(KMJ) A teenage girl is at an area hospital after she was rescued from Millerton Lake Sunday afternoon. The girl had been swimming in the area known as McKenzie Point when she disappeared underwater, around 6:00 p.m. There is no lifeguard in this area. and on-lookers alerted lifeguards at a nearby tower. Ranger Supervisor Steve…… MORE
State Accepts Growers’ Voluntary Water Cuts Proposal
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 580/105.9 & the CBS Radio News Network FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Water Resources Control Board has accepted a proposal from farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta system, which…… MORE
Fresno’s Chukchansi Park Hosts Safety Fair Ahead Of Memorial Day Weekend
FRESNO (KMJ) — Valley schoolchildren have been learning all about how not to get hurt while having fun today – in a massive event inside Fresno’s Chukchansi Park. The 10th Annual May Day Summer Safety Fair and Drowning Prevention Program was all about making sure valley kids are as safe as possible in the summer…… MORE
EDD: Fresno Co. Jobless Rate Falls to 10.2%
(KMJ) According to a new report from the state’s Employment Development Department Fresno County’s unemployment rate is dropping. In April, according to Friday’s report, the jobless rate in Fresno Co. fell to 10.2%, down nearly a full point from March. Madera Co: 10.4% Kings Co: 10.8% Merced Co: 11.6% Tulare Co: 11.5%… MORE
Damage Tallied at Santa Barbara Oil Spill
(CNN) – At its worst, the smell burns your nostrils and gives you a little nagging headache. Stones at Refugio State Beach lay splattered with a jet black tar, like goo, which can only be crude oil. An industrial sized trash bin of oily vegetation sits next to the beach. Bikinis and surfboards on once-pristine…… MORE
Senate Takes Step Closer to TPA
By a vote of 62 to 38, the Senate invoked cloture to begin debate on trade promotion authority legislation. The motion allows 30-hours of debate on an amendment to extend the charter of the Export-Import Bank. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden says the vote shows the U.S. Senate is ready to turn the…… MORE
Meet The Chaffee Zoo’s Newest Additions
(KMJ) Even though African Adventure, the Zoo’s 13-acre exhibit, won’t open until October, many African animals are already settling in to their new homes. The newest addition to the savannah-style exhibit are a mother and daughter pair of African elephants, Amy, 27, and Miss Betts, 7. The duo comes to Fresno from Riddle’s Elephant and…… MORE
Believe The Hype – Rapper Arrested – Again
(KMJ) Authorities in Las Vegas say entertainer Flavor Flav has been arrested on allegations of driving under the influence, speeding, possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol in the 2005 black BMW he was driving. The Nevada Highway Patrol said Thursday that the 56-year-old entertainer was pulled over…… MORE
UC Hikes Non-Resident Tuition 8%
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Undergraduates from outside California and graduate students preparing for careers outside academia will pay more to attend the University of California in the fall under a revised plan approved by members of the 10-campus system’s governing board on Thursday. The tuition hikes endorsed by a Board of Regents committee included an…… MORE
Kids Invent Catapults At Innovation Day at Fresno State
200 Fresno Unified students competed at Kids Innovation Day at Fresno State. Lyles Executive Director Tim Stearns: “This demonstrates really the power of kids and their ability to come up with all sorts of cool ideas. these people are the inventors and this is the future,,, these little people make things that we like down…… MORE
