UPDATE: Read Donald Trump’s full statement in response below: “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. From the time I came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States, the Radical Left Democrats – the enemy…… MORE
Senate Passes Resolution To Overturn WOTUS
The Senate passed the Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval that overturns the Biden Administration’s Waters of the United States Rule by a 53-43 vote. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.VA.), ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced the resolution in February. The administration introduced a new rule in December 2022 that…… MORE
7 California Officers Charged In Death Of Man In Custody
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the…… MORE
California May End Travel Ban To States With anti-LGBTQ Laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When North Carolina in 2016 banned transgender people from using the bathroom of their gender identity in public buildings, California retaliated by banning state-funded travel to that state and any other state with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ people. But seven years later, California now bans state-funded travel to nearly…… MORE
CDFA Flood Recovery Web Page Offers Help
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is posting on its website help for farmers and ranchers impacted by flooding. Multiple storms have caused rivers to overflow in the Central Valley and pose a risk of more high flows in the weeks ahead. The CDFA is offering a list of relief and support resources from state…… MORE
New California Gas Price Law Another Defeat For Oil Industry
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It was just a few weeks ago that California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the oil industry the second most powerful force on earth, trailing only Mother Nature in its ability to bend the elements — both physical and political — to its will. Yet on Tuesday, Newsom signed a new law…… MORE
Tulare County Launches Debris Removal Program
TULARE, CA (KMJ) – Tulare County launches debris removal programfor residents impacted by flooding. Tulare County, in partnership with CalOES and FEMA, has established a debris removal program for residents impacted by the recent March flooding events. Residents are encouraged to place any debris related to the recent flooding events curbside at the edge of…… MORE
Biden Asked to Intervene in West Coast Port Labor Talks
A large coalition of agriculture and business groups asked President Joe Biden to intervene in the west coast port labor negotiations. In a letter signed by the groups, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, they say, “It is imperative that the administration work with the parties to quickly reach a new agreement and ensure there…… MORE
Gavin’s Law Moves Forward, Passing Out of Assembly Public Safety Committee
SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – ‘Gavin’s Law passed out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday. The committee heard powerful testimony from Rita Gladding, Gavin’s mother, and Mike Osegueda, whose sister Courtney Osegueda was killed in a hit-and-run crash in February 2021 in Oakland. With the votes cast, the bill was left one vote short…… MORE
California Farmers Flood Fields To Boost Groundwater Basin
(AP) – A field that has long grown tomatoes, peppers and onions now looks like a wind-whipped ocean as farmer Don Cameron seeks to capture the runoff from a freakishly wet year in California to replenish the groundwater basin that is his only source to water his crops. Taking some tomatoes out of production for…… MORE
