Fresno County News

Five people died in in three single-vehicle accidents over a two-hour span Sunday, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol.

People who live outside Fresno won't have to pay more to visit Roeding Park, at least not until Aug.

CA: District found in 'serious financial trouble' The Fresno Bee, Calif. Jul. 3--A district that provides water, sewer and other services to 1,200 people south of Sanger has mismanaged funds and is in "serious ...

Joshua Sebold Staff Writer 06/23/08 More than six hundred fires were burning between Monterey and Fresno counties and the Oregon border on the first anniversary of the Angora Fire in the Tahoe area Monday, June ...

With fire and air quality officials urging people not to shoot off their own fireworks, more and more people are looking for official 4th of July activities to celebrate the holiday.

American Red Cross volunteers today are assisting 42 people from 13 families who were displaced from their homes because of a fire Wednesday that swept through an apartment complex on Golden State Boulevard ...

Crossing the border and arriving in the United States doesn't always mean the beginning of prosperity.

In just the past few days, the first human cases of West Nile Virus for 2008 have popped up in California, and all three cases, were found right here in the Central Valley.

Sheriff's investigators got some leads on Nieto out here last night, but they haven't tracked him down yet.

Fires in the foothills. Rangeland dry as a bone. Less water for Valley crops. A dry spring and a hot early summer led Tulare County officials this week to seek a state of emergency.

Galen Kumataka, resident: "The neighborhood is pretty upset, everyone walks by, they're really disturbed that they can't let their children play in their own yards, out of fear for their safety." Multimedia ...

Charles Henry King, 62, faces vehicular manslaughter charges after he struck and killed an 11-year-old boy crossing a street in southwest Fresno early Wednesday morning, police said.

A 15-year-old boy scout from Santa Maria is in the hospital after an early morning rescue in eastern Fresno County.

A 15-year-old Boy Scout from Santa Maria who was trapped Wednesday under a large boulder near Courtright Reservoir in the Sierra east of Fresno was rescued overnight by Fresno County sheriff's deputies said.

A weather temperature inversion and calm wind conditions caused the community of Oakhurst and surrounding areas to be shrouded in heavy smoke Tuesday.

A career that spanned a collective 25 years with the Fresno County Department of Agriculture has come to an end.

A Visalia diesel mechanic was arrested Thursday after regional and federal law enforcement officers reported finding evidence that he had distributed child porn videos online.

Fresno County Sheriff's detectives are investigating an apparent murder-suicide at a residence near Auberry.

Fresno County Sheriff's Deputies continue to investigate what they're calling a pair of suspicious murders in the Auberry area.

Fresno County, Calif., agriculture officials say its farmers are letting crops die on thousands of acres this year due to water shortages.