The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service now has a stronger and more comprehensive effort to reduce Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products. The agency is initiating several activities to gather data and information necessary to support future action and move closer to the national target of a 25% reduction in Salmonella illnesses.…… MORE
The Entire State of California Now Under Drought Emergency
(KMJ) – The Governor’s latest California drought emergency now covers EVERY county in the Golden State. Here’s what Gavin Newsom’s office released over California’s ongoing water crisis: Following the second driest year on record and with near record low storage in California’s largest reservoirs, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation extending the drought emergency statewide…… MORE
Murder and DUI Charges Filed After Deadly Taco Truck Collision
(KMJ) A Fresno man now faces a host of charges after he allegedly drove into a crowd gathered outside a Fresno taco truck earlier this month. Here are the details of his case and charges, as released by the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office: Rolando Enrique Alvarenga-Aguilar has been charged in a felony complaint with…… MORE
13-Year-Old Student Arrested for Threatening to Shoot Up School in Tulare County
TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – A 13-year-old male student is arrested for threatening to shoot up a school in Tulare County. Just after 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to Tipton Elementary School on Evans Road in Tipton for a student threatening to shoot up the school. When Deputies arrived,…… MORE
Man Convicted of Murdering Ex-Wife in Front of Her 3 Children in Madera
MADERA, CA (KMJ) – A man is convicted of murdering his estranged wife in front of her three children. Julio Garay was arrested in July of 2020. Madera Police say that’s when he killed his 32-year-old ex-wife, Calley Jean Garay. On July 14, she was in Madera, getting into her van with her children when…… MORE
San Francisco Announces Cash Rewards to Collar Auto Burglars
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will give out cash awards of up to $100,000 for information about the ringleaders of high-level auto burglaries — in yet another push to battle crime in a city marked by attention-grabbing vehicle smash and grabs, home break-ins and retail theft. The cash rewards would come from private donors…… MORE
Fresno Man Arrested in San Diego County for Deadly Reedley Shooting
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Reedley Police say they got a call around 10:30 on July 4, 2021 about a shooting in the 1400 block of N. Columbia Ave. Oficers arrived to find 25-year-old Jcob Ecinia suffering from a gunshot wound. H was transported to Adventist Health in Reedley where he was pronounced dead. After a…… MORE
New World Ag Expo Chairman
World Ag Expo recently announced Steve Wilbur as chairman of the 2022 event. A cotton farmer, Wilbur also runs a dairy with his family, grows feed and multiple row crops. He has previously served as the International Agri-Center Board Chair, as well as being the 2014 Chairman of the California Cotton Growers Association and serving…… MORE
Fresno Narcotics Detectives Arrest Los Angeles Man Transporting Fentanyl Powder & Laced Pills
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – On October 13th, narcotics detectives with the High Impact Investigation Team arrested 47 year old Jesus Ramos. He was booked into the Fresno County Jail for multiple felony charges for Possessing drugs for sale. However, all of the charges were eligible for Fresno County’s emergency zero dollar bail order, which allowed…… MORE
Many Calif. Parents Keep Kids Home in Protest of Vax Mandate
Across California, some parents kept their children home from school and gathered Monday to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students. Flyers circulating online called for “sit outs” and “walkouts” to demonstrate against California’s first-in-the-nation mandate, which will require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to go to school in person once vaccines get…… MORE
