Maggie T. Sutrov showered, drank treated tap water and watered her garden before she learned that she shouldn’t be using the water in her home on Maui after wildfires devastated the island. Concerned about others making the same mistake, she quickly created a flier on water contamination from guidance she’d found on the county’s website…… MORE
Brazil Now the World’s Biggest Corn Exporter
For more than 50 years, U.S. farmers were dominant in the international corn market, far and away shipping more corn than anyone else to help feed the world’s stockpiles and manufacture food. A Bloomberg article says that’s no longer the case. In the agricultural year that ended on August 31st, the U.S. gave up that…… MORE
Badge Pinning Ceremony Held For New Fresno Fire Chief
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A badge pinning ceremony was held Thursday to honor the 16th Fresno Fire Chief, Billy Alcorn. Alcorn was appointed to the position last month after serving as interim fire chief for five months. Alcorn was recruited to Fresno Fire in January of 2021 after serving as the Merced Fire Chief for…… MORE
Deadly Double Stabbing at Exeter Mobile Home Park
EXETER, CA (KMJ) – Exeter Police respond to a disturbance at a home in that city on Thursday morning that became deadly. Exeter Police got the call around 7:00 a.m. requesting medical aid after a disturbance. When officers arrived at the Rancho Exeter Mobile Home Park at 314 North Albert Avenue, they found a 72-year-old…… MORE
California Panel To Vote On Increasing Storage At Site Of Worst US Methane Leak Despite Risks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California officials are expected to vote Thursday on a proposal to increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak that sickened thousands of families and forced them from their Los Angeles homes in 2015. The proposal for the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility has sparked…… MORE
Newsom Plans To Transform San Quentin State Prison. Lawmakers And The Public Have Had Little Input
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ambitious and expensive plans for a dilapidated factory at San Quentin State Prison where inmates of one of the nation’s most notorious lockups once built furniture, and lawmakers have given him the greenlight to start with little input or oversight. He wants to spend $360 million…… MORE
‘Notorious Thief’ Wanted For Stealing Nearly $4,000 Worth Of Chlorine Products In Visalia
VISALIA, Calif. (KMJ) — A woman is now on the run after officers say she stole thousands of dollars’ worth of chlorine products in Visalia. Misty Toledo, 41, is known for stealing items from Lowe’s on S. Mooney Boulevard that police are calling her a “Notorious Thief.” Toledo is also known for stealing from Target…… MORE
Huge Pot Bust Leads To 700 Plants, Hundreds Of Pounds Of Marijuana In Merced County
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ) — Hundreds of plants and illegally processed marijuana were recovered last week in Merced County. Merced County Sheriff’s Office issued multiple search warrants that led to a discovery of 702 marijuana plants. Deputies recovered a gun, about 300 pounds of processed marijuana, nearly 40 pounds of dried marijuana and hundreds of…… MORE
Grape Growers Have New Insurance Program
The USDA is expanding crop insurance options with a new grapevine insurance program. It will provide coverage for the loss of grafted vines caused by natural perils like frost or fire. The new program will also complement the grape crop insurance program that covers the fruit growing on the vine. “We strive to offer the…… MORE
Alleged ‘Coyote’ Smuggler From New Mexico Charged with Kidnapping Migrant Family
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A New Mexico man is arraigned Wednesday, accused of kidnapping members of a migrant family and holding them hostage. The Fresno County DA’s Office charging 31-year-old Christian Guadalupe Ortiz Coronado of Los Lunas, New Mexico for the kidnapping for ransom of five victims last week in Fresno. Ortiz Coronado is accused…… MORE
