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Calif. Assemblywoman Proposes Tax on Candy

Calif. Assemblywoman Proposes Tax on Candy

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) — Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia has introduced her plan to reinstate sales tax on candy. Californians voted to exempt candy, snack foods,…MORE

Revenues Surge in the Golden State

Revenues Surge in the Golden State

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) — $6.8 billion dollars in revenues was collected by the Golden State during February. That’s about $439 million above Governor Jerry Brown’s…MORE

Organized Labor Declines in California

Organized Labor Declines in California

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) — Organized labor has declined to less than 16 percent of the California workforce, with fewer than 2.5 million union members in…MORE

Valley High School Students To Compete In Robotic ‘Sport Of The Mind’

Valley High School Students To Compete In Robotic ‘Sport Of The Mind’

MADERA (KMJ) — What’s being billed as ‘a sport of the mind’, between some of the brightest students in the Central Valley, is taking place in Madera. The fifth annual ‘FIRST Robotics Competition’ (first being an acronym – meaning ‘for inspiration and recognition of science and technology’) is taking place in Madera South High School…MORE

Fresno Fire Sets Up Fund For Fallen Veteran

Fresno Fire Sets Up Fund For Fallen Veteran

  UPDATE:  The Fresno Fire Department has established a donation site for 38 year old Fresno Fire Captain Daniel Lopez-Galvan. Captain Lopez Galvan leaves behind his wife of 8 years – who was a stay at home mom, and the couple’s 11-month-old son. “It just going to his wife to pay for unexpected bills that…MORE

Holyfield Talks Gloves Not Drugs This Weekend

Holyfield Talks Gloves Not Drugs This Weekend

(KMJ) – Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion Evander Holyfield will be the guest of honor at the 4th annual Gloves Not Drugs Boxing show this weekend. The champ will speak as part of the event held at the gym at Livingston High School.  Doors open at 1 p.m. and the program begins one hour later. Gloves…MORE

Video Shows Attempted Break In at Sporting Goods Store

Video Shows Attempted Break In at Sporting Goods Store

(KMJ) – Fresno Police have released these two images (above) and this security video footage showing to suspects attempting to break into Herb Bauer’s Sporting Goods on North Blackstone Avenue. Police say the pair tried to smash their way into the story back on February 17th just after 11 p.m.  The video shows one suspect…MORE

Are American Workers Worried About Being Replaced by Robots?

Are American Workers Worried About Being Replaced by Robots?

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 about 50 years, robots and computers will be doing many of the jobs currently being done by people. That’s the…MORE

Calif. Right-to-Die Legislation to be Implemented

Calif. Right-to-Die Legislation to be Implemented

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) — Terminally ill Californians will be given the right to end their lives with prescription medication in 90 days. State lawmakers have…MORE

Scarber Family Prelim Nears End

Scarber Family Prelim Nears End

(KMJ)   The preliminary hearing for former CHP Assistant Chief Kyle Scarber, his wife and stepdaughter, continued Thursday in Fresno Superior Court. The Scarbers are accused of helping their son, Spencer Scarber, flee to Mexico during his rape trial in 2012. A retired CHP Sergeant testified Thursday that after his arrest in Acapulco, Spencer Scarber…MORE