporters he plans continue expanding that coverage next year and in 2021. The issue is becoming more prominent in the…… MORE
(KMJ) Multiple sources are reporting the illegal immigrant suspected of gunning down a north valley police officer has been captured in Kern County. Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department will hold a press conference at 12pm to update the public on the investigation. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood will hold a 1pm news conference. KMJ will air…… MORE
VISALIA (KMJ) — Numerous crimes spanning multiple Tulare County cities have resulted in the death of a suspect, two murders, two attempted murders, an armed robbery, gunfire targeting two homes and a high speed pursuit which ended with a multi-vehicle crash. Investigators place 36 year suspect old Gustavo Garcia at the center of…… MORE
CARUTHERS, Calif. (KMJ News) — A pair of teenage boys are behind bars in connection with an armed robbery in Caruthers. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says the masked 14-year-old and 15-year-old suspects held up Dollar General on Henderson Road Tuesday, using a gun and a knife. Investigators have recovered cash stolen in the robbery, along…… MORE
JOSE RAMIREZ TEAMS WITH KMJ 580/105.9 TO HELP THE FAMILY OF GAVIN GLADDING WBC World Champion Jose Ramirez is coming off a stirring victory at The Save Mart Center. Now, the Avenal native and 2012 Olympian is stepping up to raise funds for the Gladding family in their time of need. Gavin Gladding, a beloved…… MORE
(CNN) Wednesday’s shootings in which a gunman killed his former wife and four others before killing himself near Bakersfield, California, “has implications of a domestic violence case,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said The gunman and his ex-wife had been divorced four months, and she had just filed for a new hearing regarding child support…… MORE
