SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A budget deal between Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders would make California the first in the nation to offer state-subsidized health care to children who are in the country illegally. The $115.4 billion agreement announced Tuesday is expected to win easy approval from the Senate and Assembly before the fiscal…… MORE
Gang Member Attempts To Use ‘Finders Keepers’ Rule – Now Behind Bars
FRESNO (KMJ) — A self-confessed gang member who attempted to use the ‘finders keepers’ rule with police is now behind bars. Officers say the call came Tuesday morning close to the intersection of Cedar and Ventura in Fresno. A witness described a man and a woman arguing and the man had a gun in his…… MORE
HSR Reporting Requirements Slashed
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A measure approved by legislative Democrats this week cuts the reporting requirements for the agency that oversees California’s $68 billion high-speed rail program, requiring spending reports to the Legislature every two years instead twice per year, prompting critics to charge that oversight is being scaled back. The changes were included in…… MORE
Coalition: Calif. Farmers Stealing River Water
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A group of public water agencies that serves millions of Californians asked the state on Tuesday to order farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to stop irrigating their crops amid the relentless drought. The State Water Contractors, which has 27 members that include the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California,…… MORE
Brown, Democrats Reach Budget Agreement
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Governor Jerry Brown and the California legislature have reached a deal on a $115.4 billion budget. That’s closer to Brown’s proposal, than that of legislative Democrats, who passed a spending plan relying on higher tax revenues. It includes $265 million for 7,000 extra spots in state-funded preschool and 6,800 child care spots, in addition…… MORE
Health Officials: Risk of MERS Spreading to CA “Very Low”
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 risk of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome spreading into the Golden State is very low, according to California Department…… MORE
Fewer Valley Homeowners Underwater
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) — Negative equity continues to decline throughout the Central Valley, considered to be ground zero of the mortgage meltdown. According to…… MORE
Fresno Native, Casino Mogul, Kerkorian Dies at 98
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, an eighth-grade dropout who built Las Vegas’ biggest hotels, tried to take over Chrysler and bought and sold MGM at a profit three times, has died. He was 98. MGM Resorts International says Kerkorian, a native of Fresno, died Monday. He built the 30-story, 1,568-room International Hotel, the…… MORE
Six Dead And Seven Injured In Berkeley Balcony Collapse
BERKELEY (KMJ) — As many as six students have been killed – and seven others injured – after a balcony collapse near the campus of UC Berkeley. The call came in before 1am Tuesday morning. Officers arrived to find that the balcony on the fourth floor of the building had disintegrated. The building on the…… MORE
House to Consider Cutting EPA Funding
A bill slashing Environmental Protection Agency funding and blocking several of its new regulations is scheduled to pass through the House Appropriations Committee, this week. The Hill Reports Republicans are pushing an Interior and Environment funding bill that cuts $718 million, or 9 percent, from the EPA’s budget in fiscal 2016, on top of the…… MORE
