Farm Equipment Leasing Doubles

  A new report shows the leasing of farm equipment has nearly doubled since 2012. The Wall Street Journal reports Deere & Co. is spending billions of dollars each year on its own equipment for leasing programs. Records show that more than one-third of financed purchases of high horsepower machinery made by John Deere is…MORE

Missing 4-Month Old Baby & Kidnap Suspect Found in Lemoore

(Photo Courtesy:  Hanford Police) (KMJ –  UPDATE — Hanford Police say missing 4-month old Ameliano Jesus Sanchez and suspect Westley Williams were found Tuesday morning in Lemoore. Original story posted below: ——————————————————————- (KMJ) –  The Hanford Police Department is asking all Valley residents to be on the look-out for a kidnapped 4-month old baby and…MORE

Gov. Newsom Demands Accountability from P&GE for “Mismanagment” in Power Shutoffs

  SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – California’s governor demands accountability from P&GE for what he calls the mismanaged power shutoffs. 738,000 customers in than 30 counties lost power as Pacific Gas & Electric tried to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires by conducting a planned power outage.   On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom”s Office said he…MORE

Firefighters Finishing Containment of California Wildfires

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters are dousing remaining smoldering areas from a destructive wildfire that raged along the northern edge of Los Angeles last week. The Los Angeles Fire Department says containment of the approximately 12-square-mile (31-square-kilometer) fire is at 43 percent Monday. Updated assessments lowered the number of destroyed structures to 17 but…MORE

Vandals Cover Bay Area Columbus Statue with Paint & Graffiti

(Photo Courtesey:  KGO) (KMJ) – City crews in San Francisco worked to clean up red paint splashed onto the Christopher Columbus statute that stands near Coit Tower. The vandalism was discovered Sunday and included graffiti painted across the base of the statue that read,” Destroy all monuments of genocide and kill all colonizers.” Now San Francisco Police have…MORE

PG&E CEO Apologizes: ‘The buck stops with me’

Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Bill Johnson has issued a public mea culpa after a very bad week in which employees of California’s largest utility have been cursed at and attacked, its vehicles fired upon and offices egged. “I want to be clear, the buck stops with me on these events,” Johnson told reporters Thursday…MORE

Gov. Newsom Slams PG&E Shutoffs: “Greed, Mismanagement”

An angry California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed the state’s largest utility over its power shutoffs, saying they’re the result of years of mismanagement and greed. Pacific Gas & Electric intentionally cut power to almost 800,000 customers in Northern California on Wednesday to prevent wildfires caused by high winds downing live power equipment — a process the utility warned residents about in…MORE

Any Move By Fresno Foxes Outside City Won’t Be Lack of Effort on Their Part: Fresno Mayor & Council Member

FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – The future of the Fresno Football Soccer Club still up in the air. City leaders said any move by Fresno Foxes outside the city won’t be due to a lack of effort on their part. Mayor Lee Brand and City Councilmember Miguel Arias released a statement Thursday regarding the possibility that the Fresno…MORE