SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers were expected to vote Friday on a proposal to create the first regulatory framework for the state’s thriving but unruly medical marijuana industry after lawmakers reached an 11th-hour compromise on a trio of marijuana bills. The authors of legislation that had been stalled in the Senate and Assembly in…… MORE
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — A loud crash startled a California family at home Wednesday morning when a chunk of ice the size of a basketball hurdled from the sky and smashed through the roof, likely the result of frozen moisture breaking loose from an airplane flying high overhead. Monica Savath said she and her family…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — The High Speed Rail authority is meeting the people whose homes and businesses lie in the $68 billion project’s pathway and others set to be affected by the new line. It’s the public’s chance to speak directly to those making the decisions. Looking on a map, the mega-project’s construction effort is now…… MORE
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) — There’s about a 95% chance that El Nino will continue through Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16, with a peak in the late fall or…… MORE
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) — Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed legislation, which called for prohibiting flying a drone less than 350 feet above private property, without the owner’s…… MORE
(KMJ) Three teenagers are facing charges related to a recent theft at the Laton Youth Football Program. On Wednesday, Fresno Co. Sheriffs deputies arrested a 15 year old boy and 18 year old’s David Padilla and Alexis Barajas (Pictured). Padilla remains in custody while Barajas has posted bond and bailed out of jail. Investigators say…… MORE
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Derek Carr’s mindset for his second NFL season opener is quite a bit different than what it was a year ago as a rookie. After being picked as the starter just days before last year’s opener, Carr is now firmly entrenched in the starting role and as one of the faces…… MORE
(KMJ) – Starting Thursday, members of the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno will be participating in a military exercise with visiting F-16 Fighting Falcons from Arizona’s 56th Fighter Wing. The exercise, slated to run through September 25, will test the wing’s aircraft generation capabilities while also testing the combat flying skills…… MORE
(KMJ) Three Merced County men are jailed on murder charges. A murder, which valley investigators say was recorded on cell phone video. Detectives say the Atwater trio tied up a man, stabbed him to death and recorded the attack with a cellphone video camera. They were arrested after the ex-girlfriend of one of the suspects…… MORE
Fire Captain Pete Dern goes home. After nearly six months, 22 surgeries and hours of rehab, Dern is now home with his family. He was released from CRMC to a crowd waiting outside, as hundreds of firefighters, Chief Kerri Donis, community members, Dern’s family and hospital staff including Leon S. Peters Burn Nurse Sandra Yovino…… MORE
