FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A Tulare County jury Wednesday returned guilty verdicts against Charles Higgins for rape and child molestation. The 45 year old raped a 14 year old girl and committed other crimes against the child in the Spring of 2019, the jury found. Higgins faces over 17 years in state prison and sex offender…… MORE
Scientists Call for New COVID-19 Origins Probe – With or Without China
A joint China-World Health Organization (WHO) study into COVID-19 has provided no credible answers about how the pandemic began, and more rigorous investigations are required – with or without Beijing’s involvement, a group of international scientists and researchers said on Wednesday. The joint study, released last week, said the likeliest transmission route for SARS-CoV-2, the…… MORE
Online Scammers Selling Fake Vaccine Passports
For as little as $20, you can get a COVID-19 vaccine card online. Scammers abound on the Internet offering look-alike three-by-four-inch cards that are falsified copies of the official vaccine cards issued by the Centers for Disease Control to those who are legally inoculated. According to The New York Times, these forgeries are plentiful on…… MORE
Ag Innovation Challenge Now Open
The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, has opened online applications for the 2022 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. The national business competition showcases U.S. startup companies that are providing solutions to challenges faced by America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities. Farm Bureau will award $165,000 in startup funds provided by…… MORE
Magnitude 3.7 Quake Recorded Wednesday Near Mendota, CA
FRESNO COUNTY, CA (KMJ) — The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.7 magnitude quake hit west of Mendota Wednesday afternoon. The USGS says the quake hit around 1:18 p.m. and was centered about 16 miles south of Dos Palos and 18 miles west of Mendota. In the past 10 days, there has been…… MORE
Female Bulldog Gang Member Charged in Man’s Murder
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) News release via Fresno Police Department: On Sunday, January 17, 2021, shortly after 1:30 pm, officers from the Southwest Policing District responded to Jensen Ave and West Ave regarding a welfare check of a male lying in a field. Officers arrived and located 56-year-old John Bolech on an isolated dirt road. Bolech was suffering…… MORE
Gov Asked To Declare Water Crisis
According to a news release from state Senator Andreas Borgeas, he along with a group of bipartisan lawmakers are requesting Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a statewide emergency in response to limited water supplies in California for this year. The request comes after the Department of Water Resources announced a slim 5% water allocation for…… MORE
Ag Economy Barometer up
The Ag Economy Barometer rose in March to 177, the highest reading for the barometer since the record high reading of 184 in October. Organizers say this month’s 12-point rise in the barometer was attributable almost entirely to ag producers’ more optimistic view of the future. Strong ag commodity prices and improved farm financial…… MORE
Gov. Newsom Sets June 15th Target Date for Calif. to ‘Fully Reopen’
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that should the declining COVID-19 trends continue, that June 15th is the target date to “fully re-open” for business. Click to listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern: News release: SACRAMENTO – As California surpasses a major milestone in the fight against COVID — administering…… MORE
Man missing near Huntington Lake
HUNTINGTON LAKE, CA (KMJ) — The Fresno Sheriff’s Office initiated a search and rescue Monday night for an 85-year-old missing man near Huntington Lake. On Tuesday, The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office put out the following information: 84 year old Augusto Zarate was last seen on Monday between 2:00 and 3:00 pm. He has been vacationing in…… MORE
