Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Fresno (KMJ) Captain Pete Dern is improving. In fact, he’s doing well enough that he addressed the media on Friday. Dern, a Captain with the Fresno Fire Department, was severely burned in late M...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Swimmers and surfers today are about 90 percent less likely to be attacked by sharks off California’s coast than they were in the 1950s, even though there are hundreds of thou...

By Ralph Ellis, Ben Brumfield and Meridith EdwardsCNNSouth Carolina’s governor used nine pens Thursday to sign a law that will remove the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds and...

CLOVIS (KMJ) — The Central Valley Honor Flight has been given a big donation today to ensure they have the funds to keep flying veterans to our nations capitol.A $10,000 check was given to the g...

(AP) A water district has sued Tom Selleck, claiming the star of the crime shows “Magnum, P.I.” and “Blue Bloods” stole truckloads of water from a public hydrant and took it to...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A state legislative committee on Wednesday approved a plan to raise California’s minimum wage again and tie future increases to inflation.The Assembly Committee on Labo...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - California State Parks has shut off the water in public showers at state beaches in an attempt to conserve water during the drought.The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the taps r...

Aaron AbeytiaAaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More…   

FRESNO (KMJ) — Domestic violence rates in Fresno are on up. Over the last 28 days Fresno Police have seen a 70% increase in the number of reported cases.“The warmer months come, more peopl...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Two California bills aimed at curbing youth smoking by regulating e-cigarettes and boosting the smoking age to 21 have stalled in committee, with one lawmaker even rejecting ...