FRESNO (KMJ) — The FBI are asking for our help identifying the victims of convicted online predator who targeted minors across 26 states including California. Florida man Lucas Chansler has been sentenced to 105 years in prison for his efforts producing child pornography in an act known as sextortion. But there are fears there are…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The University of California is trying to increase the number of undergraduates it admits from the state’s community colleges by spelling out the courses transferring students need to be eligible to complete their studies at a UC campus. UC President Janet Napolitano announced Tuesday that the system has created…… 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 controversial “aid-in-dying” bill, written by Democratic Senator Lois Wolk, would have allowed doctors to prescribe fatal drugs, to terminally ill…… MORE
Officials at Yosemite National Park say a massive sheet of rock has fallen from the vertical face of Half Dome on the most popular route used by climbers. Park geologist and climber Greg Stock said Tuesday that officials are now determining how the new route changes the climb. Nobody was injured or witnessed the fall…… MORE
Shootings are up 20% in Fresno, from last year, but new gunshot technology is now live – to help the police reverse that trend. The Shotspotter Flex Gunfire Detection System (SST) is online, with strategically-placed microphones in a 3 mile radius in Fresno’s hot spots plagued by deadly crime. Shoot a gun, and Chief Jerry…… 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) — California dealers sold a record 510,000 handguns in 2014, as well as a near-record 418,000 rifles and shotguns. But a new…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man arrested in the seemingly random fatal shooting of a woman at a San Francisco pier admitted in a jailhouse interview on Sunday that he shot her, but said it was an accident. Francisco Sanchez, 45, told KGO-TV in a mix of Spanish and English that he found a gun…… MORE
Fresno (KMJ) The former head of the Chukchansi tribe has been released from jail after pleading guilty to a single charge of false imprisonment. Tex McDonald had been accused of organizing an armed takeover of the Chukchansi Casino – which eventually led to the closure of the resort. McDonald was sentenced to more than a…… MORE
Another fatal boating accident at Bass Lake. Madera County Sheriff’s deputies discovered an unresponsive male near the Pines Resort — around 11 o’clock Wednesday night. The victim’s been identified as 14-year-old Kyle Farr of Los Gatos. A 13-year-old boy died in another incident at Bass Lake — Saturday afternoon. … MORE
A fatal train in accident, Thursday morning in Downtown Fresno. At around 11:30a.m. police were called to the railroad tracks by Ventura and G Street near the 41 overpass, in the area next to the Fresno Rescue Mission. Fresno Police Sergeant John Romo says the victim was a man in his 50’s in a wheel…… MORE
