FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The California Legislature has approved Assembly Bill 91, which calls for more than doubling the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit program. The measure, which supporters believe will help the working poor, will expand the program to $1 billion. It’s part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest budget, which revokes the ability of Californians…… MORE
Iran Shoots Down U.S. Drone, Trump Responds
[vemba-video id=”politics/2019/06/20/trump-iran-drone-incident-response-bts-vpx.cnn”] Iran’s downing of a US drone takes the bitter foes one step higher in a cycle of escalation that could soon overwhelm each side’s reassurances that they have no desire to tumble into war. The showdown with Iran has now become the grave foreign policy crisis for President Donald Trump that many analysts have long…… MORE
Poultry Industry Cooling Down
Poultry profitability is coming under pressure as prices decline amid growing supplies. A new report from CoBank says the U.S. chicken industry has experienced an unprecedented run of historic profitability since 2012 and responded by significantly increasing production and processing capacity. Six new poultry processing plants are expected to be operating by 2020, while…… MORE
Sacramento Police Mourn The Loss Of Young Officer
(KMJ) – Sacramento Police confirm one of its officers lost her life after being shot while responding to a domestic violence call in the northern part of that city Wednesday night. 26-year old Tara O’Sullivan died after being rushed to UC Davis Medical Center. And the Sacramento Police Department posted this message on its Facebook page…… MORE
South Valley Human Trafficker on His Way to Prison
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — 21-year-old Myron Johnson of Tulare is set to spend more than 30 years behind bars, after threatening to kill a female minor, whom he had been selling for sex. The victim contacted Visalia Police in January 2017, after escaping from the home where Johnson had been holding her captive. Investigators were then…… MORE
State Supreme Court says ‘No’ to U2’s “The Edge”
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) – A plan by U2 guitarist The Edge to build a cluster of mansions on a ridgeline above Malibu appears to be dead after California’s highest court declined to consider his last-ditch appeal. The musician’s real name is David Evans and he staged a 14-year legal fight to build five eco-friendly homes…… MORE
Nearly 100 Tied to Nuestra Familia Prison Gang, Arrested in Drug Ring Bust
KINGS COUNTY, CA (KMJ) — A multi-agency operation targets the Nuestra Familia gang, accused of selling drugs from inside a state prison in Coalinga. US Attorney McGregor Scott, speaking Wednesday at a press conference in Hanford, said nearly 100 people are connected to the gang. It’s been flooding the streets of Kings and Tulare Counties…… MORE
Will Fresno Pay Gang Members to do Job Training? Councilmembers Debate on KMJ
FRESNO (KMJ) – The Fresno city council will consider whether to spend $200,000 to fund the Advance Peace program designed to get gang members to give up the gang lifestyle, with a potential payout for each totaling between four and hundred dollars a month. Councilmembers Miguel Arias and Garry Bredefeld debated the plan on KMJ’s…… MORE
LA Unified to End Student Searches
FRESNO (KMJ) – The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted Tuesday to end daily random metal-detector searches by July 1 of 2020, but schools still can search students if they suspect rule violations. The board asked the superintendent to come up with an alternative safety policy. Random searches were introduced in the wake of deadly…… MORE
Kingsburg Woman Charged After Dogs Found Living in “Filth”
(KMJ) – A Kingsburg woman now faces more than a dozen counts of animal cruelty after Police find dogs at her home living in foul, filthy conditions. KIngsburg Police say its officers were called to the home on the 200 block of West Orange Street Sunday after neighbors complained of foul smells and barking dogs. …… MORE
