A program to prevent impaired driving and reduce alcohol and drug-impaired traffic fatalities and injuries Is getting funding through the Fresno County DA’s Office. In 2013 there were 36 deaths and 273 serious injuries as a result of DUI crashes in the County. The $717,150 grant to the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office will…… MORE
7 Years For Man Who Contributed To Biola Farmer’s Murder
Fabian Mansanalez – a man who contributed to the murder of a Biola farmer – has been sentenced. Raisin farmer George Salwasser Junior was shot back in may of 2014, when he found people trying to take the tires off of a stolen pick-up truck. Now, the auto thief will spend the next seven years…… MORE
3 Held in Kern County Murder, Body Found
(KMJ) Kern County homicide detectives say they’ve found the body 50 year old Carl Woolwine at a ski resort near Lake Isabella. Three suspects have been arrested. Jail records show Bobbie Rhynes, Joan Noble and Thomas Ertz have been booked on suspicion of murder. The Woolwine family made headlines earlier this year when their teenage…… MORE
Meat Substitute Market Growing
The global meat substitute market is predicted to rise by 7.5 percent over the next seven years. The growth will be the expected result of rising health awareness and shifting dietary preferences in diets, according to a report from Hexa Research. Meatingplace reports The California-based market research firm said the market should reach $5.8…… MORE
Search Continues for Fresno Stabbing Suspect
(KMJ) – Fresno Police continue to search for a stabbing suspect. Officers were called to the intersection of Fremont and Third Street just after 1 p.m. Tuesday. They initially responded to a minor traffic accident. But after arriving, they found the driver of one of the vehicles had been stabbed once in the torso. He…… MORE
State Drops Violent Inmate Firefighter Proposal
(KMJ) – California corrections officials are dropping a proposal to allow prisoners with violent backgrounds to work in the state’s inmate firefighting unit. A Corrections department spokesman said Tuesday that the state still plans to expand the program to include inmates who have up to seven years left to serve on their sentences, instead of…… MORE
Threat of Toxic Fumes from Dos Palos Fire
(KMJ) – Fresno County Fire Fighters warned of possible toxic fumes in the skies over Dos Palos as a large fire burned at the Pacific Coast Recycling Center. The massive blaze was first reported around 5:30 Tuesday afternoon at its location on Almond Street. Fire crews say flames shot up to 20-feet in the air…… MORE
FUSD School Board Holds Closed-Door Meeting
(KMJ) – The Fresno Unified School Board held an urgent, closed-session meeting Tuesday night. The agenda for the School Board’s meeting included only one item – consider three cases of potential litigation. The Board discussed hiring an attorney to represent Superintendent Michael Hanson, Chief Financial Officer Ruthie Quinto, and Chief Operations officer Karin Temple. The…… MORE
Trump Thrives as Dems Debate in Vegas
CNN Julian Zelizer: Dems’ startling contrast with GOP debate The contrast between the Democratic debate in Las Vegas and the first two times the Republican candidates met was striking. Those debates frequently looked like a political version of reality television. Donald Trump thrived in large part because of the overall quality of the discussions. “Unless…… MORE
Ex-Laker Lamar Odom Found Unconscious in Brothel
By Faith Karimi and Steve Almasy CNN Former NBA star Lamar Odom, who won two championships and later married reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, is hospitalized after he was found unconscious at a brothel in Nevada. Odom was found unresponsive at the Love Ranch in Crystal on Tuesday, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said. “He…… MORE
