LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tennis star Maria Sharapova says she has failed a drug test at the Australian Open. A five-time major champion made the announcement at a news conference Monday in Los Angeles. Sharapova said she tested positive for meldonium, which she has been taking for 10 years for health issues. Meldonium became a…… MORE
New Effort to Tax Soda in California
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) — California Democratic Assemblyman Richard Bloom is pushing for a tax on sugary soft drinks. Bloom was behind similar legislation last year,…… MORE
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Batmobile Copyright Case
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 Supreme Court will not be getting involved in a copyright dispute, involving a California man who made replicas of the…… MORE
Work Experience Program Open To Fresno County Young Adults
FRESNO (KMJ) — A summer program aims to get the youth of Fresno County some very helpful workplace experience. Now in its fifth year, The Boys & Girls’ Club’s partnership with PG&E is hoping to give 300 young adults pre-employment training, and 100 of them a paid summer internship. “It’s taught them work”, says Boys…… MORE
Fresno Police & Fire Step Up to Repair Damaged Home
(KMJ) – A Hit and Run accident on Saturday, March 5th left homeowner Epifina Garcia with a gaping hole in her garage. And, without insurance, Garcia said she had no way of paying for the repairs. But Officers from the Fresno Police and Crews from Fresno Fire stepped up to change that. Fresno Police went to…… MORE
Agriculture Companies Predicting Weaker Sales to Farmers
Dow Chemical president Tim Hassinger told the Global Agriculture Conference commodity prices and currency fluctuations will continue to hurt sales to farmers this year. That view echoes the outlooks of Monsanto and DuPont, according to a report by Bloomberg. Dow’s president says industry revenue may contract three to five percent in 2016. Meanwhile, with…… MORE
Mixed Results on “Super Saturday”
(CNN) The voters delivered a mixed verdict on Super Saturday to the presidential front-runners. Donald Trump won in Kentucky and Louisiana while Ted Cruz prevailed in Maine and Kansas, leaving Marco Rubio and John Kasich well behind. On the Democratic side of the aisle, Hillary Clinton took Louisiana but Bernie Sanders came out on top…… MORE
Nancy Reagan 1921-2016
(CNN) Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who joined her husband on a storybook journey from Hollywood to the White House, died Sunday. She was 94. Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, according to her spokeswoman, Joanne Drake, of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. “Mrs. Reagan will be buried at…… MORE
Local Jobless Rate Climbs
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 Fresno County unemployment rate rose to 10.6 percent in January, with a loss of 4,700 jobs. However, that’s below the…… MORE
Report: Unplanned Pregnancies on the Decline
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) — Unplanned pregnancies have fallen significantly in recent years, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Declines can…… MORE
