SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Pacific Gas & Electric has settled a dispute with disaster-relief agencies that threatened to siphon money away from a $13.5 billion fund earmarked for victims of catastrophic wildfires caused by the nation’s largest utility. The resolution disclosed Tuesday by a PG&E lawyer during a court hearing could remove a major stumbling…… MORE
School Meals in California Continue Despite Coronavirus Closures
The Department of Agriculture approved requests from California and Washington to allow meal service during school closures to minimize potential exposure to the new coronavirus. The meals are available at no cost to low-income children, and are not required to be served in a group setting, to ensure kids receive nutritious meals while schools…… MORE
Infected Cruise Ship Unloads Passengers in Bay Area
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – A cruise ship with a cluster of coronavirus cases began unloading passengers at a port in the San Francisco Bay Area after it was forced to idle off the California coast for days. The Grand Princess pulled into the Port of Oakland on Monday. Health and Human Services said officials hope…… MORE
300 Caught Partying Inside Clovis Middle School’s Gym, 5 Cited by Police
CLOVIS, CA (KMJ) – Hundreds of people are caught partying in a Clovis school gym. It was after midnight Sunday, when Clovis police officers found around 300 inside the Alta Sierra Intermediate School gymnasium. It’s not clear how the party-goers got into the school’s gym at Teague and Peach. Residents called to…… MORE
CRP Grasslands Signups
Farmers and ranchers can start applying to enroll grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands signup on March 16th. “This CRP Grasslands signup allows farmers and ranchers to protect grasslands, rangelands, and pastures, while they maintain the land as working grazing lands,” says Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce. “The program emphasizes support for…… MORE
Alleged Clovis Bank Robbers Nabbed in The South Valley
(KMJ) – The Union Bank on Herndon and Clovis was held up last Thursday morning. During that heist, Clovis Police investigators say a suspect passed a note to a teller demanding money, but never displayed any weapon. He reportedly got away with an undetermined amount of cash. Thanks to surveillance video, Clovis Police identified both…… MORE
Ballot Boxing 3-28-2020: Dr. Allan Saxe & Dr. Garry Bredefeld
Guests on Ballot Boxing with Aaron Abeytia this weekend are Dr. Allan Saxe and Dr. Garry Bredefeld. Topics includes the $2.2 trillion stimulus package, the rapidly shifting political landscape amid COVID-19, as well as shelter-in-place orders, and their impact on commerce. … MORE
HGTV’s Extreme Makeover: Big Home Reveal for Widowed Cal Fire Captain’s Family, Airs March 8, 2020
CLOVIS, CA (KMJ) – The Clovis Extreme Makeover featuring widowed Cal Fire Captain Nick Reeder will air this Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 8pm PST on HGTV. HGTV’s new Extreme Makeover Home Edition chose the Clovis Cal Fire Captain as the recipient of a brand new home. Reeder and his family learned the news from…… MORE
Someone Killed This Father of 3, Shot in Convertible, Fresno Police Hope Reward Generates Leads in 2017 Murder
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno police offer a reward, hoping to generate leads in a cold case homicide that took place in Central Fresno, three years ago. An unarmed father of three small children was shot in a convertible. The crime happened on December 5th of 2017, around midnight. Fresno police were flagged down by…… MORE
Increasing GMO Understanding
A new federal collaboration seeks to improve consumer understanding of genetically modified organisms. Created by the Food and Drug Administration, in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture, the Feed Your Mind initiative aims to answer the most common questions that consumers have about GMOs. FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn says that…… MORE
