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New Effort to Boost California’s Minimum Wage

New Effort to Boost California’s Minimum Wage

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 Golden State’s largest labor union has unveiled its bid to boost the minimum wage, launching a second initiative for the 2016 ballot.…MORE

Big Oil Spends Big Money in Calif.

Big Oil Spends Big Money in Calif.

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) — Seeking to weaken a California climate change bill, oil companies spent nearly $11 million during the final weeks of the legislative session, to…MORE

CA Medical Board Rejects Requiring Doctors to Reveal Probation Status

CA Medical Board Rejects Requiring Doctors to Reveal Probation Status

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 Medical Board has turned down a request to require that all doctors placed on probation inform their patients verbally and in…MORE

Unemployed? Don’t Settle for Just Any Job

Unemployed? Don’t Settle for Just Any Job

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) — It’s better to hold out for the right job than it is to take a lower-level position, according to a new study published…MORE

Big Corn vs. Big Sugar

Big Corn vs. Big Sugar

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) — It’s a multibillion-dollar battle over sweeteners. A Los Angeles jury will look at the difference between sugar and high fructose corn syrup Tuesday.…MORE

Dead Trees Prompt Gov. Brown to Declare State of Emergency

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

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

Calif. Seeks to Combat Deforestation

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

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

Patterson Calls for Subpoena of High Speed Rail Docs

Patterson Calls for Subpoena of High Speed Rail Docs

(KMJ)   Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) and several other Republican lawmakers are lashing out against the controversial High Speed Rail Project after a damning report was published by the LA Times.  The Times report revealed confidential internal documents that estimate the cost of the first phase of the bullet train will run billions more than the…MORE