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That's among the recommendations by Police Auditor Rick Rasmussen in his 16-page report for the three-month period of October through December 2013.

A "mini-MBA" class for small-business owners is being offered by the Fresno district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Assemblyman Henry Perea, chair of the Insurance Committee, listens to testimony during an oversight hearing at the Capitol concerning problems in the Employment Development Department on Nov. 6, 2013.

Golden LivingCenter chef and soup judge Darin Leonardson blows on a spoonful of soup before tasting during the inaugural Soup Challenge held at Golden LivingCenter Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Fresno, Calif.

The Kerman dairyman is a registered Democrat, but has several high-profile Republican endorsements for the seat, including the guy who holds the post now - retiring Supervisor Phil Larson.

A 16-year-old Fresno boy admitted Thursday he participated in the home-invasion robbery of 92-year-old World War II veteran Josef Martin, who was pistol-whipped, beaten and shoved into a closet while a group of kids ransacked his home.

Sikh students living in Fresno County say they are regularly bullied at school, and many of them say educators do nothing about it when such aggression is reported, according to a national survey being released Thursday.

Nearly 500 Fresno Teachers Association members dressed in black packed into the Fresno Unified School District board meeting in protest Wednesday night and returned hundreds of copies of the CORE waiver that will let the district set accountability measures for itself.

A workshop on the federal Affordable Care Act will be offered March 18 by the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce for business owners, independent contractors or self-employed people to learn more about the law and its requirements.

Shasta County Sheriff's deputies say they've arrested two people suspected of growing more than 600 plants in Ono Wednesday.

An August 2013 file photo shows a shopping cart with a homeless person's belongings in it at the edge of Courthouse Park near the Fresno County Courthouse.

Bidders competing for a contract to design and build the second piece of high-speed rail line in the San Joaquin Valley could receive up to $2 million apiece if their bid is passed over.

Breaking news and insight from Bee reporters on the central San Joaquin Valley's lawmakers, movers and shakers.

* When Fresno Unified was in financial trouble, the teachers willingly didn't take a COLA to help the district with the promise that they would receive it when the district was more financially stable.

A Fresno gang member who showed up at a hospital with stab wounds ended up being arrested after police learned he was wanted for robbery, Lt.

But, in another reflection of big-city life, only 10 of the lights in the region are working.

A Fresno couple that have been playing the lottery for at least 30 years purchased a $1 million winning lottery scratcher on Tuesday morning.

Garry Bredefeld, a Fresno psychologist who has largely been out of the public eye for more than a dozen years, said Tuesday that he's going to run for his old Fresno City Council seat in 2016.

A carjacker who killed a man and shot two others before dying in a crash in January had alcohol in his system but no drugs, the Fresno County Coroner reported.

Fresno police officers seized a loaded sawed-off shotgun, a sword cane and methamphetamine during a traffic stop Monday night in Fresno.