Fresno News

It's not a new concept. Columbus sailed the ocean blue - he didn't jet across it in a motorboat.

Sunday's high in Fresno hit 84, making it the warmest day of the year. But it wasn't hot enough to break a record.

But for 9-year-old Treasure Cardenas Herrera, the timing couldn't have been more perfect.

A fire that started outside of the carport of a home in central Fresno Sunday afternoon caused about $50,000 in damage and initially threatened a family of 10, including six children.

"We have been getting calls from around the world about the drought in California," says David Parker , a water utilities analyst with W.R. Baird .

Leslie "Les" Sassano, retired owner of the longest ongoing family business in Clovis, died March 4 at his home.

Miriam Gonzalez, 26, stands with her kids Jason, 4, and Sofia, 6, at their Fresno home Saturday, March 15, 2014.

Mayor Ashley Swearengin on Thursday will ask the City Council to spend $1.5 million to hire a firm to manage the design and construction of the Bus Rapid Transit system.

Jeri Kuddes enrolled in a Covered California health plan only to discover that none of her doctors accepted the insurance.

Home Star, Inc., a Fresno real estate brokerage, recently launched a new scholarship, the Rising Star Scholarship, to help students complete an undergraduate or graduate degree.

A 24-year-old Clovis man faces life behind bars after pleading no contest Friday to five felony charges, including the kidnap and rape of a 10-year-old Fresno girl, who was beaten and left in a waist-deep pool west of Kerman in September 2012.

On March 14, 2014 Tool performed to a sold out Selland Arena in Fresno, California.

FRESNO, Calif. -- Twelve people have been injured in a car crash in Fresno, including eight children.

"Israel: A Light on the Land" will be on display March 22 to May 10 at Temple Beth Israel, 6622 N. Maroa Ave. The exhibit is presented by the Jewish Federation of Central California, courtesy of the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion Museum in New York.

A Fresno police officer is suspected of auto theft or being in possession of a stolen vehicle, according to search warrant documents filed in Fresno County Superior Court.

Former Fresno kindergarten teacher Dorothy Ramirez has pleaded no contest in Fresno County Superior Court to felony possession of drugs and bringing a knife onto the Easterby Elementary School campus in September 2011.

Swearengin plans to introduce herself to convention delegates and party leaders as she attempts to build campaign momentum for the June primary election.

A vehicle burns on the Highway 180 connector to Highway 41 in Fresno on Friday, March 14, 2014.

Emergency workers tend to people injured in a car-vs.-SUV crash at the intersection of Fruit and California avenues in west Fresno on Friday afternoon, March 14, 2014.

The state Water Resources Control Board announced Friday it has approved a permit to allow construction of a high-speed rail line between Fresno and Madera.