The Department of Agriculture is now including shelled almonds and fresh sweet cherries to the trade relief package. The relief package provides growers with funding through the Market Facilitation Program to help offset harm producers are facing by the administration’s trade agenda. Producers of shelled almonds and fresh sweet cherries may apply for payments…… MORE
Report: Calif. Among Least Teacher-Friendly States
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — California is among the least teacher-friendly states in the nation, according to a new WalletHub report. The state ranks 31st overall. When it comes to the student-teacher ratio, California comes in dead last. It also gets low scores for the average starting salary, income growth potential, the quality of the public school…… MORE
Visalia Campaign Office of Congressional Candidate Andrew Janz Vandalized
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Visalia campaign office of Congressional Candidate Andrew Janz was vandalized on Monday. The property owners discovered multiple windows on the north side of the building on Mooney just North of Tulare Street had been vandalized. Windows at Andrew Janz’s office and a chiropractic office, next door were broken. Visalia…… MORE
Memorial Held For Clovis Unified’s “Unique” Gavin Gladding
FRESNO (KMJ) — Family and friends of Clovis Unified educator Gavin Gladding have said goodbye to the 43 year old father of two who was killed in a fatal hit and run just over a week ago. Hundreds of mourners gathered inside People’s Church in Northeast Fresno Monday morning, as they gathered to say a…… MORE
Trump to Meet Rosenstein Thursday Amid Drama
[van id=”politics/2018/09/24/rod-rosenstein-latest-trump-geraldo-acosta-bts-wolf-vpx.cnn”] (CNN) – The expected departure of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is a massive moment in the ongoing Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and will spawn a series of equally large reverberations in political Washington. Rosenstein’s expected departure comes just 72 hours after The New York Times reported…… MORE
Bill Cosby faces up to 30 years for assault
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U.S. Close to Mexico Only Trade Deal
White House Economic Trade Adviser Kevin Hassett says the U.S. is getting very close to having to move forward on its trade deal with Mexico without Canada under NAFTA. The deadline to publish the text of an agreement to update the North American Free Trade Agreement is October first. As the deadline approaches, Hassett…… MORE
40th Annual Central California Koi Show Taking Place In Fig Garden Village
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Pretty fish to see at the 40th Annual Central California Koi Show. The event is taking place in Fresno’s Fig Garden Village on Palm and Shaw. Rosemary Tran (above) is the President of the Central California Koi Society and explains the allure of the aquatic pets. “It’s a…… MORE
2 Teenage Girls from Tulare Get Sick From Marijuana, Another Teen in Custody for Giving it to Them
[Photo: File] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Two teenage girls from Tulare get sick from marijuana, another teen is in custody for allegedly giving it to them. Around 7:30 Friday morning, Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a school bus stop in front of Goshen Elementary School, where EMS and school staff were with…… MORE
Controversial Wildfire Bill Signed Into Law
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A controversial $1 billion piece of wildfire legislation has been signed into law. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 901, which increases the state’s forest management activities, and updates requirements for maintenance, as well as operation of utility infrastructure. The measure authorizes a financing mechanism, so that utilities can spread out…… MORE
