Rabobank says hog prices are sharply higher in many markets worldwide as processors are scrambling to find adequate supplies. Higher disease losses in key growing regions, along with the lagging impact of industry liquidation brought on by COVID-19, have limited available hog supplies. “African Swine Fever has proven harder to manage than initially expected…… MORE
Liquor Sales Halted at Fresno Store Following Fatal DUI Crash
(KMJ) – The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) posts a Notice of Suspension at a Central Fresno convenience store for selling alcohol to a teen who then caused a fatal, DUI crash. State officials say the Quick-N-Shop Liquor West Shields at West is immediately prohibited from selling alcohol until its suspension concludes on May 31,…… MORE
Calif. Attorney General Pledges Focus on Hate Crimes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s new attorney general is promising an increased focus on hate crimes. Rob Bonta says there is “a state of crisis” because of increases in attacks on Asian Americans since the coronavirus entered the U.S. after originating in China. On Tuesday, he announced a new Racial Justice Bureau within his California…… MORE
Gov. Newsom Announces Historic $12B Package to Confront Homelessness Crisis
RELEASE: SACRAMENTO— Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled the second challenge his $100 billion California Comeback Plan will confront – homelessness. Governor Newsom’s $12 billion plan to tackle the issue of homelessness will be the largest investment of its kind in California history. This investment will provide 65,000 people with housing placements, more than 300,000…… MORE
Lam Vu
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office most wanted person of the week is: Lam Vu of Squaw Valley. A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Lam Vu was driving when he saw his girlfriend’s car pulled over. He noticed a man in the car with her. Vu…… MORE
Newsom Proposes $600 for Most Californians as Recall Heats Up
California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, facing a Republican-led recall, said Monday he wants to return the state’s enormous $75.7 budget surplus to the pockets of taxpayers via an expanded stimulus check program he says would benefit two out of every three residents. The $12 billion proposal would amount to the largest year-over-year rebate that’s ever been…… MORE
Cal Farm Bureau Reacts to Newsom’s Declaration
According to a California Farm Bureau news release, actions in a widened drought emergency order issued by Governor Gavin Newsom will provide some short-term benefit through voluntary water transfers and exchanges in parts of drought-stricken California. The California Farm Bureau also says, while the organization expressed concern about emergency powers granted to the state water…… MORE
Newsom Proposes Tax Rebate as Virus Relief
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Millions of Californians would get tax rebates of up to $1,100 under a proposal unveiled by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. He’s branding it as part of the state’s response to the pandemic. Individuals and households making between $30,000 and $75,000 annually would get a $600 payment under Newsom’s plan announced Monday.…… MORE
Gov. Newsom Adds Central Valley to Drought Emergency Proclamation
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today (Monday) significantly expanded his April 21 drought emergency proclamation to include Klamath River, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Tulare Lake Watershed counties where accelerated action is needed to protect public health, safety and the environment. In total, 41 counties are now under a drought state of emergency, representing 30…… MORE
California Leaving: State Population Declines for First Time
California’s population fell by more than 182,000 last year, the first yearly loss ever recorded for the nation’s most populous state, a growth streak that dated to its founding in 1850 on the heels of a gold rush that prompted a flood of people to seek their fortune in the West. The figures released Friday…… MORE
