Friant News

Rising in the front yard of a two-story southeast Fresno home is a giant cactus an estimated 32 feet tall and seemingly with a mind of its own.

FRIANT, Calif. a ' The Specialty Sleep Assn. has released a DVD from the recent SSA Green Initiative Conference , in which 30 industry leaders met to begin developing a set of definitions, terms and standards for what constitutes "green" bedding.

Sarah Elizabeth Burchette and Stephen Paul Foster were united in marriage on Saturday September 6, 2008 at thier home in Fresno.

It's another food-filled week, so if you like pancakes, pizza and wine, mark your calendars: Batter Up Pancakes opens today in The Grove shopping center at Figarden Drive and Brawley Avenue.

The San Joaquin River will finally flow year-round as a long-awaited restoration begins in October.

From the sky, John Diener's farm looks like a swath of Kansas grafted onto the rugged flatlands of the San Joaquin Valley's west side.

The San Joaquin River will finally flow year-round as a long-awaited restoration begins in October.

A grass fire was threatening about 10 homes in the Fresno County Foothills. The fire is currently at 50% containment.

Just before Interstate 5 climbs the Grapevine out of the San Joaquin Valley is a massive underground reservoir that its owners say is the largest water banking project of its kind in the world.

As California copes with a third year of drought, federal officials are trying to avoid spilling water over the top of Friant Dam at nearly full Millerton Lake.

Get the Latest CBS47 News Update from Tuesday Evening, May 19th. The coroner has identified the man who died after his truck went into the Friant-Kern canal near Millerton Lake.

Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims today announced the arrest of a Friant man in connection with the assault and battery of two women and one female teenager.

Cal Fire, along with CHP Officials are on the scene of an accident on Millerton Road.

The North American outing, which gets underway June 13 in Del Mar, CA, now crisscrosses the nation three times before wrapping up Aug.

FRIANT, Calif., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- "I love you!" Barbara from Clovis exclaimed to a team member of Table Mountain Casino.

Former Mayor Alan Autry is holding a news conference today with several others to endorse all the propositions on Tuesday's special election ballot.

Six people were injured in Fresno over the weekend in two separate high-speed crashes.The first happened around 6:30 PM Sunday Northeast Fresno when a car traveling about 100 miles-per-hour on Friant Road, just north of Champlain crashed, causing a chain reaction.Police say a silver car was speeding while heading north on Friant and crashed into ...

FRIANT, Calif. a ' Bedding major Simmons, which manufactures both innerspring and specialty sleep products, has joined the Specialty Sleep Assn., the SSA announced today.

A Fresno man pleaded guilty this morning to seven felony counts, including charges of murder and drunken driving, in connection with a head-on collision that killed two people and injured three others on Friant Road in July 2007.

When the chinook salmon come back to the San Joaquin River, it will be a miracle.