Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a pilot program to allow more cattle producers and meat processors to access better markets through USDA’s official beef quality grading and certification. The Remote Grading Pilot for Beef, developed by the AMS, matches simple technology with robust data management and program oversight to allow a USDA grader to assess…… MORE
Listen: Tulare Co. D.A. Details Effort to “Fix” Prop 47
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward joined KMJ’s Afternoon Drive on Thursday to discuss the effort to “fix” Prop 47. The initiative is called “The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act” and they are currently gathering signatures to put it on the November ballot. It is supported by many law enforcement agencies…… MORE
CEO of High Speed Rail Project Resigns
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Brian Kelly’s reign as CEO of the controversial California High Speed Rail Project is coming to an end. Kelly, who took over in 2018, handed in his official letter of resignation on Thursday. In his resignation letter addressed to CAHSR Chair Tom Richards, Kelly said the Authority was in strong position to advance…… MORE
Watch: Pro-Hamas Speakers, Fresno Councilors Square Off
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) At Thursday’s Fresno City Council meeting, things got heated when pro-Hamas speakers took to the podium and took anti-Semitic shots at Councilman Garry Bredefeld. Bredefeld, who is termed out and is running for Fresno County Supervisor, stood his ground and proclaimed that he would not be intimidated. Cue the video above to…… MORE
Central Fresno School Lifts Lockdown After Burglary Reported at Nearby Home
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Hamilton Junior High School lifted a lockdown after Fresno police responded to a burglary alarm at a nearby home on Thursday. Authorities say they received a call for a residential burglary alarm at about 10 a.m. at a home on N Harrison Avenue near Cambridge Avenue. A heavy police presence was outside…… MORE
Clovis Unified to Put Narcan in Every Single Classroom
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Every classroom in Clovis Unified School District is about to get an essential supply. Narcan, which rapidly reverses an opioid overdose, will be put in every class next week. Parents and Addicts In Need (or PAIN) is giving the district more than 2,000 boxes of the life-saving drug. “They’re going…… MORE
Senate Democrat Blasts “Weird” Plans for a New Solano County City
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. Both men agreed the idea…… MORE
Poll: Garvey’s Republican US Senate Campaign Climbing
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Steve Garvey continues to climb in the polls. The former LA Dodger and San Diego Padre great has garnered 18% of voter support, according to a new Emerson College Polling-Inside California Politics poll released Thursday. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) remains the front-runner to replace the late Senator Diane Feinstein with 25%. McClatchy…… MORE
Large Family Farms Account For Most Of Commodity Production
Large-scale family farms accounted for a majority of the value of commodity production in 2022, according to a new report from USDA’s Economic Research Service. Specifically, these farms accounted for 76% of dairy products, 65% of specialty crops, 65% of cotton, 51% of cash grains and soybeans along with 56% of hog production. On the…… MORE
EPA Clean Up At Illegal Reedley Lab To Finish Sooner Than Expected
REEDLEY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — EPA crews will spend far less time cleaning up the illegal Reedley lab than they planned for. The team arrived on Monday to begin clearing out hazardous materials and continued that work Wednesday. Moving trucks sat in front of the former illegal bio lab as teams packed them with chemicals from inside…… MORE
