A spokeswoman for the Fresno County Coroner's Office described the man only as 29 years old and a former Parlier resident. 05/09/08 08:23:35 http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/588810.html The Fresno County Coroner's Office this morning made public the name of the woman who was found dead Thursday in her apartment in the 5200 block of East Huntington Avenue in southeast Fresno.

Dead is Denise Newton, 46. 05/09/08 08:16:03 http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/588781.html A 16-year-old boy was arrested Thursday night in connection with a burglary and the vandalism of several rooms at Slater Elementary School in northwest Fresno, police said this morning.

Sgt. Joey Alvarez said officers were dispatched to the school at 4472 N. Emerson Ave. about 10:30 p.m. Thursday when a burglary alarm was activated. 05/09/08 08:06:57 http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/588778.html A fire this morning just west of Goshen has caused the closure of Road 68 and Avenue 306 while firefighters battle the blaze.

The fire, reportedly involving two structures, was reported at 7:16 a.m. and is being handled by the Tulare County Fire Department. 05/09/08 08:02:18 http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/588749.html Radio talk show host Ray Appleton was back on the air this morning, a day after he become sick and left the station during the morning news program.

On Thursday Appleton was on his afternoon KMJ 580 AM show by former Fresno Mayor Jim Patterson. Appleton said he had come down with a case of the flu, which had been making the rounds at the radio station. 05/09/08 07:54:31 http://www.fresnobee.com/649/story/587918.html Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of key parts of Beirut from Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-backed government Friday, a dramatic show-of-force certain to strengthen the Iranian-allied group's hand as it fights for dominance in Lebanon's political deadlock.

An ally of Hezbollah said the group intended to pull back, at least partially, from the areas its gunmen occupied overnight and Friday morning - signaling Hezbollah likely does not intend a full-scale, permanent takeover of Sunni Muslim parts of Beirut, similar to the Hamas takeover of Gaza a year ago. 05/09/08 10:37:00 http://www.fresnobee.com/649/story/588275.html Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.

Obama picked up the backing of five superdelegates, including Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who had been a Clinton supporter. 05/09/08 10:16:01 http://www.fresnobee.com/649/story/588001.html Myanmar's military leaders seized aid shipments headed for cyclone survivors and told the top U.S. diplomat there Friday that they're not ready to let in American aid workers despite warnings the country is on the verge of a medical catastrophe.

Another 4 inches of rain was forecast to fall next week as more than 1 million people waited for food, clean water, shelter and medicine to reach them. Diplomats and aid groups warned the number of dead could eventually exceed 100,000 because of illnesses and said thousands of children may have been orphaned. 05/09/08 09:55:59 http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/587917.html Some Valley residents are making Mother's Day a two-day affair this year, as the U.S. and the Latin American celebrations fall on the same weekend.

That's good news for some florists and others selling gifts for Mother's Day. They're preparing for a busier weekend than usual, despite a soft economy. 05/08/08 23:25:38 http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/587915.html Fresno County's budget shortfall next year may be much larger than officials originally revealed, and law enforcement officials say they may be forced to cut prosecutors and sheriff's deputies to help close the gap.

A budget proposal details how county officials plan to divide up discretionary revenues -- cash that supervisors spend as they see fit. Under the proposal, the Sheriff's Department and District Attorney's Office could lose millions of dollars. 05/08/08 23:25:36 http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/587914.html SACRAMENTO -- He denounced it as a political stunt and power play, but was the recall campaign against state Sen. Jeff Denham the best thing to ever happen to his political career?

The upside for the Atwater Republican grew immensely this week when Senate leader Don Perata, D-Oakland, called off the campaign. 05/08/08 23:25:35 http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/587944.html The dry Diablo Range in southwest Fresno County may soon be home to a new crude oil pipeline transporting hundreds of thousands of gallons per day to a San Francisco Bay Area refinery.

Chevron won approval Thursday from the Fresno County Planning Commission to build a 57-mile pipeline for hot, heavy crude oil from San Ardo in the Salinas Valley to an existing pipeline near Coalinga. There was no public opposition to the project, which was approved by a unanimous vote of the six commissioners present. Officials in Monterey County, where the pipeline will start, approved it in March. Oil from the San Ardo field is currently sent to the refinery by truck, but commissioners were told that, upon completion in 2010 or 2011, the 10.75-inch pipeline will save an estimated 200 truck trips per day. 05/08/08 23:43:07