Sanger News

Before I moved to Oroville, in fact years before I moved to Oroville or even thought about moving to Oroville, I met an extraordinary woman who lived in Palermo on an olive ranch.

With a key decision looming, opponents of a gravel mine planned for a prominent foothill east of Sanger are mobilizing for one of their last chances to kill the project.

A Sanger man convicted of killing three young people in a DUI crash last June ... will spend the next 15-years in prison.

A public hearing is set for Wednesday in Sanger over a controversial mining project.

A Sanger man is given the maximum penalty for his crime, 32year old William Rivera Jr.

A 32-year-old Sanger man pleaded no contest Wednesday to second-degree murder and felony drunken driving charges after cutting a deal with prosecutors that will likely make him eligible for parole in a little more than 20 years.

The Choinumni have a name for the rocky mountain at the base of the Sierra. They call it Wahahlish, meaning "someone cried." Once the mountain -- and its wildflowers, burrowing owls, coyotes, rattlesnakes and native artifacts -- belonged to the Choinumni, a Yokut tribe whose members lived in villages near the Kings River but also looked for food in ...

Over 9,256 tickets were sold in the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway this year, all to benefit St.

PetSmart is expanding its voluntary recall of beef hoof products manufactured by Pet Carousel in Sanger, Calif.

A growing rift between Sanger's mayor and the other four council members is threatening to paralyze City Hall.

Surrounded by family and old friends, General Vang Pao arrives at a Marine Corps Birthday celebration in Sanger.

A teenage couple and three children died early Saturday when a fast-moving fire swept through an apartment complex, igniting one building after another and destroying nine apartments.

An arrest warrant has been dropped for actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, who are accused of stiffing a Santa Barbara County hotel on a $10,000 bill.

Fresno State students on Tuesday lobbied for a fee rollback and cuts to executive compensation during a two-hour meeting with President John Welty.

To those Bee readers who may have lost a precious pet due to the fireworks and gunfire of New Year's Eve celebrations, may I please remind them to check out the local SPCA for their animal companion.

A Sanger man was arrested early Tuesday after he allegedly broke into a house and molested two children, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office reported.

The "Be a Santa to a Senior" program is underway. You'll see decorated trees at 22 Walgreens locations in Fresno and Madera Counties.

It's Friday night and Week 8 of Central Section football. Check fresnobee.com tonight and every Friday during the season for scores and details from the action.

Most local farmers escaped major frost damage overnight ... according to Ag officials.

It's late summer in this hamlet just outside the western border of Yosemite National Park.