FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A mutilated animal, and broken glass was left as a Downtown Fresno church is struck by vandals on Halloween. On Thursday, staff at the Cornerstone Church were readying for the night, when thousands of trunk or treaters were expected. Pastor Jim Franklin says around 2:00 p.m., they found the glass…… MORE
Retired Merced Police Officer Arrested for Embezzlement
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A retired Merced Police Officer is arrested for Embezzlement. Joseph Deliman was arrested Tuesday following a year long investigation by the California Department of Justice. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says Deliman allegedly embezzled more than $80,000 from the Merced Police Officers’ Association over a three-year period. Deliman was the union…… MORE
Dog Found Tied-Up & Abandoned at Home in Poplar
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A dog is found tied-up & abandoned at a home in Poplar. Just before 7:00 on October 30, Deputies from the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office’s Porterville Substation were dispatched to the 18,000 Block of Avenue 152, on a report of animal cruelty. Deputies found a 6 month old black Labrador-mix,…… MORE
Brutal Month for Tech Stocks
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70% of Farmland to Change Hands in Next 20 Years
Farmers National Company says the transfers will occur by sale, will, trust beneficiary or gifts, according to the company. For farm and ranch operations, land is by far the most significant asset in this transfer of wealth. Over the next five years, ten percent of the 911 million acres of agricultural land in the…… MORE
Fresno PD Recognizes Officers For Accomplishments and Acts of Heroism
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno Police Department hold it’s Annual Major Commendation Ceremony, recognizing officers for their accomplishments and acts of heroism. Officers and their families packed Council Chambers Tuesday, as Police Chief Jerry Dyer spoke of the difficulty of their work responding to 3000 calls a day. 35 officers are being awarded for…… MORE
Moratorium On Excessive Water Fines Proposed By Fresno City Council Members & Mayor
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno’s Mayor and Council Members Steve Brandau and Garry Bredefeld have announced a proposed moratorium on excessive water fines. The resolution is a result of significant public confusion and concern over the City’s new watering violation policy, which was approved by City Council on October 19, 2017 but was not…… MORE
Pres. Trump Wants to End Birthright Citizenship
[van id=”politics/2018/10/30/trump-terminate-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-newday-vpx.cnn”] WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Donald Trump offered a dramatic, if legally dubious, promise in a new interview to unilaterally end birthright citizenship, ratcheting up his hardline immigration rhetoric with a week to go before critical midterm elections. Trump’s vow to end the right to citizenship for the children of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants…… MORE
Officers Beauty And The Beast Go On Halloween Patrol In Visalia
VISALIA (KMJ) — Visalia Police has used the power of fairy tales to highlight Halloween safety this year. In a post on the department’s YouTube page, a pair of officers go out on patrol dressed as Beauty and the Beast. In the video, Beast is reminded by Beauty to be safe. That includes looking both…… MORE
EPA Exempting Livestock Emissions Reporting
A rule by the Environmental Protection Agency exempts livestock producers from reporting emissions from their farms to state and local authorities. The move, supported by the livestock industry, won the applause of the National Pork Producers Council. NPPC President Jim Heimerl called the rule the final piece in the implementation of the FARM Act,…… MORE
