Trump Declares National Emergency for Border Wall, California to Sue

[van id=”tv/2019/02/15/ip-border-wall.cnn”] Officials tasked with carrying out the nation’s border security mission are facing a trifecta of migration challenges, along the US-Mexico border, according to officials, as President Donald Trump prepares to declare a national emergency. A migrant caravan has made its way to the Texas border, more family members are being apprehended than ever…MORE

WOTUS Definition Hearings Scheduled

The Environmental Protection Agency has rescheduled public hearings on the updated Waters of the U.S. definition. Hearings were scheduled to take place during the government shutdown, but were postponed. The hearings will be held on February 27th and 28th in Kansas City, Kansas. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, have submitted the proposed rule…MORE

Newsom’s AB-73 Brings Wildfire Relief to Impacted Communities

  PARADISE, CA (KMJ) – Governor Gavin Newsom visited Paradise to help communities that were impacted by wildfires. The Governor signed Assembly Bill 73 to provide emergency funding to local governments rocked by recent deadly California wildfires.   This is the second bill Newsom is signing as the state’s new governor, to back-fill local property…MORE

Report: 2018 Worst Year for Media Since 2009

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — 2018 was the worst year since the Great Recession for media companies in the U.S. According to new figures from Challenger, Gray and Christmas, media companies planned to cut nearly 15,500 jobs. Nearly 12,000 of those were in news organizations.   Job cuts in the industry were up 281 percent from 2017.…MORE

Judge Critical of PG&E’s Wildfire Role Demands More Answers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A U.S. judge who has berated Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for its role in California wildfires is demanding more answers from the utility. In a court filing Thursday, Judge William Alsup asked PG&E if it was in compliance with a state law requiring it to clear vegetation around electric lines…MORE

Trump: “We Want That [HSR] Money Back”; Newsom: “We’re Not Giving It Back”

SACRAMENTO (KMJ) — After his announcement this week plans to scale down the High Speed Rail Project, President Donald Trump demanded on Twitter that the federal dollars being used to pay for it be returned. The original plan was to create a high-speed link from San Francisco to Los Angeles. But in his State of…MORE

Pineapple Express Smacks California with Rain, Snow, Wind & Floods

California is at the center of what’s known as a “pineapple express” that’s bringing heavy rain, snow, wind and flooding to the West Coast over the next few days. More than 30 million people are under flood or flash flood watches from California to Arizona, including in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. The…MORE