Category Archives: Local News

Study: Ending Texts with a Period Could Have Undesirable Consequences

Study: Ending Texts with a Period Could Have Undesirable Consequences

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) — Putting a period at the end of your text is unfriendly, according to a new study published in the journal Computers in Human…MORE

Fresno State Flags At Half-Staff For Dee Jordan

Fresno State Flags At Half-Staff For Dee Jordan

Fresno State’s President Joseph Castro ordered the University’s national and state flags to be posted at half-staff Tuesday in memory of Mrs. Dee Jordan, whose family donated $29.5 million to Fresno State’s Ag One Foundation in 2009. “The impact of the Jordan family gift was transformational for Fresno State and continues to help us make…MORE

Code Strike Team Puts Slumlords On Notice

Code Strike Team Puts Slumlords On Notice

  The City of Fresno is adding officers to their Code Enforcement Strike Team, and will pursue criminal charges if needed — to force slumlords to fix their properties. Two code enforcement officers will be reassigned and report directly to City Manager Bruce Rudd, while Mayor Ashley Swearengin has set aside fiscal 2016 funds to…MORE

HERO Energy Efficiency Scheme Now Covers More Valley Communities

KERMAN (KMJ) — A scheme to bring affordable energy improvements into valley homes is finding its way into more and more communities in Fresno County. The HERO program (which stands for ‘home energy renovation opportunity’) is designed to help homeowners cover the cost of energy improvements, such as artificial turf and solar panels. It’s a…MORE

‘The Cat House On The Kings’ Needs Your Help To Win A Big Grant

‘The Cat House On The Kings’ Needs Your Help To Win A Big Grant

FRESNO (KMJ) — The Central Valley’s ‘Cat House on the Kings’ needs your help to win a grant of as much as $20,000. The cat sanctuary just north of Reedley houses felines who want to live in a no-cage and no kill shelter. It looks after abandoned and feral cats and kittens and it now…MORE

Search Continues for “At-Risk” Clovis Man

Search Continues for “At-Risk” Clovis Man

(KMJ) – Fresno County sheriff’s detectives are seeking the public’s help to locate a missing “at-risk” Clovis man. Kenneth Wesson, 65, left his home on the 3200 block of Bundy Avenue in Clovis on Dec. 3 around 11:15 a.m.  He was driving a 1989 white, single cab Chevy pickup truck with a rear slider window.…MORE

Clovis Woman Attacked Walking To Bus

Clovis Woman Attacked Walking To Bus

  (KMJ) December 7th, 2015 – Clovis Police are looking for tips are after woman was attacked near Peach and Gettysburg. It happened Monday, December 7th, just before 7:30a.m. Officers were dispatched to the area and found the victim being assisted by a passerby. The young woman had been walking in the north alleyway in…MORE

Weekend Shootings Have Police Targeting West Fresno Gangs

Weekend Shootings Have Police Targeting West Fresno Gangs

  There was ten shootings over a 10 hour period from December 5th through December 6th, and in three incidents, victims were hit. Now, Police Chief Jerry Dyer is placing a bulls-eye on West Fresno gangs. One incident took place overnight Saturday (12/5/2015), during an event at the Fresno Fairgrounds, and that incident spurred two more…MORE

Attack On Pearl Harbor Remembered In Clovis

Attack On Pearl Harbor Remembered In Clovis

CLOVIS (KMJ) — It was December 7th 1941 when the naval base at Pearl Harbor was subject to a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy. That was 74 years ago, and more than 2,400 Americans lost their lives in that attack. The event, and the damage sustained to the fleet stationed there, brought…MORE

Best Cities for Jobs in Calif.

Best Cities for Jobs in Calif.

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) — If you’re searching for a new job in the Golden State, head up north, or down south. That’s at least a good start,…MORE