Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

$4B Affordable Housing Bond Measure Heads to Ballot

$4B Affordable Housing Bond Measure Heads to Ballot

(KMJ)  A bond measure with generous intentions but a hefty price tag will go before California voters in 2018.  Gov. Jerry Brown and top democratic lawmakers have come to terms on a $4-billion dollar bond measure to address California’s need for affordable housing.  Many are calling the situation an absolute ‘crisis’. Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose)…MORE

Fresno State Makes #17 Of Top 20 Universities In United States

Fresno State Makes #17 Of Top 20 Universities In United States

Photo: Fresno State] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno State celebrates making a national list as one of the top universities in the U.S. Washington Monthly magazine’s list has come out, and Fresno State is ranked #17 of the top 20 universities in the United States. Fresno State President Joseph Castro exclaimed, “We’re now number 17!”…MORE

Valley Blood Center Asks For Donations For Hurricane Victims

Valley Blood Center Asks For Donations For Hurricane Victims

  [Photo: CBS] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) -The Central Valley’s blood center is sending blood supplies to a devastated Gulf Coast and is asking for blood donations for Hurricane Harvey victims. Dangerous conditions are affecting donor centers in the Gulf Coast area, says Central California Blood Center’s Leslie Botos. They are now responding to needs there in Texas and Louisiana…MORE

Interfaith Leaders Want FUSD Board President To Be “Censured Or Removed”

Interfaith Leaders Want FUSD Board President To Be “Censured Or Removed”

FRESNO (KMJ) — The Fresno Coalition of Interfaith Leaders is calling for the removal of Brooke Ashjian as the President of Fresno Unified’s School Board. A group of local leaders collected outside the school district’s headquarters in Downtown Fresno to make their demands public. “We are standing today in solidarity with our LGBT community, especially…MORE

Excessive Heat Warning For The Central Valley

Excessive Heat Warning For The Central Valley

FRESNO (KMJ) — An Excessive Heat Warning is now in force in the Central Valley, as an area of high pressure remains above us. “We’re looking at some record challenging heat over the next couple of days,” reveals Hanford based National Weather Service forecaster Kevin Durfee. There is even a chance of isolated thunderstorms. “Looking…MORE

[van id=”politics/2017/08/27/sotu-long-texas-years.cnn”] CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BLOOD CENTER RESPONDS TO NEEDS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA: FRESNO, CA— Hurricane Harvey blew through Houston Texas and the surrounding Gulf Coast area, leaving emergency conditions that will continue for days, with the recovery that could take weeks and months. Most blood drives and blood donor centers in the Gulf Coast…MORE

Driver Rescued After Plunging Into Sanger Canal

Driver Rescued After Plunging Into Sanger Canal

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A group of good samaratins are to thank for helping rescue an elderly man who crashed into a canal in Sanger. The Sanger Police Department says an 87-year old lost control of his van on Newmark near North just before 8 o’clock Sunday night. He crashed into a canal which partially submerged his minivan. A…MORE