FRESNO (KMJ/AP) — Assemblyman Jim Patterson warned that PG&E’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy will result in higher bills for customers. The declaration, made midnight Tuesday, allows the utility to continue operations while a solution is figured out. “Our rates are going to go up, and I think they’re going to go up faster and…… MORE
Report: Union Membership on the Decline in Calif.
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The percentage of California workers belonging to a union is now at its lowest in at least 35 years, according to a new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. A mere 14.7 percent of the Golden State’s workforce was unionized last year, down from 15.5 percent in 2017. Over the…… MORE
PG&E FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
Pacific Gas and Electric has filed for bankruptcy protection after coming under pressure from billions of dollars in claims tied to deadly wildfires. California’s largest power company said in a statement Tuesday that it had submitted a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the Northern District of California. PG&E said it was committed to maintaining services…… MORE
Kamala Harris Defends Her ‘Medicare-for-All’ Plan
[van id=”politics/2019/01/29/kamala-harris-iowa-town-hall-medicare-for-all-sot-vpx.cnn”] As Kamala Harris introduced herself as a 2020 presidential candidate to Iowa caucus-goers and the nation on Monday night, she showed exactly why she is viewed as such a formidable contender. During a CNN town hall at Drake University in Des Moines, she demonstrated an easy command of the policies that are most…… MORE
USDA Reports Will Restart
The Department of Agriculture did not supply more than 60 reports during the government shutdown and will supply much of that data next month. USDA will however start offering many reports, including final production reports for 2018 which will be published on February 8th, the same date of the February World Agriculture Supply and…… MORE
Children Become Victims of Gang Gunfire – “We Are Going to Make it Very Uncomfortable For Gang Members” Says Fresno PD
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Children are becoming unintended victims of shootings in Fresno. “We are going to make it very uncomfortable for gang members,” said Fresno Police Deputy Chief Pat Farmer, at a press Conference at Police Headquarters on Monday, after a 4 year-old girl, and a 12 year-old boy were struck recently by…… MORE
Study: Distracted Driving Rising in California
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Distracted driving is up significantly in the Golden State, despite laws aimed at combating it. A newly-released observational study, conducted by the Office of Traffic Safety and Fresno State, has found that at any moment, 4.5 percent of drivers are using their cell phones behind the wheel. That’s up from 3.6…… MORE
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Let California Parolees Vote
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Tens of thousands of parolees would be allowed to vote under a constitutional amendment proposed by California’s secretary of state and Democratic state lawmakers. The amendment announced Monday would affect nearly 50,000 ex-felons who currently are prohibited from registering to vote in local, state or federal elections. Secretary of State Alex…… MORE
Sen. Kamala Harris Formally Launches Presidential Campaign
[van id=”politics/2019/01/27/kamala-harris-formal-2020-bid-sot-vpx.cnn”] Kamala Harris did not mention President Donald Trump by name as she officially announced her run for president on Sunday, but she she issued a sharp, mocking attack on his relationship with Russia. In one of her sharpest attacks on Trump’s perceived coziness with Russia, she decried a time, “When we have foreign…… MORE
Tariff Mitigation Payments Maybe Over Inflated
A senior USDA official says the amount of money sent to farmers in California and across the nation to help mitigate the financial damage from the trade war may not be as much as expected. An Agriculture Dot Com article quotes USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey as saying up to two-thirds of the Trump…… MORE
