SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in California reintroduced a package of tobacco regulation bills on Thursday after the same proposals stalled in the Legislature earlier this month. They want the six bills to be considered as part of the Legislature’s special session on health care financing when lawmakers return from a summer break in…… MORE
The Final Leg team with the Special Olympics 2015 World Games brought the “Flame of Hope” torch through Fresno arriving at City Hall before continuing on to Visalia. It was a spectacle to be seen as patrol cars lined up, a firetruck ladder bridged the street and a huge crowd gathered along the curb outside…… 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) — The California Water Resources Control Board has issued a cease-and-desist order to the West Side Irrigation District in Tracy. The…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are making another push to pass legislation designed to bring more water to California’s farm belt despite criticism from the White House and congressional Democrats. H.R. 2898, the Western Water and American Food Security Act passed through the House of Representatives on Thursday, July 16, 2015 by a vote of 245…… MORE
Developing… The Fresno City Council on Thursday passed an ordinance to ban sale and display of the Confederate flag on city property. “This is relatively a symbolic issue”, Councilman Oliver Baines told KMJ News. “I don’t think that we probably have a major issue on Confederate flag on government property in Fresno or in most…… MORE
The defense in the Scarber trial has been given more time to review documents. Former CHP Assistant Chief Kyle Scarber and his wife Gail, and daughter Crysyal Reynoso were in court Tuesday, July 15th for the preliminary hearing. They are accused of helping son Spenser Scarber, convicted of rape, of leaving the country to go…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A downtown Fresno restaurant – Kikku Japanese Fast Food – has won the public’s approval and received an impressive prize. The winners of the Downtown Fresno Foundation’s ‘Restaurant Makeover Competition’ have the notoriety of not only being the very first winner but as well as that get a prize pack worth $25,000. “We…… 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) — A $30 million solar-powered desalination plant is being built in the Panoche Water and Drainage District near Firebaugh. “When the…… MORE
Honda has reached a settlement to resolve allegations that the company discriminated against minority car buyers by marking up interest rates on loans, a practice industry experts describe as common because of the discretion given to individual dealerships. Honda’s settlement yesterday with the U.S. Department of Justice, subject to court approval, was filed in federal…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency that oversees the safety of the nation’s pipelines failed to follow through on congressional reforms that could have made a difference in a May break that created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years, a House committee chairman said Tuesday. In a rare display of agreement…… MORE
