(KMJ) Dozens of volunteers stayed busy over the weekend finishing the ongoing improvement projects on Rotary’s Storyland. All this is needed before the park reopens to the public over Labor Day. Volunteers prepared the park’s recently repaired train, put a fresh coat of paint on its time-honored classics, and groomed the grounds for Storyland to…… MORE
(KMJ) A Porterville man is jailed on charges threatening to kill priests and nuns. Porterville Police say Ross Trimmer on Wednesday, called and allegedly made the threats to a representative of Saint Anne’s Catholic Church and Holy Cross Catholic Church. In a news release, Reverend Monsignor Scott Daugherty said they have “taken all precautionary measures…… MORE
(KMJ) 62 year old Miyuki Harwood has been found alive east of Courtright Reservoir. The hiker had been missing for 9 days before she was airlifted to safety Saturday morning. Rescue teams say she did suffer injuries, but did not give any further detail. Smoke from the Rough Fire, burning nearby, had hampered rescue operations.…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A special fire crew has deployed cameras, heat sensors and wind gauges to study the behavior of a massive California wildfire. The goal is to determine how effective clearing and burning out brush are in slowing the path of a large wildfire. The Fresno Bee reports that the U.S. Forest Service’s…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A crowd of representatives from right across both the state and valley crowded into a meeting room in Downtown Fresno to bring improvements to the valley’s roads. The group all collected behind a sign which read ‘Keep California Moving’ – and that’s the overriding theme. “The infrastructure issue is about our whole…… 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) — CSU, Sacramento has setup a fund for 23-year-old Anthony Sadler, a senior studying kinesiology. Sadler and his two friends, an Air Force Airman…… 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) — American workers’ satisfaction with various aspects of their employment is higher today, than it was 10 years ago. According to a new Gallup…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The water has been shut off at California’s oldest prison after an inmate was hospitalized with a confirmed case of Legionnaires’ disease. Corrections department spokeswoman Dana Simas said Friday that at least 16 other San Quentin State Prison inmates are in outside hospitals with symptoms of the disease, which is considered…… MORE
(KMJ) A telecommunication company’s application to add additional antennas and remove the massive 60-foot American flag along Shaw Avenue and Highway 168 did not pass the Clovis’ Planning Commission Thursday night. Prior to the vote, dozens of people voiced their opposition to the plan. Many cited the flag’s meaning to the city’s veterans and residents who…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — Research from Fresno State has put our attitude towards water firmly in the spotlight. It was released to the public Thursday morning, in a press conference attended by almost everyone who had a hand in the report’s creation. Mega droughts and population levels dropping in various parts of the valley are but…… MORE
