FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Warnings coming out of the Valley Air District for residents – stay inside or risk your health. Wildfire smoke is generating hazardous air quality all up and down the West Coast, and Jamie Holt from the Valley Air District said until they get the Creek Fire out, the air will…… MORE
Tulare County Issues Evacuation Order for Portions of Three Rivers
VISALIA, CA – Tulare County Sheriff has issued a mandatory evacuation for portions of Three Rivers. The Tulare County Sheriff announced a mandatory evacuation for a portion of Three Rivers, south and east from 198, east to south of the Fork Campground, including South Fork Drive, Horn, and Cahoon Mtn. and adjacent roads, due to the…… MORE
Ag Equipment Sales Climb
Unit sales of agricultural tractors and self-propelled combines in August were positive for the fifth month in a row in the U.S. The trend also stayed above the previous year for the third consecutive month in Canada. The latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers shows U.S. total farm tractor sales rose 12.8%…… MORE
President Trump Heads to California For Wildfire Briefing
(KMJ) – President Trump is scheduled to visit Sacramento County today for a briefing on raging West Coast wildfires. While in the Golden State, the President is expected to meet with Governor Gavin Newsom at McClellan Park. It is a former Air Force Base that now houses California’s Office of Emergency Services and hangars for Cal Fire…… MORE
State Law Will Help Inmate Firefighters Turn Pro
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — California’s inmate firefighters now have a shot at becoming a professional firefighter when they get out. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB2147 into law on Friday. http:// Record breaking temperatures. Record droughts. We’re in a CLIMATE CRISIS. And what we’re experiencing in California is coming to every community — all across the United…… MORE
USDA Needs Input on Ag Innovation
To further the USDA’s work on its Agricultural Innovation Agenda, the agency is asking for public-and-private-sector input on the most innovative technologies and practices that can be readily deployed across the country. USDA is looking for ready-to-go technologies and practices that will help achieve its goal of increasing agricultural production by 40% to help…… MORE
Community Regional Medical Center’s On-Call Neurosurgical Services Will Resume
FRESNO COUNTY PRESS RELEASE: The Fresno Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency was notified Thursday morning by Community Regional Medical Centers (CRMC) administration that on-call Neurosurgical Services will resume in full operation beginning at 5:00 pm on Friday, September 11, 2020. On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, CRMC was given notice that it must have on-call…… MORE
Parole Denied for 3 Years for Tulare County Killer
Late Wednesday afternoon via video conference, TCDA prosecutors secured a 3-year parole denial for Richard Flowers, age 64. In 1994, Flowers stabbed, strangled, and robbed 78-year-old woman Mary Eloise Garcia in her Tulare home. Flowers used the money and items stolen from his victim to buy cocaine. In 1996, a jury convicted Flowers of first-degree…… MORE
Trump and Biden on Farm Issues
A new questionnaire reveals the priorities for rural America of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The American Farm Bureau Federation asked the Republican and Democratic candidates to respond with their stances on several topics directly affecting rural America. President Trump’s responses focus largely on his first-term accomplishments. He pledges a…… MORE
California Supreme Court Rules Against Immanuel Schools in Reedley
The California Supreme Court has ruled that Immanuel Schools will have to cancel on campus learning in Reedley. Immanuel is a kindergarten through 12th grade Christian school that welcomed students back to its Reedley campus in mid-August, despite Governor Newsom’s strict orders against it due to COVID-19 guidelines. At the end of August, a…… MORE
