Following a landslide vote to pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in the House last week, the trade deal heads to the Senate. A vote, expected in January, could come early in the month, pending how the impeachment articles are handled. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week elected to hang on the impeachment documents, rather than…… MORE
Calif. Still Most Populous State, But Stalls at 39.9 Million
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – More people are leaving California than moving in. New estimates released Friday put the state’s population at 39.96 million. That’s just shy of the 40 million milestone demographers had predicted the state would have passed by now. The report shows California added more than 180,000 people when accounting for births and…… MORE
Charges Dropped Against Ex-FCC, Clovis HS Wrestler Dylan Martinez
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)–A prosecutor says two University of Minnesota wrestlers who were arrested in an alleged sexual assault will not face criminal charges. Gable Steveson and Dylan Martinez were arrested in June on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct after someone reported a rape. Martinez starred at Clovis High School and Fresno City College before transferring to…… MORE
Ballot Boxing 12-21-19 — Dr. Nathaniel Cogley & Dr. Garry Bredefeld
Guests on Ballot Boxing this weekend are Political Science Professor Dr. Nathaniel Cogley, and Dr. Garry Bredefeld. Topics include impeachment, the 2020 election, homeless, and higher education. … MORE
Visalia Man Gets Life for Attempted Murder of Officer
(KMJ) A south valley man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for the attempted murder of a police officer. Tulare County prosecutors say Paul Ward, 43, came out of a house naked in 2017 and punched a responding officer in the face, before choking him and reaching for his gun. Another officer struck the…… MORE
Failed Burglary Near Visalia Caught On Video
VISALIA,CA(KMJ) – A failed burglary was caught on camera last night near Visalia. The attempted burglary happened at The Visalia Sales Yard on road 152 near Visalia. Officers say they responded to a burglar alarm around 8:40 P.M. When they arrived they only found an entry door leading to a kitchen area pried open,…… MORE
WATCH: Two Carnival cruise ships collide in Mexico
[vemba-video id=”business/2019/12/20/carnival-cruise-collision-orig.cnn-business”] By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Business The Carnival Glory and Carnival Legend collided Friday morning while at port in Cozumel, Mexico, leaving one passenger injured. Eyewitness video of the aftermath shows a portion of the Carnival Glory’s deck was left crushed after the crash. “We are assessing the damage but there are no…… MORE
CDC Confirms 138 Cases of E. coli Linked to Salinas Lettuce
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Remember the E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce last month? Turns out, it’s not over.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday it has confirmed 138 cases of E. coli in 25 states, with the most recent one occurring on December 1. That means consumers should continue avoiding romaine lettuce from Salinas, California — where…… MORE
NAFTA 2.0 Now Awaits Senate
Agriculture groups are calling on the Senate to “finish the job” and pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement following approval in the House of Representatives Thursday. The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed implementing legislation for USMCA, sending the trade agreement to the Senate. The vote came following a delay of more than a year to make changes…… MORE
Ex-OJ Prosecutor Defending Wealthy Democratic Donor in Drug Deaths
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden is now representing Ed Buck, the wealthy Democratic donor charged in two overdose deaths at his Los Angeles-area apartment. The 65-year-old Buck has pleaded not guilty to distributing meth resulting in the deaths of Timothy Dean in January and Gemmel Moore in 2017. Federal prosecutors…… MORE
