12,000 pot plants found in Madera Co.Nearly 12,000 marijuana plants were found growing Tuesday night in a vineyard in southwest Madera County, while in a separate case, about 200 marijuana plants were found Wednesday morning growing inside a house in east-central Fresno, authorities said.
Challenge to DNA leads to new trialMADERA -- A legal challenge of DNA evidence has led to a new trial in the case of a Clovis man convicted of murder, rape and child molestation in the 1989 death of his half sister.
Two held in bizarre Fresno shootingPolice have detained two men for questioning after they found a woman shot in the head in a west-central Fresno apartment.
Hip-hop video played in pot trialProsecutors on Wednesday put the finishing touches on their case against two Modesto men facing federal drug charges by showing jurors a hip-hop video featuring one of the defendants appearing to challenge federal authorities with two raised middle fingers and an expletive.
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Fresnan gets life in girlfriend's slayingAfter firing a single bullet into his girlfriend's face, Matthew Sanchez allegedly used magnetic letters to write a message on his refrigerator. It read: "shot ugly woman."
Boys, girl arrested in shot near schoolThree boys and a girl, ages 12 to 16, were arrested by police Monday afternoon in connection with a shot fired behind Tioga Middle School earlier in the day.
Larissa Schuster's attorney requests new trial
Appellate court puts case of fatal Madera custody shooting back in play
Clovis murder suspect cited in spousal abuse
Atwater man faces molesting charges
Clovis woman stabbed to death

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