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.

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

A Woodlake couple was convicted today of tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner said. Elisabeth Ann Bossingham, 53, and Brett Allen Bossingham, 51, were found guilty of four counts of tax evasion and one count of conspiracy to impede the Internal Revenue Service from collecting taxes. She is a Visalia pediatrician and he is a farmer, Wagner said.

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.

A 47-year-old Madera man was arrested today on suspicion of possessing child pornography, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said. Detectives serving a search warrant at the man's home also found a small pile of children's undergarments and a bag of processed marijuana.

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.

Four Madera-area men were arrested Wednesday night on charges of possessing counterfeit documents and a fifth was taken into custody on charges of making the bogus papers, the Department of Motor Vehicles said today. The documents included driver's licenses, Social Security cards and U.S. residence cards.

A federal grand jury in Fresno on Thursday indicted a Visalia woman on charges that she conspired to scam more than $1.5 million in a Ponzi scheme in which victims believed they were investing in Arizona real estate.

A 22-year-old Tulare man was sentenced to 25 years in prison today for two armed robberies in 2009, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office said.

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.

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.

A motorcycle rider killed this morning in a crash near Los Banos has been identified.

The Fresno City Council on Thursday authorized its Finance and Audit Committee to investigate a $59 million debt that the now-defunct Redevelopment Agency allegedly owes the city.

Former Fresno State golfer Nick Watney shot a 6-under-par 66 today to rank among the leaders at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

A woman standing on Highway 41 in Madera County was struck and killed by a truck early this morning, the California Highway Patrol reported.

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.

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.

A 50-year-old Fresno woman died after a one-car crash this morning in southern Tulare County.

Southeast Fresno's new elementary school will bear the name Vang Pao Elementary School, honoring the Hmong leader who died more than a year ago.

Children's Hospital Central California has received $5,000 in donations to replace stolen adaptive water sports equipment, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The Fresno County Planning Commission is scheduled to decide today whether to allow mining on Jesse Morrow Mountain.

Fresno Unified plans to avoid layoffs next school year and expand transitional kindergarten to all elementary schools over the next two years, district officials said Wednesday.

America's top transportation official offered a spirited defense of high-speed rail plans Wednesday in Fresno but said that he and other supporters are aware of "serious concerns that people may have."

An attorney defending Clovis teacher Neng Yang, accused of molesting one of his second-grade students, wants him be to tried by federal prosecutors first in hopes of ensuring his safety.

Ron Hoggard has been named interim city manager of Hanford while the Hanford City Council searches for a permanent replacement.

The robbery of two people who used the Internet to sell cellular phones has prompted Fresno police to issue a warning about online commerce.

Two men who tried to ship 10 pounds of marijuana to Florida are in custody, Visalia police say.

A Fresno police officer shot and killed a man who ran toward him with a knife early Wednesday morning, police Chief Jerry Dyer said.

Orange Cove police are investigating a shooting that wounded a 27-year-old man around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday.

7:58 p.m.: A 16-year-old boy joyriding in his mother's minivan lost control and smashed into two homes in northeast Fresno Tuesday afternoon, causing $10,000 damage, officials said.