FRESNO (KMJ) — A 19 year old has been charged with attempted murder of a Police Officer in Fresno. Investigators say Jose Molinero shot at an undercover officer at around 10.30pm Tuesday night. The incident took place close to the intersection of Jensen and Chateau Fresno Avenues. There were two officers in two separate cars,…… MORE
Prison Time for Former CA Senator Leland Yee
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge has sentenced former California state senator Leland Yee to five years in prison for racketeering. Yee admitted in a plea deal that he accepted thousands of dollars in bribes and discussed helping an undercover FBI agent buy automatic weapons from the Philippines. Yee was charged in a wide-ranging…… MORE
The Fresno Grizzlies Announce “Taco Tuedays” for 2016 Season
(KMJ) – Last baseball season on August 6, amidst over 18,000 people drawn to Downtown Fresno for the annual Taco Truck Throwdown. That even saw the Fresno Grizzlies rebranded as the “Fresno Tacos” for one game. In 2016, the Triple-A Baseball champs say the Fresno Tacos will return to battle Pacific Coast League foes not just…… MORE
4.8 Wasco Earthquake Shakes Fresno
UPDATE: The U.S. Geological Survey update the magnitude to 4.8. (KMJ) Fresno – A shallow magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Tuesday February 23rd, at 4:02 PM, centered three miles from Wasco, north of Bakersfield at a depth of 0 miles. At the Kern County Sheriff’s Office in Bakersfield, a dispatcher said the office got “a pretty good jolt,” but there…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff’s Need Help To ID Kerman Market Burglars
Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Property Crimes Unit are seeking the public’s help to identify two men caught on camera burglarizing a store in Kerman. Sometime before 4:45 am on February 15th, two men broke into La Fe Market, located at 2144 S. Madera Aveenue in Kerman. A surveillance camera shows the suspects using…… MORE
Report: No Time Better Than Now to Launch a Small Business
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) — A strong climate for small businesses, and optimism among entrepreneurs. According to a new Allstate/USA Today survey, the majority of small…… MORE
More Encouraging News on the Valley Real Estate Front
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 foreclosure and mortgage delinquency rates across the valley continue to decline. According to CoreLogic, the Fresno foreclosure rate dropped to…… MORE
Fresno State First To Demo Varden Labs Self-driving Shuttle
Fresno State engineering students, First Lady Mary G. Castro and Victor E. Bulldog III went along for a ride in a self-driving, electric shuttle on Tuesday, February. 23rd outside the Engineering East building on campus. The shuttle is a product of Varden Labs, a startup company in Silicon Valley. Alex Rodrigues, the CEO of Varden…… MORE
Merced Resident’s Views Needed For High Speed Rail Regeneration
MERCED (KMJ) — Despite the multitude of discussions and debates trying to derail it, High Speed Rail is still on track to come to the valley. With the plans moving forward, the City of Merced will be holding a public meeting to ask the people what they’d like to see constructed near the new terminal.…… MORE
Nunes Blasts Obama’s Plans to Close Gitmo
Statement from House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif) — “President Obama’s determination to move some of the world’s most dangerous terrorists to U.S. soil is inexplicable and unacceptable. If the safety and security of the American people is the government’s number one priority, then these prisoners must be held in Guantanamo Bay.…… MORE
