U.S. Says Canada Not Making Needed NAFTA Concessions

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer charges Canada is not making needed concessions to strike a deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement. As the U.S. ideal deadline will pass this weekend, the U.S. is gearing up to move forward with a Mexico-only agreement. Lighthizer says there was “some distance” between the two sides on…MORE

Central Valley Gets Share Of $200 Million CARB Money For Clean Freight Transportation

  [File] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Eleven projects will receive $150 million from California Climate Investments –…MORE

Jeff Still

Jeff Allen Still of Fresno.  A judge has issued a bench warrant for failing to appear in court on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.  One afternoon, a man was doing yard work on a piece of property near Clayton and Peach Avenues, when Jeff Still confronted him.  The two got into an…MORE

USDA Welcomes Rehearing on Chlorpyrifos

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue praised a Department of Justice decision to request a rehearing of a pesticide case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The DOJ has asked for a rehearing in a case in which the court directed the Environmental Protection Agency to ban chlorpyrifos, a common pesticide, within 60 days. In his…MORE

CHP: Gladding Suspect Visited Teen Drinking Spot Before Fatal Crash

FRESNO (KMJ) — The California Highway Patrol has confirmed that the suspect in the Gavin Gladding hit and run visited an area known for underage drinking shortly before the fatal crash in Northeast Fresno. Investigators have established that Rogelio Alvarez-Maravilla was on Sky Harbour Road, near Millerton Lake and Table Mountain Casino, in the hours…MORE

Arrest Made in Fresno Double Murder

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — An arrest was announced Tuesday in connection with a Fresno double murder. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says 58-year-old Alan DuPras is facing felony charges, relating to the deaths of his 55-year-old ex-wife Jennifer Dupras, and 88-year-old former mother-in-law Cynthia Houk. The two victims were shot to death last December, near Colonial…MORE