State Bar Sends Overhaul of Ethics Rules to CA Supreme Court

Posted on April 7, 2017

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The CA State Bar has sent for review to the California Supreme Court the first significant overhaul in 3 decades, of ethics rules for lawyers. The proposal includes 70 new or modified Rules of Professional Conduct. Among the most notable: banning intimacy between attorneys and clients, unless there was a prior consensual…… MORE

“In God We Trust” Debate Coming to Fresno Council

Posted on April 7, 2017

(KMJ)  Fresno City Councilmember Garry Bredefeld is preparing for another fight.  This time the battle lines will be drawn over four words. The 6th District representative is proposing a resolution to have expression “In God We Trust”  placed on the wall behind the dais in the council chamber. Bredefeld made the announcement Friday on KMJ’s Ray Appleton Show.  “In…… MORE

Reedley High Students Arrested For Snapchat Threat

Posted on April 7, 2017

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Two teens from Reedley High School are arrested for making threatening social media posts. On April 6, 2017, a social media post on “snapchat” was making the rounds at Reedley High School, showing someone holding a handgun. Reedley Police identified and detained a student who may have posed with the gun…… MORE

Fresno State Hosts Dog Vaccine And Microchip Clinic

Posted on April 7, 2017

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Fresno State Pre-Veterinary Club will host a dog vaccine and microchip clinic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 8, in the campus Livestock Judging Pavilion (northeast corner of Woodrow and Portals Avenue). Students will administer vaccines for rabies and DHPP (distemper, hepatitis, parainfluenza and parvovirus) for $10 each…… MORE

Gov. Brown Ends Calif. Drought Emergency

Posted on April 7, 2017

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Gov. Jerry Brown ended the state’s official drought emergency on Friday, amid another storm and unprecedented water conservation. However, drought conditions remain in Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and Tuolumne counties. The governor says emergency drinking water projects will continue in valley, given the diminished groundwater supplies. In addition, the state will keep addressing…… MORE

State Legislature Votes To Raise Price Of Gas For Road Repair

Posted on April 7, 2017

SACRAMENTO (KMJ) — A $52 billion transportation bill – which will see every driver in California paying more to cover the cost – now only needs the Governor Jerry Brown’s signature for it to become law. Senate Bill 1’s passing saw the urgency clause enacted in the legislature, and both the State Assembly and State…… MORE

Six Biotech Giants Dropping to Three by Year’s End

Posted on April 7, 2017

Politico’s Morning Agriculture Report says the European Union’s approval of the ChemChina merger with Syngenta means the ball is likely rolling for the six biggest biotech companies to be whittled down to three by the end of this year. A day before the E.U. approved the deal, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission also okayed the…… MORE