U.S. beef exports set new records in August with export value topping $750 million for the first time. The U.S. Meat Export Federation says August pork exports were fairly steady with last year’s volume, but retaliatory duties in key markets continued to pressure pork export value. August beef exports totaled 119,800 metric tons, up…… MORE
3 Alarm Blaze Displaces 5 Adults, 2 Children at Fresno Triplex – 50 Firefighters Respond
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Fire was stretched thin while responding to a 3-alarm apartment fire on Tuesday in Northeast Fresno. The 2-alarm fire turned into 3-alarms, and 50 firefighters — half of the Fresno Fire Department — were assigned to put out the blaze. The fire was visible for miles, all the way to…… MORE
“Economic Prosperity” Promised As Fresno City College Gets $1m Check
FRESNO (KMJ) — A total of $1 million in state money has been handed over to Fresno City College to help enhance the facility’s Career and Technical Education program. The giant check was awarded Tuesday morning and is designed to train up to 100 more CTE students every year. The funds will be used to…… MORE
Michael a ‘Monstrous Storm’
(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
