The fight for water rights in California continues with a signature drive taking place at the KMJ studios on Friday, January 29th. (2-6pm parking lot at Palm & Shaw Ave) The non-profit group “California Water Alliance” want to add a measure on the November ballot to transfer funds from the bullet train and invest them…… MORE
Most Cal Dairy Farmers Sign up for MPP
USDA says slightly more than half of the nation’s dairy farms have signed up for a second year in the Margin Protection Program, the USDA safety net for milk producers. Farm Service Agency data shows nearly 23,000 out of approximately 45,000 dairy farms nationwide have qualified for coverage. The program allows farmers to recoup…… MORE
Double Homicides Trending In Fresno County
2016 is starting off as a very violent year when it comes to crime in Fresno County. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is seeing an unusual number of murder cases. Sheriff Margaret Mims says for all of last year there were nine homicides in Fresno County, but not this year – so far this January…… MORE
Elephant NOT in the Room
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) The biggest elephant wasn’t in the room — so Ted Cruz stood center stage, taking punches from his opponents and the moderators. But how much did this matter? The Fox News debate Thursday night exposed few new rifts between the contenders and featured candidates mostly sticking to message. Donald Trump was elsewhere,…… MORE
Poll: Californians Favor Increased Gun Restrictions
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) — 62 percent of Californians say the Golden State is not doing enough to regulate access to guns. That’s according to a…… MORE
Bill Requiring Double Pay on Thanksgiving Clears Calif. Assembly
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) — A proposal that would require large retailers to pay employees double when they work on Thanksgiving, has cleared the California Assembly.…… MORE
Reward Now $5000 For Killer In Calwa Double Homicide
(KMJ) – The reward is increased as Fresno County homicide detectives work to find the person who murdered an elderly Calwa woman and her son, back on January 11th of this year. 77 year-old Maria Socorro Lopez and her son, 55 year-old Jesus Castor were walking along the 2400 block of South Tenth Street,…… MORE
Conservative Unrest Over Trump-Fox Feud
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) For nearly two decades, Republican presidential candidates have run with Fox News. Now, Donald Trump is betting that he can run against it. Trump’s six-month war with host Megyn Kelly, which turned nuclear when he pledged to skip the Fox News debate that she is co-moderating on Thursday, has exposed a significant…… MORE
Biden: GOP Field “Gift from the Lord”
BALTIMORE (CNN) – The cast of Republicans battling for their party’s nomination has amounted to divine intervention for Democrats, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday. “We may be given a gift from the Lord in the presidential race here,” Biden told House Democrats during their annual party retreat in Baltimore. “I don’t know who to…… MORE
Fresno Teachers Association Meet To “Take Back Their School District”
FRESNO (KMJ) — Members of the Fresno Teachers Association say they want to “take back their school district”. They held a community meeting Wednesday night in an effort to achieve just that, with the focus on how to improve education within Fresno Unified School District. “The top three priorities that the community came up with…… MORE
