[Photo CA DWP] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California Department of Water Resources officials spoke at a press conference at noon on Wednesday, with the DWR Director Bill Kroyle saying the dam structure is “safe” and the spillway “has been stable for a number of days.” Officials updated the situation at the Orville Dam saying they’ll be able to control…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A series of three storms are forecast to impact the Central Valley over the next few days, bringing fears of flooding along with them. The first is set to move in Thursday, but the National Weather Service is expecting mainly light precipitation. “Looks like one to two tenths of an inch in…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A 28-year-old man has arrested for allegedly beating a female co-worker to death at a power plant in southeast Fresno. The two co-workers did not work at the Rio Bravo Power Plant, where the incident occurred, but were contract workers hired for a project. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says after lunch…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Two men are in custody, Fresno police say they are responsible for in a series of robberies in the city. Three liquor stores, three convenient stores, and three gas stations were struck -9 robberies in all over a period of two days, from February 9th to the 10th. Fresno Police Chief…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Republicans in the California Assembly are proposing a $5.6 billion layout, for fixes and upgrades to roads and highways. It doesn’t call for any new taxes, although it would take all but $1 billion of that sum from the General Fund, by using an estimated $3 billion in sales tax, collected on…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Under legislation proposed in the California State Senate, public school districts would be required to begin classes no earlier than 8:30. That’s the same start time listed, in an advisory from the American Academy of Pediatrics. More than 3 million students attend middle and high schools in the Golden State. On average,…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Girl Scouts celebrate a century of cookie sales. Jordan King is the Director of Marketing and Communications for Girl Scouts of Central California, she and scouts Sarah from Troop 3031 (above 2nd from left) and Vanessa from Troop 2518 (far left) visited KMJ and our Cumulus Radio station to spread the…… MORE
Fresno, CA (KMJ) – Fresno police arrested a 30-year old suspect after he allegedly attacked a woman with a hatchet. Officers were called to the two hundred block of West Alluvial just after eleven o’clock Monday night. There, they found a 56-year old woman who was slashed in the head. She was taken to CRMC…… MORE
(KMJ) – C.J. Wilson spent years as a Major League Baseball pitcher with the Texas Rangers and Anaheim Angels. But now that he’s hung up his spikes, he’s focusing his attention and energy on two things – his passion for auto racing and being the new owner of Fresno BMW, Audi and Porsche. KMJ’s Matt…… MORE
(CNN) – Environmental groups warned 12 years ago that the nation’s tallest dam in California was an imminent disaster. They worried that heavy rain and fast-rising waters could overwhelm the main concrete spillway of the Oroville Dam, overflow the emergency spillway and flood communities downstream. They were ignored. And this weekend, some of their fears…… MORE
