Caruthers News

Mark Beyer and Crystal Shelton will wed, on July 17, 2009, in Pismo. The daughter of Nanci Shelton and Russell and Cathy Shelton, all of Caruthers, is a 1999 graduate of Caruthers High School, a 2003 graduate of California State University, Fresno.

One person died early today in a single vehicle crash near Caruthers, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Fresno County sheriff's deputies recovered three stolen tractors and a trailer and arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the thefts, the Sheriff's Department said Thursday.

A Valley lawmaker is changing parties. Juan Arambula, who represents the 31st Assembly District in the State, announced this week he is leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an Independent.

A Caruthers man with a record of arrests for drunken driving was ordered Wednesday to stand trial in Fresno County Superior Court in a connection with a fatal traffic collision in May 2008.

A Fresno County man who already has two DUI convictions was sent to trial on Wednesday in connection with a fatal accident, when he allegedly was driving drunk.

The outages are scattered throughout the county, said Jeff Smith, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Crops grown in Fresno and Tulare counties brought in more money than ever last year, boosted by increased prices for feed crops, citrus and nuts.

Demonstrators opposed to the California Supreme Court's ruling upholding the legality of Proposition 8 sit in the intersection at Van Ness and Grove in San Francisco.

8 by a 6-1 vote but ruled that the same sex marriages performed last year can stand.

A farmer who was spraying his vineyard near a school bus stop southwest of Caruthers on Thursday morning could face fines after three children inhaled the spray while waiting for their bus.

Three Caruthers Unified students are in the hospital after being sprayed with pesticides before school Thursday morning.

MAY 4 -- FRESNO, Calif. - Acting United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that today a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against JOSE ESQUIVEL MENDEZ, aka ALBERTO PEREZ-LOPEZ, 25, an illegal alien from Tijuana, Mexico, following a four-day trial for ...

Bela Juice, makers of Bela Organic Grape Juice has joined the Certified Farmers' Market and is bringing their grape juice to all three Coachella Valley farmers markets.

The San Joaquin Valley towns of Cutler and Caruthers will renovate their wastewater systems with the help of economic stimulus grants announced Tuesday.

Race night heats up at Madera Speedway on Saturday when the United States Auto Club sprints and USAC/Bay Cities Racing Association midgets make the first of seven appearances at Madera Speedway.

The regional premiere of Lisa Loomer's comedy Distracted , starring Rebecca Dines, begins performances at TheatreWorks in California April 1. Armando Molina stages the production that officially opens April 4 and runs to April 26 at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts.

Fresno County will close a boot camp next month and release some of the 115 young inmates held there, the Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday.

Fresno County supervisors on Tuesday will consider closing a 140-bed juvenile boot camp in a proposal that calls for the release of some of the young offenders housed there.

Marlene Razon wants to use math skills to propel herself into a career as a pediatrician.