Caruthers News

Four candidates are running for two seats on the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District's governing board in races that lack the drama of the hard-fought 2006 election but still have plenty at stake.

Tomorrow is the last day of the 2008 Caruthers Fair. Music, a livestock auction, a parade and loads of food to keep you busy Saturday.

Firefighters fought an attic fire at a Caruthers apartment complex this evening.

The Caruthers District Fair opens Sept. 24 for a four-day run. The theme for this year's fair is "Treasure in Your Own Backyard" and is the state's largest free gate fair.

With a deadline looming Monday, Fresno County property owners have returned only about a quarter of the outstanding ballots in a mail-ballot election to determine support for an assessment to expand county fire ...

The Fresno County Sheriff's Department officials are investigating a possible kidnapping that occurred today near Caruthers.

The possible kidnapping of a woman near Caruthers is under investigation by the Fresno County Sheriff's Department.

The identity of a Caruthers bicyclist hit and killed by an SUV on Monday may soon be revealed.

Stage listings are compiled by Deborah Giattina. Performance times may change; call venues to confirm.

A 50-year-old Caruthers farmworker was found not guilty of first-degree murder on Friday for the brutal death of a 46-year-old woman.

A 50-year-old Caruthers farmworker was acquitted of first-degree murder this morning in the bludgeoning death of a 46-year-old woman who apparently had met him only once before.

Nearly two years after she was beaten to death, the man accused of killing Patricia Harrison is now on trial for the crime.

Water rationing forces Westlands growers to abandon crops and lay off workers. More information In 47 years of farming, 65-year-old Jim Diedrich has battled it all -- hail that savaged his tomatoes, insects ...

The Fresno County Coroner's Office this morning made public the name of the passenger killed Monday night in a traffic accident on Mount Whitney Avenue in the Riverdale area.

The builder of the Hooters at State Mutual Stadium on Veterans Memorial Highway said Wednesday he was asked by the restaurants corporate office to take down all signage at the restaurant.

“We are really scraping the bottom in terms of being able to provide some services.”

Fresno County supervisors will discuss the proposed budget for next year at 9 a.m. today in the board chambers, Room 301, in the Hall of Records, 2281 Tulare St. via Fresno Bee

“They are either going to be back out on the street or they are going to be sitting in the big JJC and doing nothing. The program is very different over there.”

Members of the County Board of Supervisors are afraid the county can no longer afford the nearly $7-million dollars a year it costs to run the "Elkhorn Correctional Facility" located off Highway 41 near ... via ABC30.com

“I just love the culture. So my daughter, I threw here right in, as soon as she was of age”

Folklorico dancers turned the streets of Old Town Clovis into a stage Sunday as hundreds of people gathered to celebrate Cinco de Mayo a day early. via ABC30.com

“There's a lot going on here politically.”

The Coalinga Record weekly newspaper distributed its last issue Wednesday, closing after more than 100 years of publishing. via Fresno Bee

“There's no restaurant now where there was one - a Cambria landmark”

Robert Neilsen of Caruthers and Zanzara Landrum of Atascadero are two of eight partners in Ansun Enterprises, which owns the building and property that formerly housed The Brambles Dinner House. via SanLuisObispo.com