FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — California’s inmate firefighters now have a shot at becoming a professional firefighter when they get out. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB2147 into law on Friday. http:// Record breaking temperatures. Record droughts. We’re in a CLIMATE CRISIS. And what we’re experiencing in California is coming to every community — all across the United…… MORE
USDA Needs Input on Ag Innovation
To further the USDA’s work on its Agricultural Innovation Agenda, the agency is asking for public-and-private-sector input on the most innovative technologies and practices that can be readily deployed across the country. USDA is looking for ready-to-go technologies and practices that will help achieve its goal of increasing agricultural production by 40% to help…… MORE
Community Regional Medical Center’s On-Call Neurosurgical Services Will Resume
FRESNO COUNTY PRESS RELEASE: The Fresno Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency was notified Thursday morning by Community Regional Medical Centers (CRMC) administration that on-call Neurosurgical Services will resume in full operation beginning at 5:00 pm on Friday, September 11, 2020. On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, CRMC was given notice that it must have on-call…… MORE
Parole Denied for 3 Years for Tulare County Killer
Late Wednesday afternoon via video conference, TCDA prosecutors secured a 3-year parole denial for Richard Flowers, age 64. In 1994, Flowers stabbed, strangled, and robbed 78-year-old woman Mary Eloise Garcia in her Tulare home. Flowers used the money and items stolen from his victim to buy cocaine. In 1996, a jury convicted Flowers of first-degree…… MORE
Trump and Biden on Farm Issues
A new questionnaire reveals the priorities for rural America of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The American Farm Bureau Federation asked the Republican and Democratic candidates to respond with their stances on several topics directly affecting rural America. President Trump’s responses focus largely on his first-term accomplishments. He pledges a…… MORE
California Supreme Court Rules Against Immanuel Schools in Reedley
The California Supreme Court has ruled that Immanuel Schools will have to cancel on campus learning in Reedley. Immanuel is a kindergarten through 12th grade Christian school that welcomed students back to its Reedley campus in mid-August, despite Governor Newsom’s strict orders against it due to COVID-19 guidelines. At the end of August, a…… MORE
Jesus Gaxiola
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office most wanted person of the week is: Jesus Gaxiola of Caruthers. He has three separate bench warrants. Some of the charges include: Spousal abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft and burglary. Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Gaxiola in 2018, 19 and 20 for a variety of different criminal…… MORE
Cal Ag Cash Receipts Top $50 Billion
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is posting on its website that in 2019, California’s farms and ranches received more than $50 billion in cash receipts for their output. This represents a slight increase over reported cash receipts for 2018. California’s agricultural abundance includes more than 400 commodities. Over a third of the country’s…… MORE
Fresno County DA Will Not File Charges for Breaking COVID-19 Regulations
(Photo courtesy: Fresno County District Attorney’s Office) (KMJ) – The Fresno County District Attorney declines to file any criminal charges against the Fresno County business recently cited by the state for failing to comply with COVID-19 mandated regulations. In July, the state’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) cited four restaurants in Fresno County for…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff Homicide Detective Dies of COVID-19
(Photo courtesy: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office announces that a 20-year veteran with that Department has passed away after battling COVID-19. 44-year old Jose Mora died Monday, September 7th, at Community Regional Medical Center. The Sheriff’s Office says back in mid-August, Mora and other detectives traveled out of state, following up on…… MORE
