FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A fire retardant drop killed a Utah firefighter battling California’s largest blaze, according to a report released on Friday. Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett died in August while battling the Mendocino Complex Fire. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the force of the fire retardant drop from an…… MORE
Farm Bill Passage Time Uncertain
Time to finish the farm bill before the September 30th deadline is running out. House and Senate ag leaders are working to quickly iron out differences between the two versions of the bill, but many believed the conference committee needed to wrap up this week to get a bill on-time. The Senate adjourned Wednesday night…… MORE
Gerawan Farming Scores Major Legal Victory In Battle Over UFW Vote
[File: KMJ] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Gerawan Farming scores a major legal victory after a years long battle with the State Agricultural Labor Relations Board over a vote by employees whether or not to join the farmer workers union. Company President Dan Gerawan spoke on Ray Appleton’s show after the State Supreme Court turned…… MORE
Brown Calls Trump a “Liar, Criminal, Fool” on Climate
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown started his global climate summit Thursday by saying President Donald Trump will likely be remembered as a liar and a fool when it comes to the environment. Brown, a Democrat, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke at a news conference on the first full…… MORE
Bakersfield Shooting Spree: Sheriff Says “Implications Of Domestic Violence”
BAKERSFIELD (KMJ/AP) — The man alleged to have killed five people, before turning the gun on himself, has been identified by Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Donny Youngblood says Javier Casarez used a .50 caliber handgun in the shootings, which started after 5pm Wednesday at a trucking business near Manwell Boulevard and Highway 58. A…… MORE
6 Dead in Bakersfield Rampage
(CNN) Wednesday’s shootings in which a gunman killed his former wife and four others before killing himself near Bakersfield, California, “has implications of a domestic violence case,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said The gunman and his ex-wife had been divorced four months, and she had just filed for a new hearing regarding child support…… MORE
Hurricane Florence Begins Assault on East Coast
[van id=”van/ns-acc/2018/09/12/PY-19WE_CNNA-ST1-1000000004c4881a”] (CNN) – Just as Hurricane Florence closes in on the Southeast, the area covered by hurricane-force winds has doubled — meaning far more people will get blasted with winds topping 73 mph. By late Thursday afternoon, the Carolina coasts can expect winds stronger than 80 mph. And that’s just the prelude to untold…… MORE
Apple Store Robbery Suspects Nabbed in Roseville
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Gerawan Farmworkers Decertification Votes Will Be Counted, But When?
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) The California Supreme Court turned down an appeal by the Agricultural Labor Relations Board to review a lower court ruling on counting employee votes. It’s been five years ago since Gerawan Farming employees cast votes to decide whether or not they should be part of the United Farm Workers union. Dan Gerawan says…… MORE
Murder Spikes Latest Crime Trends in Fresno
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Murder — spiking the latest crime trends in Fresno. Violent crime is up slightly year to date, date almost 2 percent, mostly aggravated assaults. Homicides were continuing a downward trend, 29.3% percent decrease in overall murders in Fresno, but in the last 28 days, five murders took place making the numbers…… MORE
