Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

NASA’s Astronaut Recruitment Now Open

FRESNO (KMJ) — Do you want the life of an astronaut? Well NASA is recruiting. The space agency are accepting applications for the next class of explorers for future missions, including those to mars. “Do you think you have what it takes to join NASA’s next astronaut class?”, asks NASA administrator Charles Bolden. “Then I…MORE

Study: 1 In 4 Employees Would Quit For 10% Raise

Study: 1 In 4 Employees Would Quit For 10% Raise

(KMJ) – Study: 1 in 4 employees would quit for a 10% raise. The Seattle-based company TinyPulse released a new report showing the number one reason people love work is not money, but instead is peers and colleagues. The old saying was, “You don’t quit your job, you quit your boss.” The new adage is, “You…MORE

Drought Drives Bears Into Three Rivers

Drought Drives Bears Into Three Rivers

THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Tourists and animal lovers hoping to see a bear in Sequoia National Park this fall probably stand a better chance of spotting one in this tiny town at the park’s entrance. Three Rivers is literally crawling with hungry bears driven down from the mountains by drought in search of food…MORE

Naval Test Missile Streaks Across California

Naval Test Missile Streaks Across California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A bright, colorful light that streaked across the California sky, startling residents and leading to a flurry of calls to law enforcement, turned out to be an unarmed missile test-fired from a Navy submarine off the coast Saturday evening, officials said. Kevin Stack was walking to dinner with his young son…MORE

UC Merced Holds Candlelight Vigil

UC Merced Holds Candlelight Vigil

Students at UC Merced held a candlelight vigil for four people stabbed and wounded by a freshman this week. The students organized the “I stand with UC Merced” vigil to show their support of the victims. On Wednesday morning, 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad of Santa Clara, California, burst into a classroom with a hunting knife –…MORE

Gibson Elementary School HoldS Turkey Trot

Gibson Elementary School held its annual fundraiser Turkey Trot. Kindergartners through 6th grade students ran laps to raise money that all goes back to the school. The school’s Vice Principal – Special Teacher On Assignment – Erin Bohigian -was dressed as a turkey. This is the first year for the school’s new Principal Antonio Sanchez…MORE

Robbery Prompts Lockdown At Central High East

Robbery Prompts Lockdown At Central High East

November 6, 2015 (KMJ) – On Friday, at 1:05 PM, officers were dispatched to the central high east campus, 3535 N. Cornelia Ave., regarding a student that was just robbed. When officers arrived on campus, they contacted the victim of the robbery in the front office. The victim was a male and a senior at the school.…MORE

Calif. Could Resume Executing Condemned Prisoners

Calif. Could Resume Executing Condemned Prisoners

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) — The State of California is proposing a single-drug lethal injection method. It’d replace the three drugs, which were last used in 2006 to…MORE

Deputies Searching For Selma Wire Thieves

FRESNO (KMJ) — Sheriff’s Deputies are looking for a wire thieves in a very distinctive vehicle. Two men were seen driving a small red hatchback with a white hood, black fenders and a black front bumper. They were seen backing up to scrap pile and loaded 12ft of telephone wire into the back. The theft…MORE

UC Merced Stabber Manifesto Detailed, Classes Resume

UC Merced Stabber Manifesto Detailed, Classes Resume

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An 18-year-old California university freshman went on an elaborately planned rampage with a hunting knife because he was barred from a study group, authorities said. Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke (pictured below) said a two-page “manifesto” detailing Faisal Mohammad’s motive and plans to terrorize and kill several classmates at the University…MORE