Fresno County News

An intense fire scorched the bank of the San Joaquin River in northwest Fresno on Thursday, destroying a million-dollar home and forcing residents of eight other houses to evacuate.

A mobile home was gutted in a fire Tuesday night, but an elderly resident escaped.

Fresno businessman Krikor "Kirk" Vartanian pleaded not guilty to assault and domestic violence charges this morning in Fresno County Superior Court.

Domestic violence charges were filed today against Fresno businessman Krikor "Kirk" Vartanian of Fresno.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown and two county district attorneys are suing the owner of nearly two dozen Midas auto shops in the state, accusing him of a "massive bait & switch scam." Brown and the district attorneys in Alameda and Fresno counties filed a complaint Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court against Maurice Irving Glad, the ...

A Sanger man was arrested early Tuesday after he allegedly broke into a house and molested two children, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office reported.

Fresno County's crisis center for the mentally ill is closed as of Monday. Some have predicted the closure would lead to an overflow of severely mentally ill patients at hospital emergency rooms.

Fresno County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a man, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a valley water park on Saturday.

A man fatally shot his wife and two children and killed himself in a home in a gated community in suburban Orlando, authorities said Monday.

An 18-year-old Clovis man was arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, police said.

A well known Fresno businessman has been arrested on suspicion of brutally beating a woman and holding a knife to her neck, police said.

A former criminal law student has been sentenced to life in a California prison for killing one man and wounding two others in a dispute over a Sony PlayStation console.

Fresno youths and church and community leaders will march to City Hall Saturday morning to help raise awareness about AIDS on National HIV Testing Day.

A 4-car pileup on eastbound Jensen near Armstrong left two people dead and others injured.

Fresno County, CA- Three young people are confirmed dead, after a suspected drunk driver going the wrong way in Southeast Fresno crashed onto oncoming traffic.

In a 4-1 vote, Wednesday afternoon, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors approved a $1.7 billion budget that calls for big cuts- especially to law-enforcement. "It's deep, it's thick, and it's not appropriate especially when it comes to protecting the public," said Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced he will hold hearings on the drought in California and its impact on farmers.

Two brothers pleaded not guilty this morning to murder charges in connection with the shooting deaths of two men in southeast Fresno earlier this month.

California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein are joining Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in calling on the Obama administration to issue a federal disaster declaration for Fresno County.

A man and a woman, both originally from Laos, are in custody following their arrest yesterday on state drug charges arising from a month-long, multi-agency probe into an opium smuggling scheme that led to the seizure of more than $50,000 worth of the narcotic.