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
North Valley Firefighter Gunned Down While Battling Early Morning Blaze
(KMJ) – Valley police and fire departments continue to share their condolences after a Stockton Fire Captain is shot and killed while battling a blaze early Monday morning. Here is the statement Stockton Fire Chief Richard Edwards shared on the department’s Facebook page: “This morning at approximately 4:45 a.m. the Stockton Fire Department’s Emergency Communications…… MORE
Newsom moves to dismantle dormant death row
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on executions, now is moving to dismantle the United States’ largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons within two years. The goal is to turn the section at San Quentin State Prison into a “positive, healing environment.” Newsom said Monday…… MORE
Universal health care bill fails in California Assembly
California Democrats on Monday failed to gather enough support to advance a government-funded universal health care system, succumbing to intense pressure from business groups and the insurance industry in an election year. The bill had to pass by midnight on Monday to have a chance at becoming law this year. But it never came up…… MORE
Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Will Not Seek New Term
(KMJ) – Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Jim Yovino confirms he will not seek a third term in office. Here are the details as released by the FCSS: Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Jim Yovino, who assumed office in 2013, has announced he will not seek a third term in office. He will continue to…… MORE
South Valley Shooting Leaves Two Dead and Three Wounded
(KMJ) – Tulare County homicide detectives continue to work to piece together the details of a Thursday afternoon shooting in Ducor that killed two and wounded three others Here are the details, as released by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office: Around 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Tulare County Sherrfi’s Deputies were called to the Ducor Shell Gas…… MORE
