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A woman sustained moderate injuries after she was thrown from a car after a traffic accident Saturday night outside of Visalia, California Highway Patrol officer Jeremy Grove said.
A man was in critical condition Saturday night after he was shot once at a party near Lindsay in Tulare County, sheriff's Lt. Mark Gist said.
A Fresno police motorcycle officer sustained minor injuries Saturday night in central Fresno when he hit a vehicle in an intersection, police Lt. Joe Gomez said.
An apartment fire in southeast Fresno on Saturday evening displaced three adults and nine children, battalion chief Tom Cope said.
A 21-year-old man died after being fatally wounded in a shooting in southwest Fresno early Saturday, police said.
Fresno State has six players on Phil Steele's preseason All-Mountain West Conference first team in football, including quarterback Derek Carr and wide receiver Davante Adams.
A four-week investigation led to the arrest Friday of a Dinuba man and woman on suspicion of selling drugs, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.
Police arrested four people on suspicion of driving while intoxicated at sobriety checkpoints Friday night and early Saturday in Fresno and Visalia.
7:50 p.m.: Three people were injured Friday afternoon when a fire department water tender rolled end-over-end after a crash in southeast Fresno.
In a stunning turnaround that caught the local political world completely off guard, Hanford Republican Andy Vidak -- the apparent winner in a 16th State Senate District special election -- will now likely face a runoff. Vidak will still win the election, which was held Tuesday. But he had to win more than 50% of the vote to avoid a July 23 runoff against the second-place finisher, Bakersfield Democrat Leticia Perez.
A 17-year-old boy who was not wearing a seat belt sustained major injuries when an SUV overturned west of Mendota on Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol said Friday.
A former Navy sailor is in the Kings County Jail on suspicion of murder in the death of his 11-month-old daughter, the Kings County Sheriff's Department said.
A judge has approved a settlement protecting wage levels of in-home care workers that Fresno County tried to slash four years ago, the union representing the workers said Friday.
A woman killed Tuesday in a head-on crash east of Coalinga has been identified.
The death of a 63-year-old Corcoran State Prison inmate Thursday is being investigated as a homicide, and his cellmate has been identified as the suspect, authorities said Friday.
A Visalia man has been sentenced to a year in jail and three years felony probation after pleading no contest to second-degree commercial burglary, grand theft, identity theft and possession of methamphetamine.
The head of the California High-Speed Rail Authority is being asked by a congressional subcommittee to provide a detailed account of how the state agency plans to spend more than $3 billion it has received from the federal government.
Fresno police on Thursday arrested a man suspected of an attempted murder who had been on the run and living out of state for more than three years.
Fresno State's baseball season came to an end Friday as the Bulldogs lost the second of the day's two elimination games, 4-0 to San Diego State at the Mountain West Conference tournament at Beiden Field.
A fire early Thursday destroyed Oakhurst Lodge in central Oakhurst, causing about $1 million in damage. Highway 41 was closed while firefighters battled the blaze. At least 22 people staying in the lodge were evacuated to other hotels.
Fresno Grizzlies pitcher Mike Kickham knows he could be in line for a big league promotion. Not that he wants to think about it and create unnecessary pressure on himself. But the injury to San Francisco Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong does create a potential opening on the major league roster.
Local Boy Scout executive John Richers doesn't expect the new policy that allows openly gay scouts in the Boys Scouts of America to have a negative effect on Valley troops.
Fresno County is continuing to see sluggish employment growth, at only about 1.2% this year, according to the latest quarterly economic forecast issued Thursday by the University of the Pacific in Stockton.
Five engines and one chief from Fresno County Cal Fire were sent to San Diego County on Thursday to aid firefighters battling the San Felipe fire, Capt. Ryan Michaels said.
A motorcyclist sustained major injuries Thursday after reportedly being cut off by a car on Highway 41 in central Fresno, the California Highway Patrol said.
