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 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation came under fire earlier this week, when it proposed using prison inmates with violent backgrounds to…… MORE
Oil Industry Refuses to Answer Questions About CA Gas Prices
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 committee who advises the California Energy Commission wanted to discuss the causes of high gas prices, which the state saw in the…… MORE
CA Community Colleges Chancellor to Retire
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 Community Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris has announced his intention to retire. Harris, who led the 113-college system through a challenging time of…… MORE
More Bottled Water Controversy in Drought-Stricken 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) — The U.S. Forest Service is being sued by environmental groups, who allege that the agency has allowed Nestle to draw water from a…… MORE
Fresno DA Grant For DUI Prosecution
A program to prevent impaired driving and reduce alcohol and drug-impaired traffic fatalities and injuries Is getting funding through the Fresno County DA’s Office. In 2013 there were 36 deaths and 273 serious injuries as a result of DUI crashes in the County. The $717,150 grant to the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office will…… MORE
7 Years For Man Who Contributed To Biola Farmer’s Murder
Fabian Mansanalez – a man who contributed to the murder of a Biola farmer – has been sentenced. Raisin farmer George Salwasser Junior was shot back in may of 2014, when he found people trying to take the tires off of a stolen pick-up truck. Now, the auto thief will spend the next seven years…… MORE
3 Held in Kern County Murder, Body Found
(KMJ) Kern County homicide detectives say they’ve found the body 50 year old Carl Woolwine at a ski resort near Lake Isabella. Three suspects have been arrested. Jail records show Bobbie Rhynes, Joan Noble and Thomas Ertz have been booked on suspicion of murder. The Woolwine family made headlines earlier this year when their teenage…… MORE
Meat Substitute Market Growing
The global meat substitute market is predicted to rise by 7.5 percent over the next seven years. The growth will be the expected result of rising health awareness and shifting dietary preferences in diets, according to a report from Hexa Research. Meatingplace reports The California-based market research firm said the market should reach $5.8…… MORE
Search Continues for Fresno Stabbing Suspect
(KMJ) – Fresno Police continue to search for a stabbing suspect. Officers were called to the intersection of Fremont and Third Street just after 1 p.m. Tuesday. They initially responded to a minor traffic accident. But after arriving, they found the driver of one of the vehicles had been stabbed once in the torso. He…… MORE
State Drops Violent Inmate Firefighter Proposal
(KMJ) – California corrections officials are dropping a proposal to allow prisoners with violent backgrounds to work in the state’s inmate firefighting unit. A Corrections department spokesman said Tuesday that the state still plans to expand the program to include inmates who have up to seven years left to serve on their sentences, instead of…… MORE
