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
Yearly Archives: 2015
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
Potential Pot Discovery Goes Up in Smoke
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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
Farm Bureau Testifies to House Ag Committee on Data
A House Agriculture Committee hearing this week highlighted the concern farmers have with data privacy, according to the American Farm Bureau. Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst testified to the committee that “The big data movement and the innovative technologies and analytics it yields, could lead to at least as much change in agriculture…… MORE
Hospital CEO Avoids Domestic Violence Charges
(KMJ) The CEO of the Community Regional Medical Centers, Tim Joslin will not face domestic violence charges due to insufficient evidence, according to the Fresno Co. District Attorney’s office. According to Clovis Police, a 41-year-old woman had reported Joslin hit her on the head with an I-phone as she tried to break up with him, on August…… MORE
