Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Sacramento Judge Rules in Favor of High-Speed Rail

Sacramento Judge Rules in Favor of High-Speed Rail

Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More…       Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has rejected claims by foes of the bullet train, that the project violates state law.…MORE

Corcoran Man Arrested for Making Bomb Threat at Tulare Wal-Mart

Corcoran Man Arrested for Making Bomb Threat at Tulare Wal-Mart

(KMJ) – The Tulare Wal-Mart located in the 1100 block of East Prosperity Avenue was evacuated for more than two hours Sunday night, March 6th after a bomb threat was called into that business. Tulare Police called in a bomb sniffing K-9 to search the property but no explosives were found. During the course of…MORE

Fresno Traffic Stop Leads to Firearms Arrest

Fresno Traffic Stop Leads to Firearms Arrest

(KMJ) – Fresno Police officers making a traffic stop on March 7th wind up making an arrest for possession of firearms in Southeast Fresno. The Department’s Traffic Unit conducted the stop in the area of East Kaviland Avenue and South Holloway Avenue. The driver,  identified as 33-year-old Khamprasong Thammavong; was on AB109 probation and a…MORE

Clovis Man Pleads Guilty To Laser Strikes On CHP Plane

Clovis Man Pleads Guilty To Laser Strikes On CHP Plane

  A Clovis man pleads guilty to laser strikes on aCHP plane According to court documents, Jeremy Scott Danielson tracked and struck a CHP plane, Air 43, 18 to 20 times with a powerful green laser pointer. Clovis police officers tracked it and found the 35 year old with a laser pointer in his pants…MORE

Tennis Star Maria Sharapova Fails Drug Test

Tennis Star Maria Sharapova Fails Drug Test

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tennis star Maria Sharapova says she has failed a drug test at the Australian Open. A five-time major champion made the announcement at a news conference Monday in Los Angeles. Sharapova said she tested positive for meldonium, which she has been taking for 10 years for health issues. Meldonium became a…MORE

Fresno Police & Fire Step Up to Repair Damaged Home

Fresno Police & Fire Step Up to Repair Damaged Home

(KMJ) – A Hit and Run accident on Saturday, March 5th left homeowner Epifina Garcia with a gaping hole in her garage. And, without insurance, Garcia said she had no way of paying for the repairs. But Officers from the Fresno Police and Crews from Fresno Fire stepped up to change that. Fresno Police went to…MORE

Mixed Results on “Super Saturday”

Mixed Results on “Super Saturday”

(CNN) The voters delivered a mixed verdict on Super Saturday to the presidential front-runners. Donald Trump won in Kentucky and Louisiana while Ted Cruz prevailed in Maine and Kansas, leaving Marco Rubio and John Kasich well behind. On the Democratic side of the aisle, Hillary Clinton took Louisiana but Bernie Sanders came out on top…MORE

Nancy Reagan 1921-2016

Nancy Reagan 1921-2016

(CNN) Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who joined her husband on a storybook journey from Hollywood to the White House, died Sunday. She was 94. Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, according to her spokeswoman, Joanne Drake, of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. “Mrs. Reagan will be buried at…MORE

Hundreds Gather for Fulton Street Groundbreaking

Hundreds Gather for Fulton Street Groundbreaking

(KMJ)  Several hundred people gathered on Fulton Mall Thursday afternoon to see step one of transforming the pedestrian mall back into Fulton Street. It will take about one year to complete the ambitious project which will see the return of vehicle traffic to the area for the first time in more than half a century.…MORE

GOP Debate Turns Dirty

GOP Debate Turns Dirty

DETROIT (CNN) – The Republican presidential race got dirty Thursday night. Donald Trump opened the GOP debate here by seemingly boasting about the size of his genitals. He responded to recent comments from Marco Rubio in which the Florida senator joked about the size of Truimp’s hands and said “you know what they say about…MORE