The Fresno City Council on Thursday awarded a contract for $1.48 million to Floyd Johnston Construction of Clovis to build the Sugar Pine Trail pedestrian undercrossing at Shepherd Avenue west of Millbrook Avenue in northeast Fresno.
A man was in critical condition after nearly drowning in Bass Lake on Thursday afternoon, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said.
A person died in a crash involving a bicyclist and a big rig southwest of Madera on Thursday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol said.
They were fully extended throughout, which might have been thought to be a bit of a stretch itself against Air Force -- the last-place team during the regular season -- in an elimination game at the Mountain West Conference tournament.
A medical helicopter was called to an injury accident involving two tractors east of Firebaugh on Thursday afternoon, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said.
The Fresno City Council on a 4-3 vote Thursday morning rejected proposed bicycle lanes on Fruit Avenue in northwest Fresno.
A 23-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a series of arson fires that plagued Pinedale last month, the Fresno Fire Department said Thursday.
A gang member with a lengthy history of violent crimes fired all five shots from a revolver at Fresno police detectives Wednesday afternoon before he was arrested in southeast Fresno, Chief Jerry Dyer said Thursday. Neither the gang member nor officers were wounded.
Californians received the bottom line Thursday on which insurance firms will sell policies on the state's new health-care exchange this fall and how much those premiums will cost.
Fresno is the fifth-largest city in California, with a population of 505,000. The city showed a paltry growth rate, though, of less than 1%.
Fresno County sheriff's detectives are investigating the death of a man found lying along a dirt road with a gunshot wound Wednesday afternoon northeast of Parlier.
Joseph Castro's appointment as the new president of Fresno State was celebrated Wednesday by his former Hanford High School classmates, who remembered Castro as a bright student who clearly was destined to go places.
Four people were arrested Wednesday after suspected Bulldog gang members exchanged gunfire with plainclothes officers in a southeast Fresno neighborhood, Police Chief Jerry Dyer said.
Twenty years ago, Fresno Democrat Jim Costa lost to Hanford Republican Phil Wyman in a special election to fill the 16th state Senate seat. The following year, Costa came back to win the seat. After Hanford Republican Andy Vidak posted a convincing victory Tuesday over Bakersfield Democrat Leticia Perez in a 16th state Senate special election, Democrats were hoping history can repeat itself -- and Republicans were calculating how to solidify Vidak's future.
SWAT teams from 17 agencies trained for hostage situations, active shooting scenes and rescues of fallen officers Wednesday at the Fresno Police Department's new regional training facility.
A 25-year-old registered sex offender has been arrested after authorities discovered child pornography on his computer's hard drive as he sat near the children's play area at a McDonald's restaurant in Selma, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
Joseph Castro, a Hanford native, made history Wednesday when he was named the next president of Fresno State, becoming the first Latino to hold the post.
Fresno State center fielder Aaron Judge, who is leading the Bulldogs in every major statistical category and is likely to be a first-round pick next month in the MLB first-year player draft, has been selected first-team All-Mountain West Conference.
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree reportedly tore his Achilles tendon during organized team activities Tuesday.
The former Bob Wills house in east-central Fresno, which some had hoped would win historic designation, apparently has another month for a patron to step forward and save it from demolition. Behind-the-scenes dealings Thursday at Fresno City Hall led to the revelation.
Fire destroyed one unit of an eight-unit apartment building Tuesday night in east-central Fresno.
A 25-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for a 2007 purse-snatching that ended when one woman was shot to death and a second woman, who was pregnant, was shot but survived.
Both sides in a long-running fight over the future of a southwest Fresno rendering plant made their final arguments in a yearlong lawsuit on Tuesday afternoon in Fresno County Superior Court. A decision from Judge Mark Snauffer is expected soon.
Seven separate grass fires believed to be arson were stoked by the wind Tuesday night and threatened several structures in Orange Cove, said Chief Ralph Michaels of the Orange Cove Fire Department.
A 23-year-old Madera man was convicted of attempted murder Tuesday and faces a possible sentence of 37 years to life in prison, the Madera County District Attorney's Office said.