Two Former Governors Celebrating Clean Energy Win In Clovis

Clovis,Ca (KMJ) – Former Governors Arnold Schawerzenegger and Jerry brown were in Clovis today to celebrate an achievement at Buchanan High School. The State of California has reached a new milestone on clean energy, as it’s now is home to one million solar roofs. An effort that started in 2006 when Governor Scharzenegger signed the…MORE

  The Department of Agriculture is extending sign-up deadlines for the Dairy Margin Coverage program to December 20th. USDA officials cited the prolonged and extensive impacts of weather events this year for moving the deadline beyond its original date of Friday, December 13th. USDA announced it is also continuing to accept applications for the Market…MORE

Procession Carries Fallen Valley Sailor to His Hometown

(KMJ) – The United States Navy says the body of a fallen South Valley sailor will be carried back to his hometown Thursday. 23-year old Oscar Temores was killed Saturday in a collision with an alleged gate-crasher at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story in Virginia. Now, the body of the Master-At-Arms will arrive…MORE

Vegas-to-California Train Work Could Start in 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) – The company planning a high-speed train between Las Vegas and Southern California says construction could start late next year if bonds are approved by February. Virgin Trains USA executive Tina Quigley tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal that work will begin first in California. That’s where state lawmakers recently approved a $3.25…MORE

Farm Groups Welcome USMCA Announcement

Agriculture groups applauded the announcement by House Democrats regarding a deal with the Trump Administration on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The California Farm Bureau Federation said it’s pleased by the announcement of a pending vote on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. In a statement, the California farm Bureau says the USMCA will reduce barriers to trade throughout…MORE

Former CHP Officer Charged With Receiving Child Pornography

REDDING, Calif. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a former California Highway Patrol officer from Northern California has been charged with receiving child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento says a federal grand jury indicted 50-year-old Timothy Allen Horwath. Officials say Horwath knowingly received sexually explicit videos of children between the ages of 4 and…MORE

Opponents Drop Bid to Block Calif. Vaccination Law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Opponents are dropping their attempt to block California’s new law cracking down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for school children’s vaccinations. They had floated two measures that could have put the law on hold until voters considered overturning it next year, but did not submit more than 600,000 required…MORE

Mexican Man Sentenced for Voter Fraud in Federal Elections

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Federal officials say a Mexican national who assumed an American’s identity was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 4 years in prison for voter fraud. A federal judge in Sacramento sentenced 64-year-old Gustavo Araujo Lerma to 3 years and 9 months in prison. A jury convicted Araujo Lerma of aggravated identity theft, making…MORE