(KMJ) California’s waistline is expanding again. According to a report released Monday, The Golden State’s obesity rate was 25% in 2014, the fifth-lowest rate in the US. Researchers at Trust for America’s Health say that’s an increase of 1% from 2013 and up 6% since 2000. Arkansas has the highest obesity rate at 35%. “Efforts…… MORE
A group of McDonald’s shareholders want’s the fast food chain to source meat from animals that are not raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections. Reuters reports the move comes from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas. The same group withdrew a similar resolution in March after McDonald’s announced it would phase…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office will hosting another medication take-back event this weekend. On Saturday anyone with unused prescription or over the counter medication can turn it in for disposal. Sheriff Jay Varney says events like this help keep chemicals out of landfills and sewers. There are two locations for drug drop…… MORE
(KMJ) – On Monday afternoon, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and fire officials made a collaborative decision to lift all of the remaining evacuation orders associated with the Rough Fire. This decision includes the Hume Lake area. But, the areas being reopened are only accessible to residents and not the general public. Several road closures…… MORE
(KMJ) A Fresno man, accused of a double stabbing at a recent frat party, is out of jail after posting bail. 19 year old Jay Hernandez, a student at Cuesta College, turned himself into Tulare County authorities on Monday. San Luis Obispo police say Hernandez stabbed a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student and another…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A Navy fighter jet crashed near a California military base Monday, but the pilot ejected and safely parachuted to the ground, authorities said. No one else was aboard the F/A-18 Super Hornet that crashed south of the Lemoore Naval Air Station shortly before 4 p.m. The pilot underwent medical evaluation, was…… MORE
Kikku Japanese Food was chosen as the winner of Downtown Fresno Foundation’s inaugural Restaurant Makeover Competition, and this weekend work took place to transform the 14 year old Japanese food restaurant. It showed off the new look at a Reveal Party for sponsors, board members and members of the media. The event featured a ribbon cutting,…… MORE
On Sunday, September 20, 2015, at 1:02 am, Northeast patrol officers responded to a loud party in the 4500 block of North Bond that was generating many calls for services wherein citizens were calling the police to report this noise disturbance. When the first officer arrived he could hear a female yelling for everyone to…… MORE
Best-selling author Jackie Collins has died of breast cancer at the age of 77, her publicist Melody Korenbrot told CNN.… MORE
This is what happened when a girl tried to cheat while playing a claw game machine and needed to be rescued.… MORE
