Ray Appleton

April 3, 2024  Hour 1:  Congress granted $380 million in border security funding to Middle Eastern countries. Similar funding has been included in other spending packages in recent years. Comedian Adam Carolla joins the show to discuss his upcoming show at the Tower Theater on April 12th.   As the minimum wage for fast food workers rose to $20 an hour in California, Mod Pizza has shut down 27 restaurants across the U.S.  The Ray Appleton Show   Weekdays 11-2PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow on facebook/  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 2, 2024  Hour 3:  Residents are up in arms about a plan to shelter hundreds of migrants inside a former Boston-area veterans' shelter. Scientists in South Korea have announced a new world record for the length of time they sustained temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius — seven times hotter than the sun’s core. “Sully” Sullenberger, the heroic Captain of the “Miracle on the Hudson” flight made a few remarks about Boeing saying “What is happening is gobbstopping. It leaves no flyer feeling safe.”  The Ray Appleton Show   Weekdays 11-2PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow on facebook/  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 2, 2024  Hour 2:  Hundreds of thousands of fast-food workers will benefit from the pay raise, but many franchise owners say the increase will strain their businesses, forcing them raise prices and lay off some workers. A federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday rejected Hunter Biden’s request to dismiss tax charges accusing the president’s son of a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes. Former President Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case, preventing the state from seizing his assets while he appeals.  The Ray Appleton Show   Weekdays 11-2PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow on facebook/  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 2, 2024  Hour 1:  The federal Bureau of Prisons proposed a rule change that makes accessing, using, or maintaining social media accounts by prisoners a high-severity-level prohibited act. Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse.  The Ray Appleton Show   Weekdays 11-2PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow on facebook/  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 1, 2024  Hour 3:  The former head of U.S. Central Command warned Sunday that the Islamic terror group ISIS has a "strong desire" to attack the U.S. and other foreign powers, a threat he suspects is growing. The entire High Speed Rail system was projected to cost $40 billion, and was supposed to be done four years ago. Now, it's going to cost about $130 billion for the LA to SF part alone, leaving Californians questioning “What happened to the rest?”   The Ray Appleton Show   Weekdays 11-2PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow on facebook/  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 1, 2024  Hour 2:  Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul abruptly left the wake of slain hero New York Police Department officer Jonathan Diller Friday after she was confronted by a mourner and the officer’s widow. State Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday he is sending hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras to be installed across the city and surrounding freeways to battle rising crime. U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler boasted that she had “secured wins for California,” and cited as one of her achievements $1.3 billion for the federal fund to help crime victims.  The Ray Appleton Show   Weekdays 11-2PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow on facebook/  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 1, 2024  Hour 1:  The Biden administration banned children from submitting Easter eggs with religious themes for its 2024 “Celebrating National Guard Families” art contest.  The Ray Appleton Show   Weekdays 11-2PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow on facebook/  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 29, 2024   Hour 1:  Katy Grimes, Editor of the California Globe joins Ray to discuss her article titled Gavin Newsom: How To Destroy California In Less Than Ten Years.   The Ray Appleton Show   Weekdays 11-2PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow on facebook/  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Hilton joins the program talking housing and how California has the lowest rate of home ownership in the country with only 18% of residents being homeowners, Gavin Newsom’s latest recall petition and we dive into why California is trying so hard to clear criminal records.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garry Bredefeld & Fresno Co. DA Lisa Smittcamp join Ray Appleton to battle over the controversial Valley Children’s CEO's $5 million + salary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp & Mayor Jerry Dyer  Join The Show To Discuss Prop 47 With Ray AppletonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the coming months, certain states will experience a rare natural event that hasn't occurred in over 200 years: The emergence of two separate broods of cicadas, Tyson Foods cuts jobs to replace with immigrants, Trump comments on Jews draws outrage.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Queens woman who has been fighting to remove alleged squatters from her late parents' home was taken into custody and charged with unlawful eviction and Although election day was more than two weeks ago, it took until late Wednsday for enough votes to be counted to call the race in favor of Proposition 1 by a margin of 50.2% to 49.8%. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Cuban defends Trump after Dem lawmaker accused him of being too broke to pay $464M judgment, The latest annual World Happiness Report sees the U.S. tumbling down eight spots to 23rd – an all-time low ranking and Ray reviews the Press Conference about Executive wages at Valley Children's Hospital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two Fresno City Council members are drawing attention to what they call an "astonishingly excessive" salary for the CEO of Valley Children's Healthcare. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shark Tank Investor Kevin O’Leary forbids couples from doing this one thing, a federal judge rules Illegal immigrants can possess guns under Second Amendment, and Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee issued a certificate of immediate review, allowing Trump and eight co-defendants to seek an appeal of the order. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a group opposing the Proposition 1 ballot measure are both urging voters whose ballots may have been rejected to fix their signatures in the too-close-to-call race. The $6.4 billion bond measure would finance housing and treatment for homeless people with mental illness or addiction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former President Trump is suing TV journalist George Stephanopoulos and ABC News for defamation for saying he raped advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a group opposing the Proposition 1 ballot measure are both urging voters whose ballots may have been rejected to fix their signatures in the too-close-to-call race. The $6.4 billion bond measure would finance housing and treatment for homeless people with mental illness or addiction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, and Margaret Thatcher have been named as ‘contemporary villains’ in an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Two former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were part of a self-styled “Goon Squad” that tortured, sexually assaulted and beat residents of a Mississippi county were given hefty prison sentences for brutally attacking two Black men last year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Geologists at the University of Washington said earthquakes off the coast of Washington could lead to the Juan de Ruca Ridge erupting within a few weeks. Draya Michele, 39, says she’s received criticism after announcing she's expecting a child with 22-year-old Houston Rockets shooting guard, & Fresno native, Jalen Green. Blake & Clint dive into the topic of dating someone above your age.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.