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) — Moody’s Investors Services has upgraded the City of Fresno’s general obligation bond rating to an A3. City Spokesman Mark Standriff says, “We’ve managed…… MORE
On Wednesday, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and fire officials made a collaborative decision to lift some more of the existing mandatory evacuation orders in the West Zone of the Rough Fire. This decision takes effect at 10:00 am on 9/16/2015. Removal of Mandatory Evacuation Areas – All residences north of Highway 180, between…… MORE
(KMJ) – A brutal fight after the San Francisco 49ers-Minnesota Vikings “Monday Night Football” game was caught on video. It shows a man in a Vikings jersey getting repeatedly kicked and punched on the pavement in a parking lot of Levi’s Stadium. The viral footage, which was shot and posted by a man named Brandon…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and Rough Fire officials made a collaborative decision Tuesday to lift mandatory evacuation orders and evacuation warnings previously given to residents of Dunlap, Miramonte and Pinehurst. This decision took effect at 1:00 pm. The following is a list of the Mandatory Evacuation Areas that have now…… MORE
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Ranch managers Don and Martha Grimm barely escaped with only the clothes they were wearing as a destructive, fast-moving fire roared toward their Northern California home. The couple, both in their 70’s, held hands as they returned to their neighborhood to find only rubble where their home once stood. Martha Grimm…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government has settled a decades-old lawsuit with the nation’s largest irrigation district, which has agreed in a tentative deal to clean up contaminated water in California’s fertile Central Valley. Westlands Water District will clean up water tainted by salt that has accumulated in soil from years of irrigation, general…… MORE
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The day started out as a late-season version of a perfect Alaska excursion: Excited tourists heading out for adventure at a remote fishing spot on a river. But something went terribly wrong. A floatplane crashed near a picturesque lake in rural southwest Alaska, killing three lodge clients from California and Pennsylvania…… MORE
Seven people are indicted for allegedly staging dozens of car accidents in a million dollar insurance fraud scheme Four out of of seven defendants were arrested on federal charges. The indictment charges Juan Ortiz Rivas, 38, of Ceres; Oscar Diaz Landa, 45, of San Jose; Victor Hugo Soriano-Villafan, 25, of Modesto; Liobigildo Vargas,…… MORE
It’s marijuana harvest season… Two homes in Southeast Fresno were raided at 10:00am, Tuesday morning for growing pot illegally. Southeast Fresno police had search warrants for a house at 4910 East Olive – right across the street from Ewing Elementary School. Fresno Police Sergeant Mark Hudson says that was concerning to have it so close…… MORE
(KMJ) – 33-year old Nicholas Huerta of Fresno has plead guilty to one count of wire fraud for a fraud scheme involving military recruiting bonuses. According to Federal court documents, the United States Army contracted with Document and Packaging Broker Inc. (DOCUPAK) to administer the Guard Recruiting Assistance Program (G-RAP). If a Recruiting Assistant referred…… MORE
