Category Archives: Local News

FUSD Superintendent Michael Hanson’s Responds to CyberDust App Use

FUSD Superintendent Michael Hanson’s Responds to CyberDust App Use

  The use of a controversial phone app which deletes messages as soon as they’re sent – by higher level staff at Fresno Unified School District – is generating questions. Cyber Dust makes communication virtually untraceable – by deleting messages 30 seconds after they are sent. In a release, Fresno Unified Trustee Brooke Ashijan says…MORE

Corrections Officer’s Killer Gets Second Life Sentence

Corrections Officer’s Killer Gets Second Life Sentence

  An inmate who murdered a North Valley correctional officer has been given a second life sentence. 47-year-old Jose Sablan was already serving life behind bars. This week, he has been given a second life sentence for the murder of correctional officer Jose Rivera (seen above). In 2008, Sablan attacked the 22-year-old guard at the…MORE

Final Five Selected In Downtown Fresno Business Competition

Final Five Selected In Downtown Fresno Business Competition

FRESNO (KMJ) — The final five finalists in the Downtown Fresno Partnership’s Create Here Business Plan Competition in have been selected. The group are in a competition to win two prizes organized by the partnership. The People’s Choice winner will receive $500 in cash, and the overall winner will be awarded everything they need to…MORE

Top 10 Snobby Cities in California

Top 10 Snobby Cities in California

  When it comes to being a snob, there are all types. You’ve got your Wine Snobs, your Book Snobs, and of course, your Clothes Snobs. Then there are the Technology Snobs, Car Snobs, and yes, even City Snobs—as in, I’m better than you because I live in (insert snooty city here). Especially in California,…MORE

Champ Earns Mistrial in Attempted Murder Trial

Champ Earns Mistrial in Attempted Murder Trial

  A mistrial has been declared in the case of a former California gubernatorial candidate accused of shooting and wounding his neighbor in Fresco County last year … jurors were deadlocked yesterday and couldn’t convict Tye Glenn Champ on charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Champ testified that he shot John…MORE

Forecast: CA Economic Growth to Continue Through 2020

Forecast: CA Economic Growth to Continue Through 2020

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 economy will continue to outpace the rest of the nation over the next five years, according a new report from the…MORE

Calif. School Boards Seek More Money

Calif. School Boards Seek More Money

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 School Boards Association is asking a judge to mandate changes to the June state budget, which would provide more money for…MORE

Valley Air District Offers $$ For Truck Replacement

Valley Air District Offers $$ For Truck Replacement

  The Valley Air District is seeking Valley truckers – truck owners and small businesses operating Class 5 or Class 6 trucks – for grant funding to help reduce truck emissions in the San Joaquin Valley. Trucks are the largest source of the air basin’s NOx emissions, which create both ozone and particulate pollution, and…MORE

‘Back The Blue’ For Our Law Enforcement

‘Back The Blue’ For Our Law Enforcement

MERCED (KMJ) — Law enforcement up and down the valley and across the country are asking for your show of support this Wednesday. It’s called ‘Back The Blue’, and it’s all about expressing gratitude for the everything peace officers are willing to do to keep us all safe. It’s to get everyone to use the…MORE

Gang Member Attempts to Rob Man in Bird Suit

(KMJ) – Fresno Police officers were called to Cedar and Kings Canyon for a reported cell phone robbery on Thursday, September 17th around 6 p.m. But this was no ordinary call as the victim was dressed in a large Black Bird costume.  He was advertising for a local business when he was approached from behind…MORE