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
New Farm Labor Bill Introduced
Valley congressman David Valadao joins other lawmakers for the Affordable and Secure Food Act. The bill is a last-minute effort to get H-2A reform finished before Congress adjourns. The bipartisan farm worker visa reform package calls for expanding H-2A visas to year-round jobs for the first time, modernizing the application process, creating more wage certainty,…… MORE
Colorful Buses To Offer Free Meals To Kids During Winter Break In Fresno, Fresno County
Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC) announced Wednesday that free meals will be provided to children ages 1-18 over the upcoming winter break. According to Fresno EOC, several locations throughout both the City of Fresno and Fresno County will offer free meals to kiddos starting December 19 through January 2. No meals, however, will be…… MORE
CoBank Releases 2023 Year Ahead Report
The U.S. economy still has considerable momentum and is not currently on the verge of recession, according to CoBank’s 2023 Year Ahead report. However, economists have never been more pessimistic, and there are legitimate reasons for concern. Over the past half-century, inflation above 5% has never been tamed without incurring a recession. Dan Kowalski, vice…… MORE
Pregnant Woman Stabbed to Death, Set on Fire By Brother, Says Fresno Police Chief, DA Seeks Death Penalty
On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, shortly before 12:30 P.M., officers from the Northwest Policing District and members from the Fresno Fire Departmentresponded to a dirt access road behind 4488 North Cornelia Avenue regarding a report of a deceased woman who appeared to have been set on fire. Officersand Fire personnel arrived and located the deceased…… MORE
