USDA’s 2020 Land Values report says the average value of cropland, including all land and buildings on farms, was $3,160 per acre in 2020. That’s unchanged from 2019’s record high. The average value for pastureland was $1,400 an acre this year, unchanged from 2019. Cash rental rates for cropland averaged $139 per acre in…… MORE
FUSD Board Extends Censure of Trustee Terry Slatic
(KMJ) – The Fresno Unified School Board votes to extend the censure of Trustee Terry Slatic. The board took that action Wednesday Night, voting 6-0, to extend punishments against him as they were due to end. The censure was put in place against Slatic following several incidents at Bullard High School. This extension continues to prevents…… MORE
Divers Recover Body of Lake Kaweah Drowning Victim
(KMJ) – Tulare County Sheriff Rescue Divers have located the body of man in the waters of Lake Kaweah. Deputies were told 35-year-old Joshua Leever of Springville was swimming around Noon Wednesday without a life jacket when he went under and did not come back up. Divers then found his body several hours later. But Deputies do…… MORE
Missing Fresno Teen Found Safe
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — UPDATE: A 15-year-old girl who had been missing since Saturday has been found safe. The family wishes to thank everyone for helping to spread the word and get her back home. Yesenia Torres’ family says she was last seen Saturday morning in Fresno and they were afraid she may be in…… MORE
Person Found Shot to Death in Southeast Fresno
FRESNO, Calif (KMJ) – Police were called to investigate a shooting in southeast Fresno on Tuesday morning. It happened around 6:00 a.m. at E Tyler Ave. at N 9th St., near Cedar and Olive Avenues. When they got there they found one person dead near a homeless encampment but it’s unknown if this person was…… MORE
Teenage Fresno Girl Missing
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A 15-year-old girl has not been seen since Saturday. Yesenia Torres’ family says she was last seen Saturday morning in Fresno and they are afraid she may be in danger. Fresno police have been notified. If you know where Yesenia is or think you have seen her, you’re asked to call…… MORE
Newsom Announces $81M Grant for COVID Efforts, Says “No Money in Piggy Bank” for Trump Plan
Gavin Newsom said California could not afford to pay its share of President Donald Trump’s new expansion of unemployment benefits. According to President Trump’s Executive Order on Saturday, the order would provide $400 per week in additional assistance to Americans who are unemployed, $300 of which would come from the federal government. The remaining…… MORE
CA’s Director of Public Health Abruptly Resigns
(KMJ) – California’s Department of Public Health Director and State Health Officer, Dr. Sonia Angell, announces her resignation effective immediately. In an email to her staff Sunday night, she did not give a reason for her resignation. But Angell’s departure comes a week after a glitch was discovered in the state’s data system caused an under-reporting…… MORE
Ballot Boxing — 8.8.2020 — Jim Costa, Kalish Morrow & Marna Davis
Guests on Ballot Boxing with Aaron Abeytia this weekend are political Congressman Jim Costa, Hanford City Council candidate Kalish Morrow, and U.S. Census Bureau spokeswoman Marna Davis. … MORE
34 Men Arrested in “Operation Covid-19 Chat Down” Online Child Sex Sting
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 34 Central Valley men who detectives say tried to solicit sex from children. “Operation COVID Chat Down” was a multi-agency effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that spanned between July 20th and August 2nd. FCSO says COVID-19 has pushed more kids to…… MORE
