The Center for Food Safety filed a legal appeal against the USDA in response to its genetically engineered labeling rules. The organization says those rules do not mandate clear on-package food labeling and allow unlabeled hidden GMOs to proliferate in the U.S. food marketplace. The CFS was victorious in a 2022 district court ruling in…… MORE
Fresno Mother Arrested for Helping 16-Year-Old Son Flee After Bus Stop Crash
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – More details coming out on Thursday about a crash at a FAX bus stop on Wednesday that injured 11 students in Fresno. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says Yesenia Renteria, the mother of the 16-year-old driver allegedly behind the wheel, was arrested and had posted bail. Fresno Police say it all…… MORE
Mother, Children Struck By Car Near Fresno Elementary School
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A mother and her children are hospitalized after being hit Thursday morning by a car in Central Fresno. Fresno Police say it happened just before 7:30 a.m. near Birney Elementary School. Officers say the mother and her four kids were in the crosswalk, when a 70-year-old woman in a Volkswagen Beetle…… MORE
A Popular Climbing Area In Yosemite National Park Has Been Closed Due To A Crack In A Granite Cliff
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A popular rock climbing area in Yosemite National Park has been closed because of a crack that has developed in a massive granite cliff. Climbers recently reported the new crack on the western side of the Royal Arches formation near a climbing route called Super Slide, according to the…… MORE
Felony Convictions Vacated For 4 Former Navy Officers In Sprawling ‘Fat Leonard’ Bribery Scandal
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The felony convictions of four former Navy officers in one of the worst bribery cases in the maritime branch’s history were vacated Wednesday following allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, the latest setback to the government’s yearslong efforts in going after dozens of military officials tied to a defense contractor nicknamed Fat Leonard.…… MORE
Farm Bureau Testifies at FMMO Hearing
American Farm Bureau Federation Chief Economist Roger Cryan testified at the ongoing Federal Milk Marketing Order Pricing Formula hearing. Farm Bureau membership includes cooperatives and independent dairy farmers, most of whom are directly or indirectly affected by the pricing provisions in the FMMOs. Farm Bureau’s testimony focused on the reduction or elimination of negative producer…… MORE
Former Fresno State QB Jake Haener Suspended For Performance Enhancing Substances
(KMJ) – Jake Haener of the New Orleans Saints has been suspended without pay for the first six games of the 2023 regular season for violating the NFL Policy on Performance-Enhancing Substances. Haener will be eligible to return to the Saints’ active roster on Monday, Oct. 16, following the team’s Week 6 game at Houston.…… MORE
Unhoused Woman Charged With Murder, Arson in Death of Homeless Man in Culvert
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno police have arrested a woman from the unhoused community in connection to fire that killed homeless man, six months ago. 59-year-old Eric Bennett died in the fire on April 24th. On that day, Fresno Fire got a 911 call of a fire near the railroad tracks by Norwich Avenue and…… MORE
Google Reaches Tentative Settlement With 36 States And DC Over Alleged App Store Monopoly
Thirty-six states and the District of Colombia have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of app distribution for the software that runs most of the world’s cellphones. The agreement, cited in a court filing late Tuesday by both sides, is…… MORE
Lawyers Claim Cable TV And Phone Companies Also Responsible In Maui Fires
HONOLULU (AP) — After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the investigation of last month’s devastating fires on Maui, lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners told a court Tuesday that cable TV and telephone companies share responsibility for the…… MORE
