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
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — As gunshots rang out Monday afternoon at Courthouse Part, people scrambled and officers darted to the scene in downtown Fresno. A 64 year old homeless man, an innocent bystander sitting on a park bench, was struck and wounded. He’s expected to survive. The apparent targets, two men, survived and were detained…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Attorney Tony Capozzi visited a client in the Fresno County Jail back in October, and entered with a cardboard box filled with documents. Sheriff’s Office investigators say Capozzi temporarily left the visitation room, before departing from the jail, and left the box with the inmate, who then tried to take it back…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Contractors working on the state’s bullet-train system ruptured a gas line in Fresno Monday morning, the second time in less than ten weeks. The breach took place close to where Dakota Avenue meets Highway 99, less than a mile away from the previous incident on Ashlan Avenue and Highway 99. “Two units…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Resumes, cover letters, and portfolios are what many consider to be the essentials, when it come to launching a career. However, something that’s getting increasing attention, is your social media presence. A new Creative Group survey finds that more than 60 percent of advertising executives, and 44 percent of marketing executives, dig…… MORE
