18+ hour, 15+ min ago   (193+ words) A suspect was struck by gunfire during an officer-involved shooting in Parlier on Saturday. The shooting happened near Merced and H streets around 10:10 a.m. after a Parlier police officer requested backup because his patrol vehicle was struck by bullets. Fresno County…...

21+ hour, 22+ min ago   (570+ words) When vandals knocked down and trampled the rainbow-colored doors in front of the Tower District’s iconic Big Red Church last Sunday, it revealed something deeper: six years of paint, layers repainted year after year as an enduring message of love…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (147+ words) A woman who was reportedly kidnapped in Kerman was ejected from the suspect’s car during a carh Friday night following a pursuit that ended in downtown Fresno. Police said the pursuit started at 9 p.m., when the suspect drove through the…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (504+ words) A restaurant that was recently evicted from its space in central Fresno is now being sued for alleged wage theft by the City Attorney’s Office. A civil complaint filed Aug. 7 in Fresno County Superior Court accuses the Mirchi Massala restaurant,…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (159+ words) Former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr watched his former team’s preseason opener. He seemed impressed by rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who completed 10 of 16 for 97 yards in the Raiders’ 27-14 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night. Mendoza’s lone touchdown pass went…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (292+ words) Female prisoners have not been protected from sexual abuse and harassment by staffers at California prisons, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Including at the women’s facility in Chowchilla in Madera County in the central San Joaquin Valley. Citing an investigation…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (406+ words) Fresno State cut the ribbon on its new on-campus housing complex on Tuesday, unveiling 80,000 square feet of one to four bedroom apartment-style units, a small gym, rec room and meeting space. The new space also includes six family units, for…...

1+ week, 50+ min ago   (859+ words) Johnny Sears is entering his third season as the head football coach at Edison High. The first two years haven’t always been smooth sailing for Sears (1-19), but he understood that building a successful program wouldn’t happen overnight. Still, Sears has…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (130+ words) A fuel tanker carrying 8,600 gallons of fuel caught on fire Saturday morning on Highway 99 after a two-vehicle crash in Selma in southern Fresno County. The minor injury crash happened at 8:41 a.m. on southbound Highway 99 at Second Street between a fuel tanker…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (528+ words) Growers in the San Joaquin Valley know they have to reduce groundwater pumping — and not just because it’s the law. The 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) mandates that overdrafted areas bring their groundwater basins into balance by the early 2040s. Local…...