FRESNO (KMJ) — The “Raise the Roof” campaign organized by Fresno’s Poverello House, to modernize and rejuvenate facilities on site, is now over following a $1 million grant from the State of California. The money will be used to complete efforts to build a new food storage warehouse, an operations center, and complete community housing…… MORE
Ag Exports Groups Urge Passage of the CREAATE Act
A coalition supporting ag exports is urging Senators to pass legislation to expand the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development program. The Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports and the Agribusiness Coalition for Foreign Market Development say the Cultivating Revitalization by Expanding American Agricultural Trade and Exports, or CREAATE Act, would boost trade’s…… MORE
Next of Kin Sought in Death of South Valley Man
(KMJ) – Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is now requesting the public’s help for information that will locate next of kin for a South Valley man who died earlier this month. 50-year old Jesus Hernandez (pictured above) died of natural causes on September 2nd. Sheriff’s Deputies say he lived in Tulare, Woodville and Visalia and possibly…… MORE
Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputies Investigate Suspicious Death of Calwa Toddler
[PHOTO: FSO] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the suspicious death Wednesday of a toddler in Calwa. The call came in to Fresno Police at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning about an unresponsive baby boy from a home on the 24 block of South 9th Street. Police handed the case over to…… MORE
Villaraigosa Says HSR “Can Leverage Economic Development” In The Valley
FRESNO (KMJ) — One of the candidates vying to become the next Governor of California says the High Speed Rail project needs to drive down costs to win public support. Antonio Villaraigosa’s visit to Downtown Fresno Wednesday morning also gave him the opportunity to tour the construction site. “I wanted to come because I have…… MORE
Feds: Undocumented Immigrants Increasingly Choosing Texas Over Calif.
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — More of those coming to the United States illegally are avoiding California and settling in Texas, according to the latest federal data. The Golden State’s undocumented population expanded by 16 percent, between 2000 and 2014. Meanwhile, in Texas, the figure was 75 percent, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Greater immigration…… MORE
Mexico Digs Out After Deadly Quake
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Calif. AG Sues Trump Administration Over Proposed Border Wall
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general has sued the Trump administration over its plan to construct a wall along the country’s border with Mexico. The suit filed Wednesday by Attorney General Xavier Becerra makes arguments similar to those in a lawsuit filed by advocacy groups last week arguing the federal government is overstepping its…… MORE
Westlands Votes Against Controversial Twin Tunnels Plan
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Board members of a key California farming district have voted not to participate in Gov. Jerry Brown’s $16 billion water tunnel proposal. Farmers in Westlands Water District – the nation’s largest irrigation district – said Tuesday the cost was too high to sign on to California’s biggest water project in a…… MORE
Vegetation Fire Outside Clovis Turns Vehicles Into Scorched Shells
CLOVIS (KMJ) — The cause of a fire outside Clovis Tuesday morning is now being investigated by Fresno County Fire. The blaze sent a torrent of black and gray smoke up into the air. Crews were told it was a quarter-acre grass fire with vehicles involved. “First crews arrived, had a small grass fire working…… MORE
