A Fresno man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of his brother-in-law in Clovis last year, police said today.

A man died this morning in Visalia when his motorcycle hit a curb, causing him to crash, police said.

A warrant was issued today for the arrest of a former Fresno County Jail correctional officer on suspicion of having sexual contact with a female inmate.

Republican lawmakers led by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, have been quietly overseeing the rewrite of a huge California water bill since last summer. The bill could shape everything from the San Joaquin River to Sacramento Valley water deliveries. But despite the broad-based impact, Democrats feel shut out.

A man fatally shot after Fresno police say he confronted an officer with a large knife Wednesday has been identified.

Two men punched a resident of a home near Selma and took a rifle and the victim’s wallet during a home-invasion robbery this morning, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said.

Distressed homeowners in the central San Joaquin Valley could reap more than $750 million in benefits from the multistate foreclosure settlement announced Thursday, the state Attorney General's office said.

A woman struck and killed by a truck on Highway 41 in Madera County early Thursday has been identified.

A family of four escaped injury this morning when a fire broke out in their northeast Fresno home.

Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for free birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.

Fresno firefighters battled a two-alarm structure fire this morning in downtown Fresno.

Hundreds packed into a standing-room-only hearing Thursday to have their say on whether to mine Jesse Morrow Mountain. But after hours of public comment, mostly against the proposed 100-acre rock quarry in the Sierra foothills, the Fresno County Planning Commission postponed its vote.

A Fresno murder-for-hire case took another bizarre twist Thursday when it emerged in court that the key witness in the case photographed himself wearing a Fresno police uniform and riding in a police helicopter.

After being on the losing end of some costly civil cases, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer finally got to enjoy a victory lap Thursday when a jury rejected a couple's claim that they were unfairly forced to resign from the Police Department.

Ashley Swearengin announced Thursday that she will seek a second term as Fresno's mayor, saying the city is well on its way toward a dramatic turnaround, but much work remains.

The family of the girl a Clovis schoolteacher is accused of molesting has retained a Fresno attorney. Also Thursday, a federal grand jury in Fresno handed up a four-count indictment charging the teacher with producing child pornography.

Fresno County has reversed course and will come back to the bargaining table with workers from a union that walked off the job for three days in January.

Fresno State failed to capitalize on chances to put away San Jose State, losing in double overtime Thursday night to the host Spartans.

Courtney Moore hit a grand slam to erase an early deficit and Fresno State finished with three home runs for the night in a 9-1 season-opening victory Thursday against Toledo at Bulldog Diamond.