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KMJ Holds Water Rights Petition Drive

KMJ Holds Water Rights Petition Drive

The fight for water rights in California continues with a signature drive taking place at the KMJ studios on Friday, January 29th. (2-6pm parking lot at Palm & Shaw Ave) The non-profit group “California Water Alliance” want to add a measure on the November ballot to transfer funds from the bullet train and invest them…MORE

Double Homicides Trending In Fresno County

Double Homicides Trending In Fresno County

2016 is starting off as a very violent year when it comes to crime in Fresno County. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is seeing an unusual number of murder cases. Sheriff Margaret Mims says for all of last year there were nine homicides in Fresno County, but not this year – so far this January…MORE

Elephant NOT in the Room

Elephant NOT in the Room

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) The biggest elephant wasn’t in the room — so Ted Cruz stood center stage, taking punches from his opponents and the moderators. But how much did this matter? The Fox News debate Thursday night exposed few new rifts between the contenders and featured candidates mostly sticking to message. Donald Trump was elsewhere,…MORE

Poll: Californians Favor Increased Gun Restrictions

Poll: Californians Favor Increased Gun Restrictions

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) — 62 percent of Californians say the Golden State is not doing enough to regulate access to guns. That’s according to a…MORE

Reward Now $5000 For Killer In Calwa Double Homicide

Reward Now $5000 For Killer In Calwa Double Homicide

  (KMJ) – The reward is increased as Fresno County homicide detectives work to find the person who murdered an elderly Calwa woman and her son, back on January 11th of this year. 77 year-old Maria Socorro Lopez and her son, 55 year-old Jesus Castor were walking along the 2400 block of South Tenth Street,…MORE

Conservative Unrest Over Trump-Fox Feud

Conservative Unrest Over Trump-Fox Feud

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) For nearly two decades, Republican presidential candidates have run with Fox News. Now, Donald Trump is betting that he can run against it. Trump’s six-month war with host Megyn Kelly, which turned nuclear when he pledged to skip the Fox News debate that she is co-moderating on Thursday, has exposed a significant…MORE

Biden: GOP Field “Gift from the Lord”

Biden: GOP Field “Gift from the Lord”

BALTIMORE (CNN) – The cast of Republicans battling for their party’s nomination has amounted to divine intervention for Democrats, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday. “We may be given a gift from the Lord in the presidential race here,” Biden told House Democrats during their annual party retreat in Baltimore. “I don’t know who to…MORE

Warrant Issued For Shooting Suspect On The Run In Fresno

Warrant Issued For Shooting Suspect On The Run In Fresno

FRESNO (KMJ) — A 19 year old, described as armed and dangerous, is now on the run in Fresno after he ran from a crime scene Wednesday morning. Adell Vaughn has been identified as a passenger in a vehicle which undercover officers were following. They say he was with Miles Banks, who was being tailed…MORE

Police Hit By Gunfire – One Suspect In Custody But Another Still At Large

Police Hit By Gunfire – One Suspect In Custody But Another Still At Large

FRESNO (KMJ) — A car chase and an exchange of gunfire between police and two suspects in Southeast Fresno has ended with one in custody – and another on the run. Chief Jerry Dyer says the chain of events began Tuesday evening, when a call about two suspects firing rounds into an apartment complex, near…MORE

Escapee Was Ordered Deported 16 Years Ago

Escapee Was Ordered Deported 16 Years Ago

(KMJ)   New details are emerging from the brazen prison escape by three inmates in Orange County. One of the escapees, Bac Duong, was ordered to be deported to his native Vietnam 16 years ago.  But he remained in the U.S. due to a change in immigration laws. It’s unclear why a judge ordered Duong…MORE