A 1980s bust seems unlikely, but cash flow is becoming a more significant concern and farm consolidation could intensify as some producers face intensifying financial stress, according to Nathan Kauffman, assistant vice president of the Omaha branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. The National Agricultural Bankers Conference last week by the American Bankers Association brought…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2015
Four Injured, Suspect Killed In UC Merced Stabbing
FRESNO (KMJ) — Four people have been stabbed on the campus of UC Merced. The suspect is said to be a student at the college, and was shot dead by police. The alert was spread to students around 8am Wednesday morning. It stated that a stabbing had been reported in the classroom and office building. All four…… MORE
New Reports Show Costs Rising To Build High Speed Rail
(KMJ)- Representative Jeff Denham (R -Turlock) called on construction company Parsons Brinckerhoff to release its updated cost report recently presented to the California High Speed Rail Authority. And late Tuesday Night, the firm finally did so. The report shows that the cost of building the first segment from Burbank to Merced had grown from $27.3…… MORE
Voters Recall School Board Members in Two Valley Districts
(KMJ) – Recall elections have replaced three trustees each in the Selma Unified and Golden Plains Unified School Districts. The Selma recall effort was in response to the school board’s vote earlier this year to oust Superintendent Mark Sutton. There voters recalled school board members John Lorona, Roger Orosco and Gilbert Lopez . At Golden…… MORE
Poll: Trump, Carson Neck-and-Neck
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Donald Trump and Ben Carson are running neck-and-neck in the Republican primary, a new national poll shows. Trump has 24% support compared to Carson’s 23% in a new Quinnipiac University survey. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio comes in No. 3 with 14% support, and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is No. 4 with 13%.…… MORE
Welcomed Snow Falls Across the Sierra Nevada
(KMJ) -Many of drought-stricken California’s long-barren mountain peaks are sporting coats of snow after the first significant statewide storm of the season. The ski resort at Mammoth Mountain in the eastern Sierra Nevada reported the storm dropped 12-to-30 inches of snow, and moved up its opening day to Thursday, a week earlier than planned. In…… MORE
Interim Suspension For Student Accused Of Threats
(November 3, 2015) – Fresno State held a press conference at 2:30, Tuesday, to address media questions. Police Chief David Huerta said that Christian Pryor is in Los Angeles with his family. His mother said he is not the type to have a gun, nor were any weapons found at his apartment across from campus. Pryor has been…… MORE
New Effort to Boost California’s Minimum Wage
Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More… Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The Golden State’s largest labor union has unveiled its bid to boost the minimum wage, launching a second initiative for the 2016 ballot.…… MORE
Big Oil Spends Big Money in Calif.
Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More… Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Seeking to weaken a California climate change bill, oil companies spent nearly $11 million during the final weeks of the legislative session, to…… MORE
CA Medical Board Rejects Requiring Doctors to Reveal Probation Status
Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More… Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Medical Board has turned down a request to require that all doctors placed on probation inform their patients verbally and in…… MORE
