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West Coast Gas Prices Going Down Again

West Coast Gas Prices Going Down Again

FRESNO (KMJ) — If you need a pick-me-up this Monday to energize the start of a new week how about this. Gas prices are going down again. The rise we all experienced about a month ago was a reflection of reduced supply, but now there’s more oil available again. Put simply the drop in prices…MORE

Apple Recalling Some iPhone 6 Plus Devices Over Defective Cameras

Apple Recalling Some iPhone 6 Plus Devices Over Defective Cameras

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) — Apple is recalling some iPhone 6 Plus devices sold between September of 2014 and January of 2015. The company says it’s determined that a…MORE

Pro-Life Group Fights to Release Secretly Recorded Videos Copy

Pro-Life Group Fights to Release Secretly Recorded Videos Copy

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 pro-life Center for Medical Progress had petitioned a judge to lift an order, which prevented publicizing the secretly recorded encounters, with a California company…MORE

Poll: Americans’ View of Oil & Gas Industry Improving

Poll: Americans’ View of Oil & Gas Industry Improving

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) — Nearing a 15-year-high, 34% of Americans say they have a positive view of the oil and gas industry. According to Gallup, ratings have…MORE

Piranha-Like Fish Caught in NoCal Lake

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — An angler in northern California says he probably won’t stick his finger inside the mouth of the next Amazonian fish with human-like teeth that he catches. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports glass worker Geoffrey Arend caught the fish at Roberts Lake on Aug. 14. A photo shows Arend pulling…MORE

Calif. Egg Prices Soar Even Higher

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Expect to shell out more for a carton of large eggs as benchmark egg prices in California have gone up by 150 percent in a year. Last August, eggs were $1.45 per dozen large eggs and a year later the price is $3.61 for the same carton, according to information from…MORE

Clovis East Star Wins USGA Amateur Championship

Clovis East Star Wins USGA Amateur Championship

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) – SMU senior Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Amateur on Sunday to become the fifth player to win the tournament and NCAA individual title in the same year. DeChambeau, a Clovis East graduate, beat Virginia junior Derek Bard of New Hartford, NY 7 and 6 in the 36-hole final at Olympia…MORE

Big, New Visitor Arrives at the Chaffee Zoo

A team of animal care staff from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park went on the road this week with a 7,500-pound traveling companion named Vus’Musi. The 11-year-old male elephant—who is affectionately called “Moose” or “Moosey” by his keepers—was moved to a new home at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo on Thursday, August 20. This move…MORE

Pro-Life Group Fights to Release Secretly Recorded Videos

Pro-Life Group Fights to Release Secretly Recorded Videos

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 pro-life Center for Medical Progress had petitioned a judge to lift an order, which prevented publicizing the secretly recorded encounters, with a California company…MORE

Unemployment Rises in the Valley

Unemployment Rises in the Valley

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 Golden State’s unemployment rate fell to 6.2% in July, with nonfarm payroll jobs increasing by 80,600. However, the picture wasn’t so bright…MORE