Fresno County News

A man found dead June 11 in a canal just east of Wild Water Adventure Park has been identified as Nick Mongelli, 53, the Fresno County Coroner's Office said Tuesday.

Fresno County supervisors agreed Tuesday to tap a group of business and community leaders to help the county rebound from the stubborn economic downturn of the last several years.

City Council Member Lee Brand dominated the show Tuesday morning with his plan to balance next year's general fund budget while maintaining the status quo in public safety.

The SPCA for Monterey County on Saturday rescued 17 animals - 14 dogs, one kitten and two birds - from a woman purporting to run a rescue group at PetSmart in Sand City.

Grant ran to find her home unharmed, but her neighbors weren't so lucky. The house on the 30000 block of Big River Way in the Madera County foothills was badly burned and its fences melted from the heat.

An 18-year-old who stabbed a teen while stealing his cell phone outside the McDonald's at Ashlan and Clovis avenues was caught thanks to a witness who stayed on the getaway trail.

"It's not something many people think about, but it takes a huge amount of resources to get food to our plates," says Dana Gunders, a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council.

A fire is burning out of control in the Midpines area of Mariposa County and authorities are evacuating some residents.

Thousands of poor and undocumented residents in Fresno County are at risk of losing their health care, an unintended and painfully ironic consequence of the Affordable Care Act.

The explanation that Beth Brown, wife of Fresno Fire Chief Rob Brown, provided to news media for her husband's suspected domestic violence last week doesn't match what she told a 911 dispatcher on the night of the ordeal.

Fire officials have determined what caused two of three blazes near Highland and Clinton Avenues Thursday.

A sheriff's spokesman is providing new details on the arrest of Fresno's fire chief, saying he knocked his wife to the ground and choked another family member.

A Visalia resident who was a Clovis Fire Department training officer was sentenced this week to five years probation and 1,000 hours of community service for embezzling union funds.

There's only one reason Fresno County isn't relentlessly pursuing local folks who are cheating cities, schools, special districts and the county out of millions of tax dollars every year.

Officials say they have stopped the growth of a Fresno County wildfire that burned several structures and led to the brief evacuation of dozens of homes.

Police continue to investigate the death of an infant boy left unintentionally in a vehicle for an hour Friday in southwest Fresno when the temperature reached 101 degrees.

Four Valley tribes are among 353 American Indian and Alaskan Native entities nationwide that were awarded $563 million in housing grants from the the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Sanger City Council ended a long legal battle this week by reaching a settlement with the lawyer who defended former city manager Eugene "Jim" Drinkhouse in a civil suit involving shady real estate dealings.

The County of Fresno has a new budget. In a vote of 5-0, the Board of Supervisors approved its new spending plan.

Fresno Fire Chief Rob Brown, seen at a City Council department budget hearing, was arrested Wednesday night, June 12. He posted bond and was released from Fresno County Jail on Thursday.