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FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) represents the area of Solano County, California where a group of billionaires have been buying up farmland for what many are calling a new utopian community. He joined KMJ's Ray Appleton to discuss the controversial and - up until now - secretive plan.

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) One of America's greatest thinkers is conflicted when it comes to Fresno County's hottest political topic - Measure E. When asked about the controversial tax proposal Wednesday by KMJ's Ray Appleton, Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institute said "I'm torn." Listen to t

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Republican Assemblyman Devon Mathis made waves within his party this week by publicly advocating covering healthcare for illegal immigrants in California. In an exclusive interview Tuesday with KMJ's Ray Appleton, Mathis, who's retiring from the legislature at year's end, defend

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Measure E is pitting two republican Assembly candidates against each other. George Radanovich and David Tangipa are both running to replace termed-out Jim Patterson for the District 8 Assembly seat. Tangipa, a political newcomer and former Bulldog football player, is votin

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) In an exclusive interview Thursday with KMJ's Ray Appleton, Major League Baseball legend Steve Garvey said he's not surprised that he's quickly climbing in the polls in the contentious race for US Senate. A new poll released this week from Politico shows Garvey trailing only R

PGE File: KMJ FRESNO, CA (KMJ) - PG&E recently approved a rate increase that will cost average customers nearly $400 more, prompting a Valley Assemblyman to fight back. January 1st, the average PGE household bill will see a 13% increase to about $32.50 a month or nearly $400 extra per year.

In a surprising revelation at a Wednesday afternoon luncheon, Mayor Jerry Dyer revealed that standup comedy is likely to return to downtown Fresno. Movie producer and Laugh Factory partner Joseph Merhi briefly discussed scouting for locations to the audience in attendance at the Grand. The event

Annual Fundraiser With Gar Bennett 50% Match Has Generated Over $4.4 Million to Help Feed Area Families in Need FRESNO, CA - September 26, 2023 - Cumulus Media announces that...

Pictured above at last Friday’s 10th annual KMJ’s Feeding Families Fund Drive is station news anchor Liz Kern (left) and station talk host Ray Appleton – with his dog Elvis (right). The Cumulus Media news/talk station helped raise $620,000 for the Central California Food Bank. In the last decade, KMJ’s Feeding Families Fund Drive has…

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer joined KMJ's Ray Appleton in studio on Wednesday for an in-depth, wide ranging interview. They discussed everything from law enforcement to crime to urban sprawl to the controversial needle exchange program and much more. Click the link below to listen. https://www