Category Archives: Local News

CA Bill Aiming to Keep the Dream of Homeownership Alive Advances

CA Bill Aiming to Keep the Dream of Homeownership Alive Advances

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) — Legislation allowing first time buyers to open a “Homeownership Savings Account,” has cleared the California Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development.…MORE

4/20: An Unofficial Holiday

4/20: An Unofficial Holiday

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) — 4/20 is the unofficial pot smokers’ holiday, believed to have its roots in the Bay Area. This could be the final year…MORE

Dog Rescue Shelter Responds To Criticism Over Sanger Move

Dog Rescue Shelter Responds To Criticism Over Sanger Move

FRESNO (KMJ) — A group which dedicates itself to rescuing bully breed dogs is being criticized for choosing a site to relocate to – close to where other people live. Fresno Bully Rescue is moving from its current location west of Highway 99 on Herndon Avenue, which is north-west of Fresno, to Nelson Avenue north…MORE

Pregnant Women Dropped from Calif. Health Exchange

Pregnant Women Dropped from Calif. Health Exchange

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) — 1,900 pregnant women have been automatically transferred from Covered California to Medi-Cal, despite the fact that they were supposed to be able…MORE

Volkswagen Could Unveil Diesel Solution This Week

Volkswagen Could Unveil Diesel Solution This Week

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) — Lawyers for thousands of owners of VW diesels containing software to fool emissions tests, are asking a judge to order repairs and…MORE

Tulare County Sheriff Names New Air Patrol Pilot

Tulare County Sheriff Names New Air Patrol Pilot

(KMJ) – Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux welcomed five new employees to the Sheriff’s Office Monday. And it included the new Sheriff’s Pilot, Michelle Simoes. She will fly the Sheriff’s airplane that will arrive in May. When Simoes had the opportunity to join the Kings County Sheriff’s Air Support Unit on a volunteer basis, she jumped…MORE

No Serious Injuries After Plane Crash In Fresno County

No Serious Injuries After Plane Crash In Fresno County

FOWLER (KMJ) — A learning flight comes to a crashing end in Fresno County. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Department says a small plane crashed Monday in Fowler, in a field next to Highway 99. There were two people inside the aircraft, a flight instructor and a student, both of whom escaped the wreckage without being…MORE

Fresno Fire Department Warning Business Owners Of Scam

Fresno Fire Department Warning Business Owners Of Scam

FRESNO (KMJ) – Scammers… posing as fire inspectors… targeting local businesses… The Fresno Fire Department has had multiple reports of scam artists posing as fire inspectors. “They’re dressed in dark blue uniforms saying they are members of the city and are there to do the annual fire inspection.” – Hector Vasquez, Fresno Fire Department Spokesperson.…MORE

School Bus Driver Awarded For Heroism – Defending Child From Dog Attack

School Bus Driver Awarded For Heroism – Defending Child From Dog Attack

SAN JOAQUIN (KMJ) — A Golden Plains School District bus driver, who saved a young boy from being attacked by two dogs while he was at work, has been given the 2015 ‘Northern California School Bus Driver of the Year’ award. The CHP presented it to him inside San Joaquin Elementary school with a crowd…MORE

Disparities in Mental Health Care Quality

Disparities in Mental Health Care Quality

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) — In a study involving 7.5 million adults, substantial differences in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues were discovered, based on…MORE