SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A jury ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. to pay a combined $2.05 billion to a couple who claimed the company’s popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers. The Oakland jury on Monday delivered Monsanto’s third such loss in California since August. Alva and Alberta Pilliod claimed they used Roundup for more…… MORE
White House Hopefuls Swarm Rival’s Home Turf California
(AP) — The Democrats who want to be president are swarming California, competing for campaign cash and media attention while courting longtime allies of home-state Sen. Kamala Harris on their rival’s own turf. Former Vice President Joe Biden swooped in to Los Angeles on Wednesday to raise money and snack on tacos with Mayor Eric…… MORE
Dow Plunges -617 on U.S.-China Tarrif Spat
The Dow plunged Monday after China said it will raise tariffs in retaliation to last week’s tariff increase by the United States. China hiked tariffs on $60 billion of imports from the United States. It first imposed the tariffs last year. Worries over the escalation of the trade spat with China just aren’t going away. US stocks…… MORE
Doris Day 1922-2019
Doris Day, the box-office queen and singing star whose wholesome, all-American image belied an often-turbulent personal life, has died, her foundation announced Monday. She was 97. [vemba-video id=”van/ns-acc/2019/05/13/EN-60MO_CNNA-ST1-10000000052beb94″][vemba-video id=”van/ns-acc/2019/05/13/EN-34MO_CNNA-ST1-10000000052bcae6″] The actress passed away early Monday surrounded by a few close friends at her Carmel Valley home, according to the Doris Day Animal Foundation. She had celebrated…… MORE
Listening Sessions for Climate Smart Agriculture
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is announcing that it will conduct two public listening sessions to seek public comment on the draft Request for Proposals and application materials developed for the 2019 Climate Smart Agriculture Technical Assistance Grant Program. CDFA was authorized to administer the program under Assembly Bill Number 2377, which established…… MORE
Arrest Made Following Fatal Stabbing in Mendota
(KMJ) – The Mendota Police Department calls in the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office to investigate a weekend homicide. Officers found the body of a man at a home on the 200 Block of Holmes Street around 6 p.m. Saturday. They then requested Sheriff’s investigators to take over the case. Deputies say not long after they…… MORE
Burglary Suspect Named Lorenzo Neal Dies Shortly After Arrest
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A burglary suspect is dead, shortly after getting arrested. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Lorenzo Neal — not related to the former NFL player — was seen around a home on the 5400 block of East Balch Ave. at about 2:45 Thursday] afternoon. A neighbor and retired officer listening to…… MORE
Valley Ag Industry Might Face Lower Prices Due to China Trade War
FRESNO – Some lawmakers have expressed concern about the effect of new tariffs on agriculture, saying the president risks angering farmers, but here in the Central Valley, at least one grower is optimistic. America’s ag industry could find itself suffering from low crop prices caused in part by the trade war with china, Wayne Western…… MORE
Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula’s Father Testifies at Child Abuse Trial
FRESNO, CA (KM) – Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula’s Father Testifies at Child Abuse Trial Defense calling a series of witnesses to the stand on Friday. Nate Miller, Elizabeth Arambula’s brother first on the stand as a character witness. He’s an attorney and his two boys attend school with Arambula’s girls. Miller said his brother…… MORE
Trump Blasts Ex-FBI Director Comey After CNN Town Hall
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