Fresno News

During a recent Fresno visit, state Senate president pro tem-elect Kevin de Len listed some reasons that his fellow senator, Hanford Republican Andy Vidak, shouldn't be reelected.

Julie McGough, a teacher at Clovis Unified's Valley Oak Elementary School, has been named a state finalist for a prestigious national teaching award.

Encore Restaurants LLC, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Encore Enterprises, announced Tuesday it has purchased the existing Five Guys restaurant in River Park, along with seven other locations in the state.

Federal prosecutors say a former Fresno IRS employee stole the identities of her co-workers and opened credit cards to go on shopping sprees with friends.

Fresno Police Dept. motorcycle officer Roland Rendon talks about his experience recently of saving the life of a 1-year-old child choking on a piece of candy.

Brett Cross, a recent graduate of Fresno StateÕs Wayfinder program, talks about his experience, with mother, Carolyn Cross, Wednesday afternoon, July 16, 2014.

Fresno police Chief Jerry Dyer's patrol car set on fire By BoNhia Lee The patrol car driven by Fresno police Chief Jerry Dyer was set on fire Sunday.

TV celebrity Geraldo Rivera socializes with fans at a Manchester Center job fair on July 22, 2014.

The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment recognized the authority's Kindergarten Readiness and Learn2Earn programs at its summer conference in Tampa, Fla.

Sprinkler fitters are suing a company that installed fire sprinklers at the California Department of Veterans Affairs veterans home in Fresno and at public and private projects across the state, alleging they were shortchanged on pay for overtime and travel expenses.

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The action started early around 4:00 a.m. in the Fig Garden Loop with several trash can fires, according to Koby Johns, Fire Department Spokesman.

A man frightened two others so much that they killed him, drove his truck to a rural area and set it ablaze with his dead body inside, lawyers said Monday in opening statements of a Fresno murder trial.

Local mosques and Peace Fresno made the call to action and the Central Valley responded with over 150 protestors assembling at the intersection of Blackstone and Shaw, chanting phrases such as "free free Palestine" and "we want justice".

Board members of the Foundation for Fresno's Future gathered Monday in the front yard of a home near Fresno High School to praise the growth blueprint.

The Big Fresno Fair has added classic rock to the groups booked for this year's Table Mountain Concert series.

A 72-year-old Fresno man was sentenced Monday to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to money laundering charges.

Witness Frank Laugher describes what happened when a driver plowed an SUV into the AAA office in Fresno on Monday, July 21, 2014.

The murder trail of a Sanger man who was on a drunken search for his younger sister when he allegedly killed a man in 2012 started Monday.

Pana-Pacific, which manufactures electronic devices for commercial vehicles, broke ground Monday on a new 150,000-square-foot building in southeast Fresno that will allow the company to expand operations and add up to 100 jobs over the next few years.