Yearly Archives: 2017

$4B Affordable Housing Bond Measure Heads to Ballot

$4B Affordable Housing Bond Measure Heads to Ballot

(KMJ)  A bond measure with generous intentions but a hefty price tag will go before California voters in 2018.  Gov. Jerry Brown and top democratic lawmakers have come to terms on a $4-billion dollar bond measure to address California’s need for affordable housing.  Many are calling the situation an absolute ‘crisis’. Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose)…MORE

State Warns Valley Horse Owners about West Nile Virus

The California Department of Food and Agriculture continues to warn horse owners about the dangers of the West Nile virus. The Department says there are eight confirmed cases of the disease in horses, Some of those cases are in Fresno, Kern and San Joaquin Counties. Most of the horses were not vaccinated and two horses…MORE

Cesar Nicholas Martinez

Cesar Nicholas Martinez

Cesar Nicholas Martinez of Dinuba.  A judge has issued an arrest warrant for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. On the afternoon of May 24th, an armed robbery took place in the parking lot of Sunrise Mini-Mart, located at the intersection of Alta and Dinuba Avenues in Reedley.  Two men and two women confronted…MORE

Fresno State Makes #17 Of Top 20 Universities In United States

Fresno State Makes #17 Of Top 20 Universities In United States

Photo: Fresno State] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno State celebrates making a national list as one of the top universities in the U.S. Washington Monthly magazine’s list has come out, and Fresno State is ranked #17 of the top 20 universities in the United States. Fresno State President Joseph Castro exclaimed, “We’re now number 17!”…MORE

Valley Blood Center Asks For Donations For Hurricane Victims

Valley Blood Center Asks For Donations For Hurricane Victims

  [Photo: CBS] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) -The Central Valley’s blood center is sending blood supplies to a devastated Gulf Coast and is asking for blood donations for Hurricane Harvey victims. Dangerous conditions are affecting donor centers in the Gulf Coast area, says Central California Blood Center’s Leslie Botos. They are now responding to needs there in Texas and Louisiana…MORE

Interfaith Leaders Want FUSD Board President To Be “Censured Or Removed”

Interfaith Leaders Want FUSD Board President To Be “Censured Or Removed”

FRESNO (KMJ) — The Fresno Coalition of Interfaith Leaders is calling for the removal of Brooke Ashjian as the President of Fresno Unified’s School Board. A group of local leaders collected outside the school district’s headquarters in Downtown Fresno to make their demands public. “We are standing today in solidarity with our LGBT community, especially…MORE

Jeep Grand Cherokee “Trail Hawk”

Jeep Grand Cherokee “Trail Hawk”

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Excessive Heat Warning For The Central Valley

Excessive Heat Warning For The Central Valley

FRESNO (KMJ) — An Excessive Heat Warning is now in force in the Central Valley, as an area of high pressure remains above us. “We’re looking at some record challenging heat over the next couple of days,” reveals Hanford based National Weather Service forecaster Kevin Durfee. There is even a chance of isolated thunderstorms. “Looking…MORE

[van id=”politics/2017/08/27/sotu-long-texas-years.cnn”] CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BLOOD CENTER RESPONDS TO NEEDS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA: FRESNO, CA— Hurricane Harvey blew through Houston Texas and the surrounding Gulf Coast area, leaving emergency conditions that will continue for days, with the recovery that could take weeks and months. Most blood drives and blood donor centers in the Gulf Coast…MORE