Developing… The Fresno City Council on Thursday passed an ordinance to ban sale and display of the Confederate flag on city property. “This is relatively a symbolic issue”, Councilman Oliver Baines told KMJ News. “I don’t think that we probably have a major issue on Confederate flag on government property in Fresno or in most…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A downtown Fresno restaurant – Kikku Japanese Fast Food – has won the public’s approval and received an impressive prize. The winners of the Downtown Fresno Foundation’s ‘Restaurant Makeover Competition’ have the notoriety of not only being the very first winner but as well as that get a prize pack worth $25,000. “We…… MORE
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) — A $30 million solar-powered desalination plant is being built in the Panoche Water and Drainage District near Firebaugh. “When the…… MORE
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) — President Obama has set a goal of having high-speed internet access in most schools by 2017. Now, he’s promoting a…… MORE
Just after One o’clock Wednesday morning, Officers from Fresno Police’s Southwest District were dispatched to the area of Calaveras and McKenzie after getting reports of a victim of a stabbing. The victim, a 54 year old female, had suffered a stab wound to her back. Witnesses told Officers the suspect left the scene in a…… MORE
The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is moving to its new location at 2725 Falcon Drive in Madera near the Airport. The Sheriff’s Office building will be closed on Wednesday, July 22nd and Thursday, July 23rd. Phone calls will still be answered and requests for Deputies will not be impacted. There will be no personnel available…… MORE
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — An attorney representing relatives of a bank robbery hostage who was shot and killed in Stockton says the family has agreed to an undisclosed financial settlement with Bank of the West. Gregory Bentley, who represents Misty Holt-Singh’s family, told the Stockton Record Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1M9E1jK ) he will file a lawsuit against…… MORE
A former California Highway Patrol officer and his family are in a Fresno courtroom accused of helping a family member convicted of rape. 51 year-old Kyle Scarber, the former Assistant Chief with the CHP, his 53 year old wife, Gail and 35 year-old daughter Crystal Reynoso are appearing for their preliminary hearing on charges…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — There’s no question the valley is going through a debilitating drought – but in lieu of clouds there is some hope on the horizon. That hope is in the form of state cash. Proposition 1 funding is up for the taking and Fresno County Supervisors Brian Pacheco and Henry Perea are hoping…… MORE
THE F-B-I HAS SEIZED TWO DRONES AND OTHER PARAPHERNALIA LINKED TO THE SUSPECT — IN A BIZARRE MARCH KIDNAPPING — WHICH POLICE HAD ORIGINALLY DISMISSED AS A HOAX … 38-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW MULLER IS ACCUSED IN MULTIPLE CASES — INCLUDING THAT MARCH KIDNAPPING IN VALLEJO. THE WOMAN’S BOYFRIEND REPORTED THAT KIDNAPPERS BROKE INTO THEIR HOME…… MORE
