Fresno, CA (KMJ) Two young boys and a woman are facing murder charges after a weekend shooting near Dinuba. 24-year-old Ashley Rodriguez and two boys ages 14 and 17 were arrested Saturday. Detectives say they were involved in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Haro Sanchez, of Kings County. Sheriff’s deputies found Sanchez lying on a…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk wants to jump-start his Hyperloop high-speed transit system. Musk’s rocket-building company, SpaceX, announced Monday that it plans to build a 1-mile test track next to its headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne and will hold a competition there next year to test designs for passenger-carrying Hyperloop…… MORE
A long, colorful history as the American Cancer Society’scelebrating 50 years in Fresno. “We started in 1965, in a little shop in San Fernando Valley and we have 40 shops throughout California and we”ve raised over 308 million dollars in those 50 years.” -Manager Bonnie O’Neal. It all began with a Hollywood socialite. “It was…… MORE
High School football players, who will be playing in the 60th Annual City / County All-Star Football Game, visited Valley Children’s Hospital on Friday, June 12, 2015. Players were passing-out official “game-day” t-shirts to patients in anticipation of this year’s City / County All-Star Football Game on June 19, at 7:30 p.m. The All-Star game…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Water Resources Control Board has issued the largest cuts on record, to farmers with some of the strongest water rights. 114 senior rights holders in the Sacramento, San Joaquin and Delta Watersheds, are being ordered to stop pumping. However, some of those growers, whose rights were staked more than…… MORE
Fresno (KMJ) “America is the land of opportunity.” It’s a phrase that’s been around for a few centuries. But now, according to the University of California, that phrase is considered racist – or a “Myth of Meritocracy”. Click Here To View the handout recently distributed to UC faculty titled: Tool: Recognizing Microagressions and the Messages…… MORE
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — California is taking desperate steps to save the last endangered salmon in Wine Country creeks that are going dry because of over-pumping and the drought, officials said Thursday. Water has run so low in the four tributaries of the Russian River in Sonoma County that state workers have been dispatched with…… MORE
Merced City manager Bramble announces retirement Merced City Manager John Bramble has announced his retirement effective Dec. 5. Bramble, 69, was hired seven years ago when the City was facing the challenges of the recession. “I have enjoyed my career serving the public for 45 years, but now it is time to spend more time…… MORE
Caltrans held a ribbon cutting ceremony for a finished road project in Lemoore. Caltrans and Granite Construction have been working on State Route 198 for the past two years, and this morning (June 11, 2015), the completion of the Northeast Quadrant of State Route 198 and 19th Avenue, at the City Park was celebrated.…… 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) — University College London and Nobel prize-winning biochemist Tim Hunt has resigned from his honorary post, after proclaiming that there’s “trouble…… MORE
