Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Alleged Golden State Killer To Face Trial In Sacramento

Alleged Golden State Killer To Face Trial In Sacramento

SANTA ANA (KMJ) — Prosecutors from six different California jurisdictions have decided where Joseph James Deangelo will go to trial. The man alleged to be the Golden State Killer is facing 13 counts of murder and 13 counts of kidnapping to commit robbery. All charges against the 72 year old will be heard in Sacramento.…MORE

New Fresno County Agricultural Crop Report

Fresno County farmers and ranchers generated $7,028,024,100 in gross sales for the county in 2017. The top ten crops are almonds, grapes, poultry, pistachios, milk, mandarins, cattle & calves, tomatoes, peaches and oranges. Les Wright, Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner presented the new report to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. Wright says of special interest…MORE

Calif. Moves Closer to Eliminating Bail System

Calif. Moves Closer to Eliminating Bail System

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP/KMJ) – The California Assembly has narrowly passed a bill to make California the first state to completely eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial and replace it with a risk-assessment system. The bill, SB 10 authored by state Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys), passed Monday with no votes to spare and over concerns…MORE

Surfing Becomes California’s Official State Sport

Surfing Becomes California’s Official State Sport

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Surf’s up in California, where it’s now the official state sport. Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday that he has signed a bill making it so. The new law declares surfing to be “an iconic California sport” – though it acknowledges that surfing originated with the Polynesian people and was imported into…MORE

CALTRANS Approves SB 1 Funding For More Than 100 Transportation Projects

CALTRANS Approves SB 1 Funding For More Than 100 Transportation Projects

  FRESNO, CA( KMJ) – Caltrans today announced that the California Transportation Commission (CTC) approved funding for more than 100 transportation projects funded entirely or at least partly by $690 million from SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. “These projects are a just a small portion of the key improvements we…MORE

Castro Rejects Restricting Employee Speech: “Where Would We Draw The Line?”

Castro Rejects Restricting Employee Speech: “Where Would We Draw The Line?”

FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno State faculty and staff have been officially welcomed back to campus, but the Fall Assembly took place under the shadow of what President Joseph Castro described as “turbulence” from earlier in the year. “While we have undoubtedly been on an upward trajectory in so many different ways, we are living in…MORE