The Department of Agriculture is extending contract to some venders in the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. USDA is exercising the option to extend contracts for current distributors for the next performance period, July 1st through August 30th, for up to $1.16 billion of food. The decision to extend current contractors was determined…… MORE
SCOTUS Rejects President Trump’s Effort to End DACA
(KMJ) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants. Thursday the justices rejected administration arguments that the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (or DACA) is illegal and that courts have no role to play in reviewing the decision to end it. Chief Justice John…… MORE
VUSD Announces the Return of Athletics and Performing Arts
(KMJ) – The Visalia Unified School District announces the modified return of its extracurricular activities. On July 1st, VUSD says it will follow state and local health guidelines to implement the return of extracurricular programs such as athletics, visual and performing arts, and other student group activities. The District says they will begin with limited group…… MORE
Cal Walnuts Survey Results
Staying home means snacking more for Americans. Amid orders to shelter-in-place, many Americans have turned to snacking for comfort. A new survey, conducted in May in partnership with California Walnuts and Kelton Global, explores the snacking behaviors of Americans and how they’ve changed since shelter-in-place mandates were implemented. About one in two Americans, 48% confess…… MORE
Tons of Illegal Marijuana Seized in Merced County
(Photos courtesy: Merced County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – The Merced County Sheriff’s Office says its Deputies located and took down a massive marijuana cultivation and processing site. Saturday, Deputies served a search warrant on two large barns on the 5700 block of West Highway 14. There they detained 15 suspects and found thousands of pounds…… MORE
Security Guard Tackles Suspect in Attempted Fresno Bank Robbery
(Photo Courtesy: Fresno Police Department) (KMJ) – Fresno Police credit a security guard with thwarting an attempted bank robbery in Downtown Fresno. Officers say 45-year old Richard Martinez walked into the Westamerica Bank on Tulare and O Street just before 11:30 a.m.Tuesday and handed a teller a note. It stated he was armed with two…… MORE
Profits Over Safety: PG&E Blamed in Fire That Killed 85
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) – Pacific Gas & Electric confessed Tuesday to killing 84 people in a devastating Northern California wildfire. The dramatic court hearing was also punctuated by a promise from the company’s outgoing CEO that nation’s largest utility will never again put profits ahead of safety. PG&E CEO Bill Johnson appeared on the…… MORE
Dustin Prine
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office most wanted person of the week is: Dustin Prine of Fresno. An arrest warrant has been issued for a charge of domestic violence. In February, Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home for a report of domestic violence. The victim stated she had gotten into a heated verbal argument…… MORE
Evacuations Lifted as Crews Continue to Battle Coastal Avila Fire
(Photo courtesy: Cal Fire SLO) (KMJ)- All lanes of Highway 101 are open as a fast-moving wildfire continues to burn on the Central Coast. The Avila fire closed the highway and threatened dozens of homes after it began Monday. But authorities lifted evacuations after Cal Fire crews made progress against the blaze at Avila Beach.…… MORE
Accused Golden State Killer To Now Plead Guilty
(KMJ) – A man accused of being the rapist and killer who terrorized California residents in the 1970s and 1980s has agreed to plead guilty in return for being spared the death penalty. A law enforcement source and a victim’s relative says Joseph DeAngelo, suspected of being the Golden State Killer, is expected to plead…… MORE
