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
Fresno, CA (KMJ) A Hanford girl is hospitalized and her friend is jailed on DUI charges after a crash early Thursday morning. Officers say the 17 year old girl was found lying in the street on Holt Ave and Lombard Street around 12:30am. The unidentified female was bleeding and suffering from numerous injuries after being…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After taking a significant recession-era hit, California’s economy has bounced back up to the seventh largest in the world as the state’s gross domestic product reached $2.3 trillion in 2014, show figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That was enough for California to edge past Brazil’s 2014…… MORE
