Category Archives: Local News

Break In Unsolved Hate Crime Against Sikh

Break In Unsolved Hate Crime Against Sikh

(KMJ) Fresno – A break comes in an unsolved hate crime against a member of the Fresno Sikh Community. Police Chief Jerry Dyer and Fresno District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp – join forces in the arrest of two suspects. Working with the DA’s office, the Fresno Police Department has arrested two people in the hate crime,…MORE

Audit Blasts University of California’s Recruitment Practices

Audit Blasts University of California’s Recruitment Practices

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 University of California is hurting local students, by making excessive out-of-state admissions. That’s according to highly-critical audit, which recommends stricter entrance…MORE

Study: Uncertainty Responsible for Greater Stress

Study: Uncertainty Responsible for Greater Stress

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 recent University College London study, participants who were unsure whether would be given an electric shock where more stressed, than…MORE

Bar Turns Ball-Pit In San Francisco

Bar Turns Ball-Pit In San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (KMJ) — A sold-out event in San Francisco saw adults becoming kids for a weekend. Cocktail lounge ‘The Romper Room’ was filled with numerous hallow plastic balls by non-profit ‘Forward Motion’, to convert it into one giant ball pit the weekend of Saturday March 19th and Sunday March 20th. 40,000 balls were used,…MORE

Paroled Bank Robber Arrested Again In Fresno

Paroled Bank Robber Arrested Again In Fresno

(KMJ) – Fresno Police did not have a difficult search to nab the man accused of robbing a city bank on Monday. Officers say witnesses gave a very accurate description to the man who approached a teller at the Union Bank branch location on the 1400 block of Kern Street in Fresno’s Chinatown.  That man,…MORE

Clovis Stabbing Under Investigation By Police

Clovis Stabbing Under Investigation By Police

(KMJ) – Clovis Police shut down Sierra Avenue near Villa about 3:30 Monday afternoon, when a man in the road was found bleeding from his neck. City of Clovis workers saw the man lying on the ground and called police. American Ambulance took him to Community Regional Medical Center where is being evaluated. The cause of…MORE

Campbell Soup To Stop Using BPA In Canned Products

Campbell Soup To Stop Using BPA In Canned Products

(KMJ) Fresno – Campbell Soup will stop using the chemical Bisphenol A in its canned products. The world’s largest soup maker, said it would completely switch to cans that do not use the commonly-used chemical for their linings in North America by the middle of 2017. There are concerns that BPA raises the risk of cancer,…MORE

Idled Workers Re-entering American Job Force

Idled Workers Re-entering American Job Force

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are streaming back into an improving labor market as employers raise wages and hire less skilled job candidates to cope with an intensifying worker shortage. Labor Department figures show the portion of the U.S. population working or looking for jobs – known as the labor force participation rate – has…MORE

Wired & Tired – Smartphone Burnout

Wired & Tired – Smartphone Burnout

Wired & Tired: After hours work emails causing employee burnout These days, we are more connected than ever. You want to order a pizza? Just tweet about it. You want to buy movie tickets? Open up an app. Smartphones have made telecommuting easy, but it can be a bad idea to have your work email…MORE

$15 Per Hour Minimum Wage Will Be Law In California By 2023

$15 Per Hour Minimum Wage Will Be Law In California By 2023

SACRAMENTO (KMJ) — Governor Jerry Brown has officially announced plans to put California’s minimum wage up to $15 per hour for everybody by 2023. The announcement in Sacramento comes after rumors over the weekend. But now the deal is official, it’ll affect almost a third of the state’s workers. “What really cemented this deal was…MORE