(Photo courtesy: CalFire SLO) (KMJ) – The wild fire burning in the hills west of the city of Coalinga continues to grow. The MIneral Fire ignited July 13th and now covers more than 28,200 acres off Mineral Springs Road and Highway 198. The cause of this fire remains under investigation. But CalFire says the nearly…… MORE
CAL Specialty Crop Report
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is posting on its website that the department will present results via webinar on its recently released report called Climate Change Impacts for Specialty Crops: Southern California Region. That report documents strategies proposed by agricultural representatives to improve adaptation to climate change. The report was prepared by…… MORE
Madera Family Offers Reward for Info On Missing Boy
(Photo courtesy: Madera Police Department) (KMJ) – The family of a missing two-year old Madera boy is now offering $5,000 for any information that helps locate him. Thaddeus Sran was reported missing from a home on the 800 hundred block of South C street on Wednesday morning. The boy’s family says he has special needs…… MORE
Helping The Cotton Industry
A group of Senators wants the next round of COVID-19 assistance to support the cotton and textile industry. Led by Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the group penned a letter to Senate leadership this week. The Senators say the U.S. cotton and textile industry “is…… MORE
Pair Busted for Possessing Drugs & a Handgun at a Visalia Sports Park
(Photo courtesy: Visalia Police Department) (KMJ) – Visalia Police make two arrests Wednesday after reportedly finding drugs and guns during a probation compliance search. Just before 4 p.m. Officers contacted 43-year old Alisha Seals and 33-year old Alfred Chavez at the city’s Riverway Sports Park on Dinuba Boulevard. During their search, officers say both Seals and…… MORE
Slowdown at Chinese Ports
Chinese testing of meat, seafood, and other products for the coronavirus has tripled customs clearance times at some major Chinese ports. Bloomberg says the intensive testing is raising some major concerns that the delays could eventually tangle up global trade flows. It normally takes about three days to clear produce through customs, but an…… MORE
Suspect Search Underway Following Drive-By Shooting in Earlimart
(Photo courtesy: Tulare County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – The search for a suspect continues following a drive-by shooting in Tulare County. Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the area of Church and Sierra in Earlimart just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. There Investigators say someone in a Ford Mustang fired 12 rounds into another vehicle. Those rounds struck…… MORE
USDA Streamlining Loan Programs
The Department of Agriculture seeks to “cut the red tape” to make it easier to invest in rural America. USDA Monday announced streamline access to four flagship loan programs. The programs include the Water and Waste Disposal Loan Guarantees Program, Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan Program, Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program, and the Rural…… MORE
Newsom Shuts Down Churches, Indoor Dining, Most Gyms & More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has extended the closure of bars and indoor dining statewide and has ordered gyms, churches and hair salons closed in most places as coronavirus cases keep rising. On July 1, Newsom ordered many counties to close bars and indoor operations at restaurants, wineries, zoos and family entertainment…… MORE
Crews Continue to Battle Blaze Aboard Navy Ship in San Diego
(KMJ) – Firefighters on land, in the air and on the water continue to battle a blaze on a Navy ship that injured at least 21 people in San Diego. The fire began Sunday morning in a vehicle storage area aboard the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard, according to Rear Admiral Philip Sobeck. 17 sailors and four others,…… MORE
