FRESNO (KMJ) — Fresno Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson has received a perfect voting record on a set of tax related bills. He is one of eight members of the state assembly to have received the perfect score on sixteen pieces of legislation affecting taxpayers. The data comes from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association. “Taxpayers are…… MORE
Dead Trees Prompt Gov. Brown to Declare State of Emergency
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 prolonged drought has exacerbated bark beetle infestation, killing tens of millions of California’s trees. Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of…… MORE
CA Issues First Set of Water Fines to Cities
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 California State Water Resources Control Board has fined the cities of Beverly Hills, Indio, Redlands, and the Coachella Valley Water District $61,000.…… MORE
Winner Announced In Downtown Fresno Business Competition
FRESNO (KMJ) — The winner of the Downtown Fresno Partnership’s Create Here Business Plan Competition has been announced. “The winner receives a prize package worth over $100,000″, says Executive Director of organizer ‘The Downtown Fresno Partnership’ Gretchen Moore, “and it includes free rent in a Downtown space for a year.” That prize goes to House…… MORE
House, Senate, Both Commit to Crop Insurance fix Later this Year
Agriculture leaders in both the House and Senate have announced an agreement to fix crop insurance cuts in the Bipartisan Budget Act later this year as part of the 2016 Spending Bill. Senator Ag Committee Chair Pat Roberts spoke of the agreement on the Senate floor Thursday, saying farmer’s number one concern during the 2014…… MORE
Two Brothers Arrested After Fight In Central Fresno
Two brothers have been arrested after a fight in Central Fresno – which put an uninvolved passer by in the hospital. Fresno police say it happened close to the intersection of Shields and Maple – just before 6:00pm, October29th. Officers say Robert Aguilar and his twin Lee Agulair were seen fighting an as still unidentified…… MORE
Fugitive Kern Co. Deputy Caught, Again
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Kern County sheriff’s deputy who allegedly flashed a gun at a 12-year-old girl and escaped from a patrol car while handcuffed. Sheriff’s spokesman Ray Pruitt says Edward Tucker was arrested Thursday afternoon in Oildale, an unincorporated community near Bakersfield. He’d been considered dangerous. Tucker, an 18-year veteran,…… MORE
Calif. Appeals Court Rejects Right-to-Die Lawsuit
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by three terminally ill patients that sought to clear the way for doctors to prescribe fatal medication to them and others like them who want the option of taking their lives. A state law that makes helping someone commit suicide a crime…… MORE
Calif. Seeks to Combat Deforestation
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 California Air Resources Board now says tropical deforestation is the top cause of global climate change. It’s considering allowing companies to purchase credits…… MORE
New Facts and Figures on Prop. 47
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) — Under the controversial voter-approved Proposition 47, California’s prison and jail populations have been slashed by about 13,000 inmates. According to Stanford Law School’s…… MORE
