University of California researchers says protecting animals that enter the human food supply should require agnostic governance of technologies that affect animal science, especially regarding genetics, nutrition and health. Meatingplace reports that the researchers say lowering animal susceptibility to infectious diseases is an important goal in light of the growing global demand for animal…… MORE
Valley Charities Taking Part In #GivingTuesday
FRESNO (KMJ) — Charities right across the valley are taking part in a national day of giving. The ‘#GivingTuesday’ campaign follows on from other day-related events we’ve had over the past week. We started with Black Friday, then onto Small Business Saturday, Sunday was just a regular Sunday, and then Cyber Monday. ‘#GivingTuesday’ is all…… MORE
Threat of El Nino Cancels UC Riverside Music Festival
(KMJ) – University of California – Riverside has decided to cancel its annual Heat music festival in March. The University claims the threat of the largest El Nino event on record will make it too difficult to plan and produce the show. The November 24th decision was an attempt to avoid losing money by planning an outdoor…… MORE
Slain Downey Police Officer Laid to Rest
(KMJ) – Hundreds have turned out for the funeral of a Southern California officer who was shot and killed in a parking lot next to his Police department’s headquarters. Mourners gathered Monday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles to remember 29-year-old Officer Ricardo Galvez. He was shot to…… MORE
Fresno Unified Asking For Community Input
Fresno Unified is seeking community input and asking residents to participate in discussions directed specifically around supporting district youth. Community members interested in collaborating and sharing ideas can attend one of nine workshops scheduled December through February 2016. Fresno Unified School District encourages parents, teachers, staff, students and administrators to attend a Local…… MORE
Do CA’s Energy Policies Unfairly Target the Valley?
Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More… Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Valley residents and businesses are covering more than their fair share of the financial burden relating to the Golden State’s aggressive greenhouse gas-reducing…… MORE
Calif. Oil & Gas Chief Steps Down
Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More… Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — After 18 months as leader of the California Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, Steven Bohlen has stepped down.…… MORE
Investigators In Merced Looking For Car In Hit And Run Fatality
MERCED (KMJ) — A man has been found dead by the side of the road in Merced. Police made the discovery just after 4pm Saturday afternoon, on Santa Fe Avenue near the intersection with Glen Avenue. Officers describe the man as Hispanic in his mid 20s and that he’d been at the side of the…… MORE
Fresno Police Chaplains Receive Coat Donations
FRESNO – (KMJ) November 30, 2015 – Fresno Police Chaplains are receiving donations of children’s coats. Members of the California State Retirees collected about 20 coats and will give them to chaplains from the Fresno Police Department at Assemblyman Jim Patterson’s office. Items like blankets, coats, school supplies and grocery gift cards will be handed…… MORE
Drought Improves In Pacific Northwest, Not California
Despite recent storms, no change was made to the intensity of drought in California or Nevada over the past week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor released November 25. The cutoff for the report each week is 7 a.m. Tuesday, so it does not include rain and snow that fell Tuesday in California and Nevada.…… MORE
