Category Archives: Local News

Farm Workers Demand Justice Outside 5th District Court

Farm Workers Demand Justice Outside 5th District Court

Over a hundred Gerawan Farm workers protested outside the Fifth District Court of Appeals on Ventura Street. The workers say they want justice from the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board – and they don’t want to unionize. Jesse Rojas is a farm worker activist, and organizer who says the main reason for their rally is…MORE

Parents Protest To Keep Popular Principal In Place

Parents Protest To Keep Popular Principal In Place

FRESNO (KMJ) — Parents are campaigning to keep the current Principal at Fresno’s Addams Elementary School. But Fresno Unified School District has other plans for her. The issue came to a head with a protest outside the school Wednesday morning. Parents and supporters turned out in force with placards and chanting, in an attempt to…MORE

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