Fresno News

Rachel Rogers, 41, of Tulare, has been appointed skilled nursing facility administrator at the Veterans Home of California, Fresno.

California Highway Patrol investigators examine damage on a 1997 Chevrolet pickup that is believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Highway 99 in Fresno, Calif., on Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Rebeca Rangel is a graduate of Fresno High School and Fresno City College. She continued on at UC Santa Cruz and transferred to CSU San Jose, where she got her master's degree in Social Science.

The Si Se Puede Recognition Ceremony -- for the community, especially our local graduating students -- will take place Wednesday, April 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Community Room 800 at Woodland Community College.

Inside the Bottom's Up cafe in the conservative Central Valley town of Clovis, scantily clad baristas in bikini tops set about creating what the company calls the "the best drive-through coffee experience."

"I feel so strongly about the good that can be done in this district," Olivier said.

The Rowell Building at Van Ness Avenue and Tulare Street has been sold according to rumor.

Fire crews responded to a fire at an abandoned building near the Save Mart Supermarket at Cedar and Ashlan early Tuesday morning.

Fresno police arrest the city's most prolific auto thief again, less than a month after officers put him behind bars for running a chop shop.

A 19-year-old Fresno man was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for the hit-and-run killing of a 50-year-old man in central Fresno last September and leaving behind an injured 9-year-old in his car.

Aftermath of a fire that burned in a vacant commercial building in central Fresno on Ashlan Avenue just west of Cedar Avenue on Tuesday morning, April 22, 2014.

A Fresno man who authorities say killed a man in self-defense was sentenced Monday to more than 12 years in prison on federal drug charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

The state this week released a more detailed ranking of the riskiest places to live in California -- and Fresno, by far, still leads the pack.

Fresno police dog Tico was punched in the nose several times on April 22, 2014 by a man suspected of domestic violence.

A Dutch man pleaded guilty Monday to nine counts related to sexually exploiting a minor, some of which happened in the Fresno area, U.S. District Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner said.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. >> New Mexico State University's Pan American Center has been named a "Top Stop" for university entertainment venues in the 10,001 to 15,000 capacity category, based on concert and event grosses for the 2013 calendar year.

A 19-year-old killed in an accident north of Madera last week has been identified as Christian Alvarez, the Madera County Sheriff's Office reported Monday.

The Fresno Regional Foundation has announced a new batch of arts and culture grants totaling more than $160,000 to 12 organizations.

The former welding instructor who became dean of boys and then head of the college business office was passionate about his work and a great leader, said those he employed.

Baines in the 2008 election finished second to former City Council Member Mike Briggs in a crowded primary, then easily won in the general election.