Fresno News

Eli Setencich was a longtime Fresno Bee columnist whose work showcased his love of language and appreciation for all things humorous, whether he was covering politics or writing about harvesting figs as a youngster in the Sanger area.

The Dry Creek canal crosses Clovis Avenue, seen to the left, just south of Alluvial Avenue on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 in Clovis, Calif.

Fresno County supervisors have supported high-speed rail for the past seven years, but that support is waning and could change Tuesday.

The Center for Search & Investigation for Missing Children and the Hanford Police Department are asking for help in finding a missing teenager believed to be in the Fresno area.

A man was beaten unconscious by several men, robbed and then dragged by his feet into a southeast Fresno apartment early Friday, Fresno police said.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) July 12--It's better than the American dream: An immigrant couple brings their three young sons to the U.S. and buys a restaurant.

Fresnans looking for a pet can adopt one from the Central California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' mobile adoption unit at River Park on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The CCSPCA is attempting to have 2,880 pets adopted this summer as part of the ASPCA Rachel Ray $100K Challenge, a contest in which 50 shelters across the U.S.

It was July 2, and I was listening to KMJ radio when Ray Appleton's talk show started.

The forest where the fire started is south of and separate from the Sequoia National Park east of Fresno, which is famous for its giant Sequoia trees.

A Fresno man was arrested Tuesday in Santa Barbara on drug and child endangerment charges after police found a video of his young son sucking on a marijuana water pipe, police reported.

An old bar on a rundown section of Golden State Boulevard in central Fresno will be among the first buildings to fall to make way for construction of California's high-speed rail project.

Fresno native Tony Smith bogeyed his final two holes Friday at the U.S. Senior Open and is projected to miss the cut by two strokes.

Fresno Unified school board hopefuls are turning their eyes to November, with Monday marking the start of the official filing period for soon-to-be candidates.

A federal judge in Fresno on Friday rejected a preliminary injunction against irrigation water transfers from Northern California to the San Joaquin Valley.

Thomas Garcia, 26, and Jenny Sao, 21, after police seized weapons, below, during a probation search at a Fresno home Thursday, July 10. Fresno police officers conducting a probation compliance search Thursday seized weapons from hidden compartments at a home west of Highway 99. A spokesman for the Police Department's Violent Crime Impact Team said ... (more)

The State Water Resources Control Board will vote Tuesday on fines and regulations meant to increase California's water conservation, but the changes will likely have little impact on Fresno and Clovis.

As dirt flies and shovels clank, a pair of East African Crowned Cranes decide they want no part of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Fresno Chaffee Zoo's new African Adventure exhibit in Roeding Park.

After five days of deliberations, a Fresno County Superior Court jury ruled Thursday that Perla Ibeth Vazquez was guilty of second-degree murder for getting drunk and causing a crash on Highway 168 in Fresno that killed a Clovis family man.

Thursday's high of 99 marked the second day of double-digit temperatures in Fresno.

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