Category Archives: Local News

Turning Clocks Back Can Trigger Winter Blues

Turning Clocks Back Can Trigger Winter Blues

If you’re feeling down, you’re not alone – turning clocks back can trigger winter blues When we lose daylight in the afternoon it can trigger Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as SAD. People predisposed to seasonal affective disorder may start gaining weight, feeling sluggish or sleepy, may crave carbohydrates, and may become more irritable. The…MORE

Petition Wants To Bring Haggis Back To The United States

Petition Wants To Bring Haggis Back To The United States

FRESNO (KMJ) — After being banned almost 45 years ago, a Scottish News agency is trying to bring haggis real back to the United States. The USDA rejected imports of the delicacy due to sheep’s lung being one of the key ingredients, and that was all the way back in 1971. Los Angeles based British…MORE

Winter Storm Warning In the Sierra

Winter Storm Warning In the Sierra

(KMJ) – The National Weather Service in Hanford says a Winter Storm Warning remains in effect in the Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to Kings Canyon until 10 p.m. Monday.  Snow levels will drop to as low as 7,000 feet with 8 to 20 inches of snow possible. On the Valley floor, showers are expected throughout…MORE

Fresno Police Fail to Locate Fatal Shooting Victim

Fresno Police Fail to Locate Fatal Shooting Victim

(KMJ) – Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer has promised an investigation after officers failed to locate the body of a shooting victim over the weekend. Just after 10 p.m. on October 31st, Officers responded to calls of shots fired at Vassar and Glenn in Northwest Fresno. They  located a victim of a gunshot wound and…MORE

Taxpayer’s Association Shows Party Divide On State Tax Matters

Taxpayer’s Association Shows Party Divide On State Tax Matters

FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson has received a perfect voting record on a set of tax related bills. He is one of eight members of the state assembly to have received the perfect score on sixteen pieces of legislation affecting taxpayers. The data comes from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association. “Taxpayers are…MORE

Dead Trees Prompt Gov. Brown to Declare State of Emergency

Dead Trees Prompt Gov. Brown to Declare State of Emergency

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 prolonged drought has exacerbated bark beetle infestation, killing tens of millions of California’s trees. Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of…MORE

Winner Announced In Downtown Fresno Business Competition

FRESNO (KMJ) — The winner of the Downtown Fresno Partnership’s Create Here Business Plan Competition has been announced. “The winner receives a prize package worth over $100,000″, says Executive Director of organizer ‘The Downtown Fresno Partnership’ Gretchen Moore, “and it includes free rent in a Downtown space for a year.” That prize goes to House…MORE

Two Brothers Arrested After Fight In Central Fresno

Two Brothers Arrested After Fight In Central Fresno

Two brothers have been arrested after a fight in Central Fresno – which put an uninvolved passer by in the hospital. Fresno police say it happened close to the intersection of Shields and Maple – just before 6:00pm, October29th. Officers say Robert Aguilar and his twin Lee Agulair were seen fighting an as still unidentified…MORE

Calif. Seeks to Combat Deforestation

Calif. Seeks to Combat Deforestation

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 California Air Resources Board now says tropical deforestation is the top cause of global climate change. It’s considering allowing companies to purchase credits…MORE

New Facts and Figures on Prop. 47

New Facts and Figures on Prop. 47

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) — Under the controversial voter-approved Proposition 47, California’s prison and jail populations have been slashed by about 13,000 inmates. According to Stanford Law School’s…MORE