(KMJ) – The 13th Annual Holiday Heroes Blood Drive is underway in Clovis. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Central California Blood Center to help donors give the gift of life. The blood drive runs from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. every day at the Clovis Rodeo Hall, located at 748 Rodeo…… MORE
Serial Robber Wanted in Tulare County
Tulare County Sheriffs deputies are on the hunt for a serial robber. Caleb Jones, 28, of Visalia failed to appear in court after a recent arrest for an armed hold-up of a smoke shop in Ivanhoe. Investigators say he targeted the shop at least twice. Jones is believed to be involved in several other robberies…… MORE
Skyrocketing Fertilizer Prices
Fertilizer prices continue to skyrocket, as much as 300% in some areas, as farmers grapple with increased costs as they prepare for the 2022 growing season. The American Farm Bureau Federation’s latest Market Intel examines the short and long-term factors impacting fertilizer supply and demand. Farm Bureau economists found several elements are contributing to record-high…… MORE
California Issues New Mask Mandate
It’s time to dust off your old facemask. After a sharp increase of coronavirus cases in recent weeks, the state of California is imposing a statewide mask mandate for indoor public spaces starting Wednesday. The order lasts through January 15, 2022. MORE: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is bringing back a statewide indoor mask mandate.…… MORE
California proposes reducing incentives for rooftop solar
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Monday proposed reducing the discounts people who install home solar panels and storage systems get on their energy bills, meaning it will take more time — a decade — to recoup the costs of installation. California’s wildly successful 26-year-old program to get more people to put solar panels…… MORE
Controlling Salmonella in Poultry Processing
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection service seeks proposals from poultry processors for pilot projects that will test different control strategies for Salmonella contamination. FSIS says participating processors will experiment with new or existing pathogen control and measurement strategies and share data collected during the pilots with FSIS. The data will be analyzed to determine whether…… MORE
Alleged Drive-By Shooter Arrested in the South Valley
(KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office arrests a man for allegedly committing multiple drive-by shootings near the city of Tulare. Here are the details, as released by the Sheriff’s Office: Around 6 p.m. Sunday, Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the area of Road 56 and Ave 256 in Tulare for someone shooting…… MORE
Legendary Mexican Singer Vincente Fernandez Dies at 81
Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez, 81, passed away on Sunday at a hospital in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, according to a post published on his official Instagram account. The ranchera star was in poor health after a fall in August that forced him to have surgery. Locally known as El Rey, the king of Mexican music, Fernandez recorded…… MORE
Newsom to use legal tactics of Texas abortion ban to implement gun control
California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed his “outrage” Saturday at a Supreme Court decision to allow the Texas six-week abortion ban to remain in effect and said he would use similar legal tactics to tackle gun control in his state. “I am outraged by yesterday’s US Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’s ban on most abortion services to remain…… MORE
FCSO: Fresno Woman’s Disappearance “Suspicious”
Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office are searching for 30 year oldMissy Hernandez, a.k.a. Missy Perez. She was last seen in the Fresno area onTuesday, December 7th, 2021. She used to live in the Los Angeles area and isknown to travel back and forth there from Fresno. Her disappearance isconsidered to be suspicious. She…… MORE
