Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

US Drought Monitor: Much of California Now ‘Abnormally Dry’
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The U.S. Drought Monitor is now categorizing two-thirds of California as abnormally dry. The monitor reports Thursday that more than 81% of the state is considered dry, includ...
Cumulus Media Nov 14, 2019

Calif. to Overhaul Insurance Plan After Wildfires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California residents who lost their home insurance because of the threat of wildfires could soon buy comprehensive policies from a state-mandated plan funded by the ins...
Cumulus Media Nov 14, 2019

Disney Plus Adds Disclaimer About ‘Racist Stereotypes’
NEW YORK (AP) – Disney’s new streaming service is adding a disclaimer to “Dumbo,” “Peter Pan” and other classics because they depict racist stereotypes. The move il...
Cumulus Media Nov 14, 2019

BREAKING: 2 Dead in Shooting at Santa Clarita’s Saugus High School
[vemba-video id=”us/2019/11/14/los-angeles-school-shooting-saugus-high-vpx.cnn”] SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high sch...
Cumulus Media Nov 14, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Two Valley-Based Ag Companies Set to Merge
(KMJ) – Two leading, women-owned Central Valley agriculture companies confirm they are merging their operations. Gar Tootelian, Incorporated of Reedley will combine its operations with Be...
Cumulus Media Nov 14, 2019

Closing Arguments To Begin In Capital Murder Trial of Alleged Cop Killer
Erika Sandoval, 26, Photo: TCSO. TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – Closing arguments begin Thursday in Tulare County in the capital murder trial of alleged cop killer, Erika Sandoval. The five me...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2019

Suspect In 2008 Fresno County Double Homicide Arrested in Bakersfield
FRESNO COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – A suspect is arrested in Bakersfield in connection to double homicide in Fresno County more than a decade ago. U.S. Marshals arrested 42-year-old Jose Zepeda Jr....
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2019

VIDEO: 100th Central Valley Veterans’ Day Parade
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The 100th Central Valley Veterans’ Day Parade got underway Monday in Downtown Fresno. KMJ’s Aaron Abeytia reports: https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/461/2019/11...
Cumulus Media Nov 11, 2019

Fresno County Sheriff’s Office Thanks Restaurant for Customer Service
(Photo courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Instagram) (KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office takes to social media to thank the employees of Harris Ranch for going “over and ...
Cumulus Media Nov 11, 2019

Charges Filed Against Driver Involved in Fiery Fatal Crash
FRESNO COUNTY, CA. (KMJ) The driver who CHP says hit and killed 2 people has been identified as 42-year-old Silvia Maria Gonzales of Tranquillity. Investigators say Gonzales was intoxica...
Cumulus Media Nov 08, 2019
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