(KMJ) – The former Chief of Staff to a Fresno County Supervisor pleads guilty to violating conflict of interest laws. Thursday, the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office says Steven Rapada was sentenced for the misdemeanor violation. In October 2020, the former chief of staff to Supervisor Sal Quintero was found to have a personal financial…… MORE
1 Dead, 5 Wounded in Shooting on Greyhound Bus in Oroville California
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A 21-year-old man who was acting erratically opened fire inside a Greyhound bus in Northern California, killing a 43-year-old woman and wounding four others before he was arrested, naked, inside a Walmart after getting into a fight, authorities said. Asaahdi Coleman started shooting at passengers as they exited the Los Angeles-bound…… MORE
New Farm Market News Mobile App
The Department of Agriculture just released a new USDA Market News Mobile Application. The app provides producers and everyone else in the supply chain with instant access to current and historical market information. The initial version of the free app includes nearly 800 livestock, poultry, and grain market reports, with additional commodities added throughout the…… MORE
Thousands of Dollars in Counterfeit Goods Seized in Tulare
(KMJ) – A tip helps the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office keep hundreds of fake purses and designer clothing from hitting the Valley’s streets. Here are the details, as released by the Sheriff’s Office: Tuesday, Tulare County Sheriff’s Detectives received information from Homeland Security about a large shipment of counterfeit goods heading to Tulare County from…… MORE
Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Predicts 6 More Weeks of Winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow Wednesday to perform his Groundhog Day duties. Thousands of people from around the nation and other countries gathered at Gobbler’s Knob as members of Punxsutawney Phil’s “inner circle” summoned him from his tree stump…… MORE
US Intelligence Satellite Launched from California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office has been launched into space from California. The NROL-87 satellite lifted off at 12:27 p.m. Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon’s first stage flew back to the seaside base northwest of Los Angeles…… MORE
Ag Right To Repair Act
Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate seeks to guarantee farmers the right to repair their own equipment and end current restrictions on the repair market. The Agriculture Right to Repair Act, authored by Montana Democrat Jon Tester, is part of his effort to break up consolidation in the agriculture industry. Tester says farmers “need to…… MORE
Group Caught on Camera Ripping Off Fresno Department Store
(KMJ) – The search continues for four suspects wanted for stealing more than $2,000 in merchandise from the Kohl’s in Northwest Fresno. Investigators say on Friday, January 28th, three men and one woman got out of a gold GMC Yukon (pictured below) and walked into the store on East Alluvial near North Fresno. The four…… MORE
Ex-UCLA Employee Arrested in Colorado After 800 Page Manifesto with Video Threats of Mass Shooting, Prior Messages to “Hunt and Kill a Professor”
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A former UCLA employee is arrested in Colorado in Tuesday, after allegedly threatening UCLA. 31-year-old Mathew Christopher Harris allegedly wrote an 800 page manifesto and sent a video to the UCLA philosophy dept. The video was titled “UCLA PHILOSOPHY MASS SHOOTING” and it threatened a mass shooting on UCLA’s campus. That…… MORE
Port of Oakland To Help Ease Shipping Problems
The Department of Agriculture is partnering with the Port of Oakland to set up a new 25-acre “pop-up” site to make it easier for agricultural companies to fill empty shipping containers with commodities. Fewer containers are available for U.S. agricultural commodities, as ocean carriers have circumvented traditional marketing channels and rushed containers back, exported empty.…… MORE
