The California Department of Food and Agriculture is announcing on its website that the counties of Kings, Riverside and Tulare will participate in Housing for the Harvest. This program provide temporary hotel housing options for farm and food processing employees to self-isolate if they are COVID-19 positive and do not require hospitalization, or have been…… MORE
Yosemite National Park Closed Due to Hazardous Air Quality
Yosemite National Park announced Thursday that the park would close to all visitors and vehicle access due to thick smoke from the many wildfires burning throughout the state. The smoke has caused hazardous air quality throughout the park and beyond. All park entrance stations and roads were closing beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.…… MORE
Fresno Officials, CA Restaurant Association Send Letter to Governor Newsom Urging State to Allow Safe, Indoor Dining
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — Fresno Mayor Lee Brand announces he and other officials have sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, urging the State to allow limited, safe indoor dining in Fresno County. During a press conference held at Fresno City Hall on Thursday, Mayor Brand, along with Fresno County Supervisor Buddy Mendes,…… MORE
Fresno Police Look for Car that Killed Man Pushing His Granddaughter in a Stroller
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police are looking for the driver behind a deadly hit and run collision in Central Fresno. A 62-year-old man who was pushing his granddaughter with a stroller was killed on Sunday. He was walking across Weber, pushing the stroller with the 4 year-old girl in it, when the car struck…… MORE
AFBF Supports Emergency Wildfire Act
The American Farm Bureau Federation wants Congress to give federal land management agencies additional tools and resources to prevent and recover from catastrophic wildfires. AFBF and 13 state Farm Bureaus sent a letter to Senate leadership supporting the Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020. AFBF says the bipartisan legislation will expedite forest…… MORE
Consolidation Underway For Animals Evacuated From the Creek Fire
(Photo courtesy: Big Fresno Fair ) (KMJ) – Fresno County has started relocating animals evacuated due to the Creek Fire Small animals at the temporary shelter at Granite Ridge Intermediate School are now being transferred to the Fresno Fairgrounds Small Animal Shelter. And the County is also relocating livestock from the Clovis Rodeo Grounds to the…… MORE
WTO Rules Against U.S. Sanctions on China
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is disappointed with a World Trade Organization report that says U.S. actions to combat China’s widespread theft of American technology were inconsistent with WTO rules. Lighthizer says the WTO panel report confirms what the Trump Administration has been saying all along. “The WTO is completely inadequate to stop China’s…… MORE
Fresno County Consolidating Creek Fire Animal Shelters, Relocating Pets, Livestock to Fresno Fairgrounds
FRESNO, CA, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 – Fresno County has started the process of relocating small animals evacuated due to the Creek Fire from the temporary shelter at Granite Ridge Intermediate School to the Fresno Fairgrounds Small Animal Shelter. The County is also relocating livestock from the Clovis Rodeo Grounds to the Fresno Fairgrounds…… MORE
Calif. Fitness Centers Sue State Over Closures
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California fitness centers have filed a lawsuit alleging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus unfairly target the industry and are demanding they be allowed to reopen. Scott Street, a lawyer for the California Fitness Alliance, said Tuesday that the suit was filed in Los Angeles…… MORE
Court: Trump May End Temporary Legal Status for 4 Countries
SAN DIEGO (AP) – A divided U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday lifted a preliminary injunction that had…… MORE
