Category Archives: Local News

Sprouts Farmers Market Recalls Spinach Due to Deadly Listeria

Sprouts Farmers Market Recalls Spinach Due to Deadly Listeria

    Sprouts Farmers Market recalls spinach in 19 states due to deadly Listeria. Sprouts Farmers Market of Phoenix, AZ is recalling Frozen Cut Leaf Spinach conventional and organic 16oz bags, manufactured by National Frozen Foods of Oregon, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious…MORE

California Lawmakers Negotiating Proposed Tax Increases

California Lawmakers Negotiating Proposed Tax Increases

FRESNO (KMJ) – California lawmakers are negotiating a pair of proposed tax increases as the deadline approaches for Governor Gavin Newsom to sign a nearly $215 billion budget. Lawmakers approved the budget bill last week. But they must pass more than a dozen “trailer bills” that detail how the money must be spent. Monday, the…MORE

Another Valley Catholic Priest Facing Sexual Abuse Allegations

Another Valley Catholic Priest Facing Sexual Abuse Allegations

(KMJ) –  At a news conference in Bakersfield Monday, 52-year old Syliva Gomez Ray claims she was sexually abused by Monsignor John Esquivel when she was a teenager.   Esquivel now serves as a priest at Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Reedley. The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, adds four…MORE

Selma Man Arrested for Threatening to Shoot-up Fresno LGBTQ Nightclub

Selma Man Arrested for Threatening to Shoot-up Fresno LGBTQ Nightclub

    FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – A 28-year-old man is arrested for threatening to shoot up a Fresno LGBTQ nightclub. A social media post on June 9th showed a photo of the Pulse Nightclub shooter, who killed 49 people. The post was threatening to do the same at the Fab Nightclub in the Tower District. Police Chief…MORE

Get Ready to Pay More for Gas in California

Get Ready to Pay More for Gas in California

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Just as gas prices have begun a slight decline, fuel taxes in the Golden State are about to rise. Starting July 1, the figure will rise by 5.6 cents a gallon, to 47.3 cents. It’s part of the 10-year tax and fee increase, approved back in 2017 by the California State Legislature,…MORE

California Senate to Offer Bigger Tax Refunds to Disadvantaged

California Senate to Offer Bigger Tax Refunds to Disadvantaged

FRESNO (KMJ) – State lawmakers would have to partially adopt some of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax changes to allow economically disadvantaged people to get a bigger state tax refund. The budget they sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom included the expansion of the state’s earned income tax credit. But they have yet to adopt the tax…MORE

Oregon Adopting Cap-and-trade Program

Oregon Adopting Cap-and-trade Program

FRESNO (KMJ) – Oregon is about to become the second state after California to adopt a cap-and-trade program.. Supporters call it the United States’ most progressive climate policy. They say it not only cuts emissions but invests in transitioning the state economy and infrastructure to better prepare for more intense weather events as climate change…MORE

Clovis Hires New Police Chief

Clovis Hires New Police Chief

FRESNO (KMJ) – The city of Clovis has a new police chief. Captain Curt Fleming will take over following the retirement of chief Matt Basgall. Fleming has been a member of the Clovis Police Department for 13 years. Fleming is a native of Fresno and graduated from Bullard High School and Fresno State. If he’s…MORE

Man Dies Trying to “Surf” Kings River Spillway

Man Dies Trying to “Surf” Kings River Spillway

(KMJ) – The Kings County Sheriff’s Office identifies the man who drowned while trying to “surf” in a canal off of the Kings River Saturday.  Deputies say 31-year-old Jose Gomez was with a cousin when he tried to ride an inflatable raft on the spillway in the Empire Weir area. The cousin told investigators that while…MORE

Drug, Gang Bust in Kingsburg Nabs 6

Drug, Gang Bust in Kingsburg Nabs 6

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A major gang and drug bust in Kingsburg was announced Friday. The multi-agency enforcement operation resulted in a half-dozen arrests, along with the seizures of guns, ammo, and meth. Detectives also busted an alleged chop shop. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says the effort was a direct response to a series of…MORE