(KMJ) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office says the high-tech tool, SmartWater CSI, helped investigators make an arrest after a series of recent battery thefts from local farmers in the northern Visalia area. Ag Crimes Detectives and District Attorney Investigators placed SmartWater on various agricultural equipment, which glows green under U-V light. On August 26th at…… MORE
Study Claims Climate Change Will Severely Increase CA’s Wildfire Risk
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The acreage of land consumed by wildfires is set to rise by 77 percent a year, by the end of the century. That’s among the claims made in the 4th annual Climate Change Assessment, released by California state officials. Researchers believe more aggressive forest management would soften the impact of climate change…… MORE
Central Unified School District Amends Meal Policy For Students
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Central Unified School District has amended its meal policy for students. In a press release sent Monday by Sonja Dosti, the Communications and Public Relations Officer, the Child Nutrition Department of Central Unified School District says enrolled students will be served lunch and breakfast at no charge under the National School Lunch /…… MORE
Department Of Interior Could Solve The Water Crisis, Says Nunes
FRESNO (KMJ) — Congressman Devin Nunes has told KMJ efforts are now in play to bring more water to the Central Valley through a realigning of the rules. It comes after lawmakers on Capitol Hill consistently fail to make changes to the Endangered Species Act to bring in a legislative fix. “The Trump administration has…… MORE
Trump: New Trade Deal with Mexico Will Be “Special for Our Farmers”
WASHINGTON (AP/CNN) – President Donald Trump says he intends to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement and call its replacement “the United States-Mexico Trade Agreement” – a name that would exclude the third NAFTA partner, Canada. [van id=”politics/2018/08/27/trump-announces-new-trade-deal-with-mexico-sot-vpx.cnn”] Trump made the comments after announcing an “understanding” with Mexico that could lead to an overhaul of…… MORE
They Gathered for Video Game Glory. They Fled Blood and Chaos.
(CNN) – The players blissfully forgot about the problems of the real world, deeply engrossed in the virtual world of competitive gaming. Perhaps their biggest worry was whether they would win the Madden tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, and earn the chance to compete for the big prize money in Las Vegas. But just as a…… MORE
Sen. John McCain 1936-2018
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U Turn: Musk Abandons Plan to Take Tesla Private
HONG KONG (CNNMoney) – In a dramatic U-turn, Elon Musk said late Friday that he has given up on his plan to take Tesla private. The billionaire entrepreneur stunned investors earlier this month when he tweeted that he had secured funding to remove the electric-car maker from the stock market. The shock announcement sent Tesla’s…… MORE
Mendocino Mess: Verizon Removes Data Caps for First Responders
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Trump’s Feud with Sessions Escalates Again
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