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
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police have arrested one man for a robbery outside the Buy Buy Baby store in Riverpark. Police said the suspects were carrying guns when they robbed two women and an infant at the Northeast Fresno shopping center Lieutenant Stephen Viveros says it happened in broad daylight at around 1:00pm…… MORE
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
