Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Orchard Supply Hardware Closing All 99 Stores, in California, Florida & Oregon

Orchard Supply Hardware Closing All 99 Stores, in California, Florida & Oregon

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Orchard Supply Hardware is closing all 99 of its stores. 4300 employees got the news that OSH was shutting all stores by the end of this year. Stores are located in Oregon, Florida, and here in California; with seven stores across the Central Valley (see below), three in Sacramento, two…MORE

Measles Exposure At Harris Ranch Prompts Public Health Warning

Measles Exposure At Harris Ranch Prompts Public Health Warning

  FRESNO (KMJ) — Visitors to Harris Ranch earlier this month could have been exposed to the measles. The warning on Wednesday comes from Fresno County Department of Public Health, which established that a woman with the viral infection visited the Coalinga restaurant’s female restroom and Country Store on August 10th between 2pm and 3.30pm.…MORE

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