FRESNO (KMJ) — A very famous beagle will soon be helping our state’s museums. Snoopy is set to appear on special California license plates, with the money raised from the plate’s sale going towards a grant scheme for our museums. The state has received the necessary 7,500 pre-orders to begin production. “Our museums are such…… MORE
Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the former owners of Abbey Flooring in Fresno. Gary and Glennyce Cropper pleaded not guilty to eight counts of grand theft and seven counts of diverting construction funds. Investigators say the couple took at least $160,000 from 15 victims. They abandoned their carpet and flooring business in 2012 with…… MORE
(KMJ) – Thanks to our great KMJ listeners, more than $12,000 has been raised for this year’s Toys For Tots Campaign. But the Marine Corps League of Fresno says it is still more than 5,400 toys short of this year’s goal. You can still drop off toys at Hedrick’s Chevrolet (Shaw JEO 168) or Cable…… MORE
(KMJ) – FRESNO, December 16TH, 2015 – The California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary was in Fresno, on Wednesday, with Karen Ross taking part in the celebration of “Farm to Food Bank Month” by visiting the Community Food Bank in Fresno. She shared a story of how a group of farmers realized how…… MORE
(KMJ) FRESNO – December 16, 2015 – Bullard High school teachers sign a petition calling for collaboration over discipline, and safety issues such as the need for higher school fences. 80 percent of the staff at Bullard High School petitioned say the school is not safe – they want to see that changed and…… MORE
MADERA (KMJ) — Santa Claus made a big entrance at Valley Children’s Hospital, with a police and fire department escort accompanying him. Waving from a classic open top fire truck Wednesday morning, he had a motorcycle escort from Clovis PD, Fresno PD and CHP officers, and was being followed by numerous Fresno Fire trucks. The…… MORE
(CNN) The family of Freddie Gray asked the public to “remain calm” Wednesday after a judge declared a mistrial in the case of Baltimore police Officer William Porter. Reading from a statement, Richard Shipley, Gray’s stepfather, said he is hopeful Porter will be retried. “We ask the public to remain calm, patient, because we are…… MORE
(CNN) Call him Bear. He sure looks it, bearded and burly at 360 pounds. In the five years since his video on YouTube went viral, though, the mountain man who lives by Yosemite National Park has started to go by another name: “Double rainbow guy.” “I’m the world’s authority on rainbows,” says 53-year-old Paul “Bear”…… MORE
(KMJ) Fresno Police are searching for a bank robber. Detectives say the suspect (pictured) held up the Wells Fargo bank at N. Cedar and Herndon Ave last Saturday evening. He’s described as a middle aged white male, standing 6’2”, weighing approximately 250lbs, with a mustache. He was last seen wearing a brown cap, reading glasses,…… MORE
(KMJ) – The state law banning the use of “Redskins” as mascot for public-funded schools may face a challenge on the November ballot. Gustine Mayor Dennis Brazil said it would take 365,000 signatures from registered voters to put the issue as a referendum in the upcoming election. A committee that will seek to secure the…… MORE
