Yearly Archives: 2015

California Changes Label for Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide

California will label Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide as a product that is “known to cause cancer.” California environment officials issued a notice of intent to change the label last week, making the state the first to require such a label for Roundup. The label change follows a move by the International Agency for Research on Cancer…MORE

Annual KMJ Food Drive Brings Record Total

Annual KMJ Food Drive Brings Record Total

(FRESNO) – NewsTalk 580/105.9 KMJ recently teamed with local agriculture company Gar Tootelian Inc. to raise money and food donations for Fresno’s Community Food Bank, and WOW did our listeners respond! Last Tuesday’s day-long broadcast at The Market Grocery Store featured KMJ hosts Matt Otstot, John Broeske, Christina Musson, Ray Appleton and Chris Daniel. Our…MORE

Eight Cal State Campuses Hacked

Eight Cal State Campuses Hacked

(KMJ) A data breach at eight Cal State campuses has exposed the personal information of nearly 80,000 students in an online sexual violence prevention course. The Cal State system had hired We End Violence to provide a noncredit class on sexual harassment that students are required to take under state law. But students who participated…MORE

New Evacuation Warnings Issued For The Rough Fire

New Evacuation Warnings Issued For The Rough Fire

(KMJ) Tuesday evening, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office began issuing evacuation warning notices due to the rapid spread of the Rough Fire. These warnings are directed at people living in the communities of Pinehurst, Miramonte and Dunlap.  Sheriff’s Deputies say all residents should now be preparing to leave at a moment’s notice. Earlier on Tuesday,…MORE

Lights & Bikes Racks For Clovis Old Town Trail

Lights & Bikes Racks For Clovis Old Town Trail

  Very soon, you won’t have to jog in the dark on the Clovis Old Town Trail. Mark Keppler, the Chairman from the Clovis Community Foundation, says they just purchased new lights and will soon be installing them. The Foundation donated $9,000 for the new lights – costing just over $3,000 a piece. The lights…MORE

New Fire Near Yosemite

New Fire Near Yosemite

        The smoke visible in the Yosemite Valley is coming from the Tenaya Fire, which is located in Indian Canyon above the north rim of the Valley on both sides of the Lehamite trail, between the Valley and Tioga Road. The fire was discovered last night and is currently estimated at 100…MORE

Old Town Clovis Trail Installs 5 New Exercise Stations.

Come out to walk, jog, run or bike …and workout at five new exercises stations now in place along the Clovis Old Town Trail.  Clovis residents can now do pull-ups, chin-ups and other strength and balance exercises thanks to new equipment from Kaiser Permanente Fresno. The equipment includes plank and balance boards, hand and leg…MORE