Fresno News

Central Valley Community Bancorp posted a profit of more than $2.6 million, or 24 cents per share, for the first quarter of 2014.

The Fresno City Fire Department responds to two recreational vehicles on fire on property along the south side of Olive Avenue west of Highway 99 and just west of Lafayette Avenue Wednesday afternoon, April 16, 2014 in Fresno, Calif.

Fresno City Manager Mark Scott discusses his decision to accept a job in Burbank during a press conference Wednesday attended by Assistant City Manager Bruce Rudd, left, and Mayor Ashley Swearengin.

Joanne M. Lippert smiles as she holds two bouquets of flowers after she was named the Fresno County Women's Chamber of Commerce Mother of the Year Wednesday, April 16, 2014 in Fresno, Calif.

Officials with the Fresno teachers union are urging district administrators to follow the lead of another California school district in opting not to seek renewal of a waiver from federal accountability rules.

The Fresno County Coroner's Office on Wednesday released the name of a 21-year-old Fresno man who died in a vehicle accident last week east of Clovis.

A 19-year-old Fresno man was killed Tuesday after the van he was riding in crashed north of Madera.

Helados La Tapatia, a Fresno company that makes ice cream treats, resumed production recently following a two-week shutdown after potentially dangerous bacteria was found in its G Street production plant.

Leaders of the Fresno Teachers Association union say they're baffled by statements made by Fresno Unified Superintendent Michael Hanson that the two parties -- which have been embroiled for months in a standoff over teacher contracts -- have settled on a third-party mediator.

The family's pit-bull Isis, was found shot to death on the side of the road, while their second dog Porcha, is still out there.

The Fresno man suspected of murdering a rival Bulldog gang member in central Fresno last month has been identified as Daniel "Gorilla" Cardenas, 29, police said.

Mayor Ashley Swearengin, a Republican candidate for state controller, held an open house Tuesday evening at her campaign office in downtown Fresno.

A jury on Tuesday rejected a Fresno man's murder confession to police, but found him guilty of being a drug dealer.

An indictment was unsealed today charging three women with conspiracy to commit access device fraud and access device fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

A 22-year-old man from Merced County who tried to run past the security checkpoint of Fresno-Yosemite International Airport on Monday was quickly tackled and handcuffed.

Three people were killed Sunday when a gunman opened fire on a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City.

A Fresno city bus on fire -- and a small, abandoned home ablaze later in the night -- kept firefighters busy on Sunday.

A Fresno woman is in critical condition right now after police say her estranged husband shot her and then himself.

Officers say the big rig had been hauling hundreds of gallons of gasoline from Fresno to Tehachapi, when it overturned near the Highway 65 overpass, around 4 a.m. "When I jumped back, I heard him yelling help, help, help... I jumped, I grabbed him, put him in my car and we stopped on the exit on 7th standard called an ambulance," she says.

A man who allegedly burglarized three Fresno elementary schools since the end of last month was arrested Monday afternoon, said Fresno police Sgt.