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34 min ago | The Fresno Bee

Updates: UOP forecast: job, income growth to remain sluggish in Fresno County

Fresno County is continuing to see sluggish employment growth, at only about 1.2% this year, according to the latest quarterly economic forecast issued Thursday by the University of the Pacific in Stockton.

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Related Topix: Stockton, CA, University of the Pacific, Fresno, CA

4 hrs ago | The Fresno Bee

Fresno City Council votes down Fruit Ave. bike lane

The Fresno City Council on a 4-3 vote Thursday morning rejected proposed bicycle lanes on Fruit Avenue in northwest Fresno.

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15 hrs ago | The Fresno Bee

Local: Scientists visit Fresno to discuss San Joaquin Valley water woes

At a rare Fresno meeting of the 125-year-old Geological Society of America, Sanger hydrologist David Cehrs linked city growth to an expanding water crisis in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Sanger, CA, Geology, Science, Agriculture

19 hrs ago | The Fresno Bee

Local: Second suspect in Firebaugh home invasion arrested after standoff in Nevada

The second suspect in the Firebaugh home invasion that left one intruder dead over the weekend was arrested in Nevada on Wednesday, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said.

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Wed May 22, 2013

KSEE-TV Fresno

Parlier Resident Shot and Killed

A 49-year-old man was shot and killed in Parlier on Wednesday. Investigators haven't released the name of the victim, or identified suspects.

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Related Topix: Parlier, CA

The Fresno Bee

Sex offender with child porn on computer arrested at McDonald's in Selma

A 25-year-old registered sex offender has been arrested after authorities discovered child pornography on his computer's hard drive as he sat near the children's play area at a McDonald's restaurant in Selma, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

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KMPH-TV Fresno

Caught In The Act: Two Fresno Men Nabbed In Attempted Robbery

Two men were arrested Monday after deputies caught the pair burglarizing a Fig Garden home, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said.

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KSEE-TV Fresno

Selma Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Fresno County sheriff's investigators say Jeremy Hudler was taken into custody when an investigation uncovered he used file sharing programs to download and distribute the illegal materials.

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The Fresno Bee

Updates: Court decision expected soon on West Fresno rendering plant's future

Both sides in a long-running fight over the future of a southwest Fresno rendering plant made their final arguments in a yearlong lawsuit on Tuesday afternoon in Fresno County Superior Court.

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Tue May 21, 2013

The Fresno Bee

Find tasty delights along Fresno County Fruit Trail

Juicy blackberries, sweet-tasting peaches and hearty nuts are in abundance this time of the year on Fresno County's Fruit Trail -- a self-guided tour of family farms, fruit stands and local restaurants.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Vegetables, Fresno, CA, Parlier, CA

The Fresno Bee

Local: Study: Fresno ranks fifth nationally for suburban poverty

Across the United States and in the San Joaquin Valley, the number of poor people living in suburbs is growing faster than in urban cores -- the historic focus of anti-poverty efforts and social services.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Clovis, CA

Mon May 20, 2013

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Calif. winery fire prompts school evacuation

Fire officials in the Central Valley farming community of Reedley evacuated an elementary school after a winery next door to the school caught on fire.

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Reno Gazette-Journal

Fresno homeowner kills robbery suspect with sword

From the first time he turned a wrench on a car in his native France more than 60 years ago, Marcel... FRESNO, Calif.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Firebaugh, CA

The Fresno Bee

Earth Log: Lanare residents lose nearby option to buy healthy drinking water

Folks in the southwest Fresno County town of Lanare avoid drinking arsenic-laced water from their taps.

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Related Topix: Lanare, CA, Riverdale, CA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sun May 19, 2013

The Fresno Bee

2-alarm fire doused at central Fresno tortilla factory

A two-alarm commercial fire at La Tapatia Tortilleria in central Fresno late Sunday morning was contained quickly by Fresno firefighters, limiting the damage to less than $1,000, the Fresno Fire Department said.

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Related Topix: Fire, Fresno, CA

CBS 47

Mendota Power Plant Fire

Fresno County fire crews battled a fire in Mendota that sent a lot of smoke into the air.

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Related Topix: Mendota, CA

Sat May 18, 2013

CBS 47

Prather Wildfire

Two of them broke out Friday. Around one this Friday a fire broke out near southbound Interstate 5 in Castaic.

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Related Topix: Prather, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Frazier Park, CA, Kern County, CA

The Fresno Bee

Updates: Robbery suspect arrested after high-speed chase from Fresno to Tulare County

A federal parolee wanted in connection with an armed robbery of a Bay Area bank was arrested Thursday evening after leading law-enforcement officers on a high-speed chase that started in central Fresno and ended in Tulare County.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Tulare County, CA, Traver, CA

Fri May 17, 2013

The Fresno Bee

Firefighters battling grass fires near Clovis, Auberry

Fresno County firefighters have contained one grass fire east of Clovis and are working on another that broke out Friday afternoon near Auberry.

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Related Topix: Auberry, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Clovis, CA

CBS 47

West Nile discovered in Fresno County

The Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District has notified the Fresno County Department of Public Health of the positive test results provided by the State's laboratory at UC Davis.

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Related Topix: West Nile Virus, Health, UC Davis, Tulare, CA