Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

New Law: Big Calif. Businesses Must Disclose Emissions

New Law: Big Calif. Businesses Must Disclose Emissions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Large businesses in California will have to disclose a wide range of planet-warming emissions under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Saturday — the most sweeping mandate of its kind in the nation. The law requires more than 5,300 companies that operate in California and make more than $1 billion in annual…MORE

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Cannabis, Pshychadelics Bills

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Cannabis, Pshychadelics Bills

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the vetoes of several bills over the weekend. A push to use cannabis to help revitalize California’s struggling downtowns went up in smoke as Newsom vetoed the measure to allow Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California. San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney authored the legislation. It would have let local…MORE

Thieves steal, torch Fresno youth football program trailer

Thieves steal, torch Fresno youth football program trailer

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A Fresno youth football team’s trailer filled with equipment was stolen and then discovered burned on Thursday. That trailer cost thousands of dollars and contained some of the team’s equipment and sentimental items. Anthony Tyler, president of the Central Ravens youth football program, says it only took five minutes for thieves…MORE

FPD Chief Addresses Officer-Involved Shooting of Homeless Assailant

FPD Chief Addresses Officer-Involved Shooting of Homeless Assailant

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Two officers opened fire on a suspect they believed stabbed a store clerk in Northwest Fresno. Police responded to a stabbing call at 12:30 a.m. Thursday at the AM/PM Convenience store at the Arco gas station on the corner of Bullard Avenue and Figarden Drive. Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama said…MORE

Teen Killed in Hit & Run in NW Fresno

Teen Killed in Hit & Run in NW Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Police are searching for the driver in a deadly hit-and-run crash in northwest Fresno. It happened just before 11:30 pm Tuesday on Ashlan and Valentine. Police say two women were crossing the street and almost reached the center median when a vehicle hit one of the two. They were not walking in…MORE

New Law: More Sick Leave for California Workers

New Law: More Sick Leave for California Workers

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday. The law, which takes effect in January, also increases the amount of sick leave workers can carry over into the following year. Newsom…MORE

Nunes Tells KMJ Where GOP Must Focus Post-McCarthy

Nunes Tells KMJ Where GOP Must Focus Post-McCarthy

Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes joined KMJ’s Ray Appleton on Wednesday to discuss the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Nunes, who represented the Central Valley for several years alongside McCarthy in the House, discussed a number of issues as the fallout from the controversial vote continues – including where he…MORE

Rep. Duarte: Gaetz “Is On a Different Planet”

Rep. Duarte: Gaetz “Is On a Different Planet”

California Republican Congressman John Duarte joined KMJ’s Broeske & Musson on Wednesday and lashed out at fellow Rep. Matt Gaetz following the controversial ouster of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Listen here:MORE

Hanford PD: Elderly Man Stabbed in Random Attack

Hanford PD: Elderly Man Stabbed in Random Attack

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) — A suspect was arrested for stabbing a man to death during a random attack inside a store in Hanford on Tuesday afternoon. The stabbing happened around 3 pm at a 99 Cents Only store near 11th Avenue and Lacey Boulevard. Hanford police say the suspect, 23-year-old Ryan Washington, walked up to…MORE

McCarthy Ousted as Speaker in Historic Vote

McCarthy Ousted as Speaker in Historic Vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and threw the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, forced the vote on the “motion…MORE