SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The water that comes out of the tap for more than 900,000 Californians is unsafe to drink and the state isn’t acting fast enough to help clean it up, state auditors said in a report released Tuesday. Thousands of water systems supply the state’s 39 million people, and about 5% of…… MORE
Poultry Producers Settle Claims on Unfair Worker Treatment
Three of the biggest poultry processors in the U.S. will settle claims by the Justice Department over their alleged efforts to work together to drive down employee compensation. Reuters said Cargill, Sanderson Farms, and Wayne Farms agreed to pay a combined $84 million in restitution to workers harmed by their alleged information sharing in order…… MORE
Rare Stealth Fighter Added to Collection At Castle Air Museum
(KMJ) – One of the U.S Air Force’s once-classified fighters is now on its way to join the collection of Castle Air Museum in Atwater. A Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter is now en route to the site and is due to arrive around 8 a.m. Friday morning under escort from the Highway Patrol. This…… MORE
U.S. Cattle Inventory Down
The Cattle Report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says U.S. farms contained 98.8 million head of cattle and calves as of July 1st. Cows and heifers that have calved total 39.8 million, while there were 30.4 million beef cows in the U.S. as of July 1st, 2% lower than 2021. The number of…… MORE
76-year-old Rape Suspect Arrested In 2 Unsolved Murders
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A 76-year-old man suspected of a 2021 rape has been arrested in the killings of two women that had been unsolved for decades, authorities said. James Ray Gary, of Fairfield, was arrested last week in the 1980 killing of Latrelle Lindsay of Union City and the 1996 killing of Winifred Douglas…… MORE
2nd Prison Guard Pleads Guilty In California Inmate’s Death
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California correctional officer Arturo Pacheco was upset while escorting a prison inmate, so he yanked the inmate’s feet from under him, sending him crashing to the ground and ultimately killing him. A few months earlier, without provocation, he sprayed pepper spray at short range into the eyes of another inmate, later…… MORE
Search And Rescue Crews Pull Woman From Rainbow Falls After Medical Emergency
MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ) — A 50-year-old woman is safe tonight, thanks to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue crews. The woman called 911 after suffering a medical emergency at Rainbow Falls. The Sheriff’s Office didn’t specify what type of emergency that was. Rescue crews had to carry the woman from the trail…… MORE
Dinuba Man Accused Of Killing Woman Arrested
(KMJ) — A Dinuba man is being charged with homicide after officers found a woman shot dead Sunday. The Dinuba Police Department says just before 2:00 a.m. Sunday, they went out to North Alta Avenue, near Davis Drive, after getting reports about shots being fired. They found a woman had been shot and was lying…… MORE
Father Wanted After Losing Custody And Taking Child
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. — A father is on the run after deputies say he took his child after losing custody. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Officer is now searching for Luis Padilla. Deputies say he entered a home where the child was and took him without the knowledge of the grandmother who was watching him. Padilla…… MORE
Man Caught Red-Handed With Stolen Cat Loader In Madera
MADERA, Calif. — A man was caught red-handed with a stolen Cat Loader in Madera. Police were called to the Fresno River near Cleveland Ave and found Brent Norman with the large tool that he had stolen from a nearby job site. According to officers, Norman lied and said he was working for the construction…… MORE
