Long-term trends in California agriculture reflect shifting production, according to USDA, which may have implications for water use during droughts. Annually harvested crops such as cotton, corn, and wheat are on a downward trend and have seen a 31-percent reduction in planted acreage in California since 2012. Similarly, rice acreage has dropped 27 percent…… MORE
Donations Still Needed for Toys for Tots
(KMJ) – Thanks to our great KMJ listeners, more than $12,000 has been raised for this year’s Toys For Tots Campaign. But the Marine Corps League of Fresno says it is still more than 5,400 toys short of this year’s goal. You can still drop off toys at Hedrick’s Chevrolet (Shaw JEO 168) or Cable…… MORE
“Food To Farm Month” Celebrated At Fresno Food Bank
(KMJ) – FRESNO, December 16TH, 2015 – The California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary was in Fresno, on Wednesday, with Karen Ross taking part in the celebration of “Farm to Food Bank Month” by visiting the Community Food Bank in Fresno. She shared a story of how a group of farmers realized how…… MORE
FUSD Will Meet With Bullard Teachers Over Safety Concerns
(KMJ) FRESNO – December 16, 2015 – Bullard High school teachers sign a petition calling for collaboration over discipline, and safety issues such as the need for higher school fences. 80 percent of the staff at Bullard High School petitioned say the school is not safe – they want to see that changed and…… MORE
Santa Claus Arrives In Style At Valley Children’s Hospital
MADERA (KMJ) — Santa Claus made a big entrance at Valley Children’s Hospital, with a police and fire department escort accompanying him. Waving from a classic open top fire truck Wednesday morning, he had a motorcycle escort from Clovis PD, Fresno PD and CHP officers, and was being followed by numerous Fresno Fire trucks. The…… MORE
Freddie Gray case: Hung jury in William Porter trial
(CNN) The family of Freddie Gray asked the public to “remain calm” Wednesday after a judge declared a mistrial in the case of Baltimore police Officer William Porter. Reading from a statement, Richard Shipley, Gray’s stepfather, said he is hopeful Porter will be retried. “We ask the public to remain calm, patient, because we are…… MORE
Catching Up with Yosemite’s “Double Rainbow Guy”
(CNN) Call him Bear. He sure looks it, bearded and burly at 360 pounds. In the five years since his video on YouTube went viral, though, the mountain man who lives by Yosemite National Park has started to go by another name: “Double rainbow guy.” “I’m the world’s authority on rainbows,” says 53-year-old Paul “Bear”…… MORE
Can You ID This Bank Robber?
(KMJ) Fresno Police are searching for a bank robber. Detectives say the suspect (pictured) held up the Wells Fargo bank at N. Cedar and Herndon Ave last Saturday evening. He’s described as a middle aged white male, standing 6’2”, weighing approximately 250lbs, with a mustache. He was last seen wearing a brown cap, reading glasses,…… MORE
Only Real Farmers Will Receive Farm Program Payments
USDA closed a loophole in farm program payments to just those who are actively engaged in farming. USDA said it has finalized a rule to ensure that farm safety-net payments are issued only to active managers of farms that operate as joint ventures or general partnerships, consistent with the direction and authority provide by…… MORE
“Redskins” Ban Could Be Challenged On November Ballot
(KMJ) – The state law banning the use of “Redskins” as mascot for public-funded schools may face a challenge on the November ballot. Gustine Mayor Dennis Brazil said it would take 365,000 signatures from registered voters to put the issue as a referendum in the upcoming election. A committee that will seek to secure the…… MORE
