The United States has reclaimed the title of top beef exporter to South Korea in 2017. The change comes 14 years after a U.S. outbreak of mad cow disease that led to a ban of U.S. beef in South Korea, handing the top spot of the market to Australia, according to Reuters. U.S. beef shipments…… MORE
Cost Climbs by $2.8 Billion for Bullet Train
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Officials are raising the projected cost of the first phase of California’s bullet train by 35 percent, to $10.6 billion. The extra $2.8 billion comes on a 119-mile segment in the Central Valley that is partly under construction. The California High Speed Rail Authority board discussed the increase Tuesday. The added…… MORE
Measure Q Funds Transform Bullard High School
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The transformation of Bullard High School is complete. On Tuesday, January 16th a dedication ceremony was held. The master plan improvements to the Bullard High School Campus includes two new classroom buildings, a new administration building and library media center. The improvements were the final projects using Measure Q funds. … MORE
13 Brothers & Sisters Held Captive In Riverside Now Receiving Treatment
[Photo: Facebook] FRESNO , CA (KMJ) – 13 brothers and sisters held captive, some chained to beds in Perris, California are now receiving treatment. The California couple, 57 year-old David Allen Turpin, and his 49-year-old wife Louise Anna, is being held on nine-million-dollars’ bail after police found the children at the family’s home in Riverside County.…… MORE
Porterville Woman Booked For Homicide In Death Of 5 Month-old Daughter
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A Porterville woman is arrested for the death of her 5 month-old baby daughter. Porterville Police arrived at 9:00 on Monday night to Sierra View Medical Center on report of an infant that arrived for treatment that was not breathing. The baby was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police say the cause…… MORE
Targeted For His No Camping Stance – Council Member Brandau Pitches Tent To Combat Fresno Homeless Problem
FRESNO, CA (KM,J) – Fresno City Council Member Steve Brandau was targeted by an activist – he found an effigy of a homeless person with his face, in his parking space Tuesday morning. Brandau had championed the No Camping Ordinance in Fresno to combat the homeless problem here, but he says he’s looking for a…… MORE
Booker to DHS chief: Your Amnesia is Complicit
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Ag Labor Fix Tied to DACA Bill in Congress
A complete overhaul of the American agricultural guest worker program is a major part of a House of Representatives’ plan to fix the immigration status of young people involved in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. The DACA program is currently tied up in an immigration reform battle on Capitol Hill. A DTN…… MORE
Parents Suspected of Keeping Kids Chained in California Home
[Photo: Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept.] PERRIS, Calif. (AP) – Authorities say an emaciated teenager led deputies to a California home where her 12 brothers and sisters were locked up in filthy conditions, with some of them malnourished and chained to beds. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies arrested the parents Sunday at the home in Perris east…… MORE
Register for the Fresno Co. Emergency Alert Program
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE FRESNO COUNTY EMERGENCY ALERT PROGRAM: (CNN) – Human error is blamed for a false alarm of a missile heading for Hawaii, but the scare left Americans wondering how the missile detection and emergency messaging systems are supposed to work — and what went wrong. The US military is in…… MORE
