SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has released emergency recovery funding for major wildfires in central and northern California. The governor issued an executive order on Thursday to help residents and business owners in Trinity and Lake counties with recovery funding. The move speeds up the removal of hazardous debris from the area, and…… MORE
(KMJ) A telecommunication company’s application to add additional antennas and remove the massive 60-foot American flag along Shaw Avenue and Highway 168 did not pass the Clovis’ Planning Commission Thursday night. Prior to the vote, dozens of people voiced their opposition to the plan. Many cited the flag’s meaning to the city’s veterans and residents who…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff’s detectives are searching for Francisco Petatan, 27, of Fresno. He is wanted for attempted murder. Petatan has a violent criminal history. He may be armed, so the public should not approach him. Instead, call law enforcement immediately. Around 3:00 pm Wednesday, someone called 911 after seeing a woman bleeding from the neck.…… MORE
Kerman High School is tweeting like crazy to actor Tom Hanks. “Homecoming is a huge thing in Kerman.” – Margaret Nichols, Kerman High School Assistant Principal. So why not pick a huge star like Tom Hanks to come to your school? “Every year for homecoming we pick a theme and so the leadership class picks the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Research from Fresno State has put our attitude towards water firmly in the spotlight. It was released to the public Thursday morning, in a press conference attended by almost everyone who had a hand in the report’s creation. Mega droughts and population levels dropping in various parts of the valley are but…… MORE
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) — Even amid hot, dry conditions, California water use dropped 31.3 percent in July, compared to the same month in 2013, exceeding the governor’s…… MORE
A giant flag of Old Glory next to the 168 Freeway in Clovis may be forced to come down. The flag flies from a cell tower at Hedrick’s Chevrolet on Willow and Shaw. “I get a lot of positive comments about people driving down the 168 people love it. and even flying at half staff…… MORE
It’s an extremely difficult day for the journalists working at WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia. The station went back live on the air with their morning show on Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after watching two of their co-workers gunned down on live television. The show started on a somber note. “This is a newscast…… MORE
(KMJ) Things are looking up for Pete Dern. The Fresno Fire Captain was transitioned to the Leon S. Peters Rehabilitation Center on Wednesday after spending 150 days in the burn center. Dern, who was severely injured while fighting an arson fire has undergone more than 20 surgeries. The incident, in which he fell through a…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The shot that killed a young San Francisco woman and touched off a heated immigration debate ricocheted off pavement before striking her in the back, which defense attorneys say show the killing was an accident. But San Francisco police inspector John Evans testified the bullet traveled in a straight line, suggesting…… MORE
