Agriculture groups are telling lawmakers farmers are facing increased financial pressure in an economic downturn brought on by low commodity prices. At a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing Thursday, the American Farm Bureau and the National Farmers Union told lawmakers the downturn of the farm economy is forcing farmers to tighten their belts. Net farm…… MORE
Free Entry To Yosemite For ‘National Park Week’
FRESNO (KMJ) — A celebration of national heritage is taking place right across the country and right here in the valley. Yosemite National Park, alongside every other National Park in the country, is taking park in ‘National Park Week’. It starts Saturday April 16th. “It’s our centennial year, so 100th anniversary of the National Parks…… MORE
Deputies Continue to Investigate Body Found In Fresno County Canal
(KMJ) – Two farmer workers made the discovery Just before 3:00 pm Thursday. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says that’s when Deputies were called in regarding a body found in a canal. Deputies responded to the area of Barstow and Floyd, which is north of Biola, and found the body a middle-aged Hispanic man lying in a…… MORE
Fresno Man Arrested In Clovis Stabbing
(KMJ) – Thursday night around 8:50 p.m., Clovis Police were called to a disturbance at Peach and Shaw. Witnesses there told officers a woman had been stabbed. and that the suspect had ran away through the neighborhood. Clovis Police say the victim who had been stabbed multiple times in the back but was alert and…… MORE
Parole Recommended for Leslie Van Houten
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Parole is being recommend for the youngest member of the notorious Manson cult. 66-year-old Leslie Van Houten was convicted of double murder back in 1969. Van Houten, who was 19-years-old when she followed Charles Manson, has previously apologized for her role in the brutal killings, and said she was “deeply ashamed” of…… MORE
CA Appeals Court Upholds Teacher Tenure, Job Protections
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — It’s a substantial victory for unions; a California appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling, which threw out tenure and other job protections, for the state’s public school teachers. A 2014 ruling in the case held that several key job protections for teachers are so harmful, that they deprive students of…… MORE
Porterville Man Grateful To Life Saving Game Warden
A Porterville man is grateful for a game warden – who saved his granddaughter, and her mother during the Valley Fire. The fire was raging, and Bob Phillips says his 18-month old granddaughter Jessie was with her mother in their home behind the fire line. “They were just oblivious to what was going on.” –…… MORE
Valley Teens Developing Energy Saving Ideas To Win Money
CLOVIS (KMJ) — Teams of High School students have been developing ideas on how to help reduce energy use, as part of a competition set up by ‘Junior Achievement’. The program invited teenagers from Clovis, Fresno, Kingsburg, and Fowler schools, to pose them the question ‘how do you create a business or program that will…… MORE
Majority of Calif. Voters Say U.S. is Headed in Wrong Direction
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) — 60 percent of voters in the Golden State feel the country is moving in the wrong direction. The latest Field poll shows…… MORE
Calif. Investing in More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
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) — Allowing drivers of electric cars to travel from San Diego to the Oregon border. The California Energy Commission has approved nearly $9…… MORE
