Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Exhibit Opens At Fresno State Featuring Shamanic Artist

Exhibit Opens At Fresno State Featuring Shamanic Artist

The Master of Arts Graduate Exhibition at Fresno State will feature the display “Entering the Circle-Journey of a Shamanic Artist” from Sept. 28 – Oct. 5 at the Phebe Conley Gallery in the Conley Art Building. The exhibition by graduate student Kristen R. Kennedy is presented by the Conley Art Gallery and kicks off with…MORE

Clovis Police Responds To Seven Vehicle Crash

Clovis Police Responds To Seven Vehicle Crash

Clovis Police responded to a call of a seven-vehicle collision on eastbound Herndon at Villa Avenue. No one was seriously hurt. About 9:15 in the morning on September 28th, a champagne colored Chevy hit a brown Toyota Camry, which then side-swiped a Ford Fiesta and the Camry the hit the back of a Ford Edge. The…MORE

Fresno State Observes Planned Parenthood’s National Pink Out Day

Fresno State Observes Planned Parenthood’s National Pink Out Day

Students and health educators at Fresno State are observing Planned Parenthood’s National Pink Out Day. The event at the Speaker’s Platform north of the Madden Library is sharing information about sexual health services.  Representatives from the Student Health and Counseling Center will also be providing information about its Family Pact, a program that provides family planning…MORE

Airbag Issues – Seven More Companies Could Face Recalls

Airbag Issues – Seven More Companies Could Face Recalls

Seven more companies could be facing recalls because they use air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. At least eight people have died worldwide and hundreds have been injured because of the problem. So far, about 23.4 million Takata driver and passenger air bag inflators have been recalled, affecting 19.2 million U.S. vehicles sold. 11…MORE

VIDEO: Madera Woman Freed After Getting Lost In Underground Canal

MADERA (KMJ) — A Madera woman is doing well after being rescued from a large water drainage pipe Sunday morning. She told firefighters she’d been stuck in the underground canal for at least a day. She’d entered the pipe, near Martin Luther King Junior School, after wandering into another access point nearly a mile away.…MORE

Hanford Rollover Accident

Hanford Rollover Accident

A drunk driver falling asleep caused a rollover accident in Hanford. It happened around 2:30 Sunday morning at 11 ½ Avenue and Armona. Officers arrived to find a Chevy Tahoe lying on its side.. The driver had fallen asleep and veered off the roadway striking a telephone pole and a tree. 24-year-old Blaze Anthony Galarza-Carter…MORE

2 Women Killed in South Valley Crash

2 Women Killed in South Valley Crash

(KMJ)   Two women were killed in a crash Monday morning in Kern County. The victims were in an SUV which collided with a dump truck around 6am on Highway 46 near McFarland. The CHP says the women were on their way to work in the fields when, for an unknown reason, the SUV made a…MORE

NASA: Water Exists on Mars

NASA: Water Exists on Mars

CNN NASA scientists said Monday they believe they have confirmed that water intermittently flows on the surface of Mars, a discovery that may have ramifications in the search for past or present life on the planet. [Previous story, posted at 7:50 a.m.] The agency called a news conference for Monday to discuss what it called…MORE

Trump Unveils Tax Plan

Trump Unveils Tax Plan

(CNN) – Donald Trump is vowing to drastically cut income taxes for millions of Americans across the wealth spectrum while casting aside loopholes popular on Wall Street. “It will provide major tax relief for middle income and for most other Americans. There will be a major tax reduction,” Trump said Monday at a press conference…MORE

Vandals Strike Serra Burial Site in Carmel

Vandals Strike Serra Burial Site in Carmel

(KMJ) – Carmel Police say vandals defaced a statue of Father Junipero Serra at the Carmel Mission.  That is where the remains of the recently canonized missionary are buried. Investigators say the vandals struck Saturday night, damaging statues, grave sites and signs and spewing green and white paint on doors. The Mission says a statue…MORE