(CNN) – Hurricane Michael is poised to slam Florida’s Panhandle by Wednesday afternoon, threatening dangerous storm surges to low-lying areas ill-equipped to handle them — and officials are urging people to get out of the way now. [van id=”weather/2018/10/09/michael-threats-nhc-director-new-day-vpx.cnn”] Michael, spinning in the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 3 storm Tuesday, is expected to…… MORE
Nikki Haley Resigns as UN Ambassador
[van id=”politics/2018/10/09/nikki-haley-trump-resignation-un-ambassador-vpx.cnn”] (CNN) – US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday directly to President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with her decision. A senior State Department official said Haley told her staff this morning. A source familiar with the matter said Haley’s resignation caught national security adviser John Bolton and…… MORE
California DMV Finds Additional 1,500 People Wrongly Registered To Vote Under New System
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The California DMV finds an additional 1,500 people who were wrongly registered to vote under the new system. The Department of Motor Vehicles made the announcement on Monday that people, including non-citizens, were wrongly registered to vote between late April and late September. The errors are in addition to…… MORE
Trump Administration Plan To Privatize Postal Service Sparks Protest In 140 Cities
[Photo: File] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – US Postal Service employees spent their Columbus Day holiday protesting the Trump Administration’s proposed plan to privatize the agency. Employees gathered on Monday in 140 cities across the country from Fresno to Washington D.C. saying they want the post office to remain a part of the federal government. Workers carried…… MORE
No Injuries After Officer Shooting, But PD Feared Worse Ending
HANFORD (KMJ) — One suspect has been taken into custody and one Hanford Police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after an officer involved shooting in the city. It comes after a call on Thursday, when officers were sent to an apartment close to Highway 198 and 11th Avenue. Lieutenant Greg Freiner said…… MORE
GMO Labeling Law Still Expected This Year
The GMO Labeling law mandated by Congress will be established by the end of this year, according to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. Perdue told Organic Insider last week that despite delays, USDA will finalize the law yet this year. Congress passed a bill in 2016 that mandated the Department of Agriculture to create and implement…… MORE
Space X Rocket Launch Lights Calif. Sky
[van id=”van/batchfeed/2018/10/08/viralhog_27ee0f90-cb08-11e8-8c28-dbea5fa2483e”] (CNN) – Rocket launches are always guaranteed to make people look up to the sky in awe, but the latest SpaceX liftoff might have just raised the bar for a long time. Elon Musk’s company on Sunday successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket into the evening California sky, prompting locals to post pictures…… MORE
Tropical Storm Michael heading to US
[van id=”weather/2018/10/08/tropical-storm-hurricane-michael-monday-update-vpx.cnn”] (CNN) – Tropical Storm Michael formed near the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday, and it’s on track to wallop the United States. “The current forecast indicates the storm entering the Gulf of Mexico by Monday morning, strengthening to a hurricane by early Wednesday and likely targeting the Florida panhandle by late Wednesday,” CNN meteorologist…… MORE
Kavanaugh Confirmed, Sworn in to SCOTUS
[van id=”politics/2018/10/06/brett-kavanaugh-senate-vote-nr-vpx.cnn”] WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Senate voted to send Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, ushering in a generational conservative majority and delivering a huge victory to President Donald Trump after a vicious confirmation battle inflamed by allegations of sexual assault against the nominee. As shrieks of “shame, shame, shame” echoed from…… MORE
“Westside Shooter” Found Guilty By A Fresno Jury, Faces Life Sentence
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The man considered the “Westside Shooter” is found guilty by a Fresno jury. 42 year-old Jorge Javier Gracia of Kerman (above) was convicted on Friday, October 5, 2018 for 19 felonies for the string of shootings in November and December of last year. In a news conference in December of…… MORE
