Fresh-market vegetable crops in California, Florida, and Mexico were hit with a variety of inclement weather this summer and fall. The adverse weather reduced supplies and contributed to higher shipping-point prices, according to a USDA Economic Research Service report. Shipping-point prices for fresh vegetables are expected to remain above seasonal norms until new or replanted…… MORE
2 Dead, A Dozen Injured After Magnitude 6.4 earthquake Shakes Parts of Northern California
UPDATE: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, the sheriff’s office reported two people died as a result of medical emergencies during or after the quake. At least 11 people were reported injured. State officials says there have been about 80 aftershocks, one a 4.6 magnitude, in the same area where a 6.4 quake rumbled in Northern California this…… MORE
Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty Of Rape In Los Angeles Trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a month-long trial and nine days of deliberations, Los Angeles jurors on Monday found Harvey Weinstein guilty of the rape and sexual assault of just one of the four accusers he was charged with abusing. But the three guilty counts involving an Italian actor and model known at the trial…… MORE
Visalia Man Gets Life for Murdering Wife
Sonia Hughes was strangled to death in the Fall of 2006. Her body was found buried in a shallow grave in Visalia a few months after her disappearance. 16 years later Sonia’s husband, Joseph Allen Hughes, has been sentenced to life in prison for her murder. In February 2016, a family member with intimate knowledge…… MORE
Census of Agriculture Underway
The Department of Agriculture Last has mailed the 2022 Census of Agriculture paper questionnaires to all known agriculture producers across the nation and Puerto Rico. Producers in the states received their survey codes last month with an invitation to respond online. Any producer who has yet to respond online now has the option to complete…… MORE
Jan. 6 Panel Urges Trump Prosecution With Criminal Referral
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee urged the Justice Department on Monday to bring criminal charges against Donald Trump for the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection, calling for accountability for the former president and “a time of reflection and reckoning.” After one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory, the panel’s seven Democrats and…… MORE
Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape in Los Angeles Trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday of rape at a Los Angeles trial in another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement. After deliberating for nine days spanning more than two weeks, the jury of eight men and four women reached the verdict at the second…… MORE
Officials: Colorado Firm’s Alfalfa Cubes May Kill Horses
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State and federal officials are warning horse owners not to feed their animals Top of the Rockies brand alfalfa cubes after nearly 100 horses developed neurologic illnesses — 45 of which have died or been euthanized. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the warning Saturday. The agency said it’s working…… MORE
California CHP Commissioner To Retire After 2 Years On Job
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The first woman to lead California’s highway patrol will retire Dec. 30, two years after she was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to succeed the first Black man to head the agency. The California Highway Patrol on Friday announced the retirement of Amanda Ray, 56, the Sacramento Bee reported. The CHP…… MORE
Local Woodworker Donates Handmade Wooden Toys To Children In Need
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ) — A retired software engineer is now dedicating his time to making handmade wooden toys for children in Fresno County. 78-year-old Michael Vogt made a generous donation to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday of dozens of wooden patrol cars, fire trucks, tractors, and more. Deputies often carry books and…… MORE
