Fresno County News

A decorated Vietnam War veteran accused of shooting at police officers after a high-speed chase across north Fresno was sentenced this morning to five years of probation.

An Orange Cove man is behind bars, and another man still on the loose in connection with a recent home invasion.

H1N1 vaccine clinics will continue around the Central Valley on Friday. Families in Mariposa County will be given the vaccine, from 2-3 p.m. at the Wawona Community Center.

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

For the second time in a month, a Fresno County welfare worker has been convicted by a jury.

The officer fired during a confrontation with the men after the chase ended, Fresno County Sheriff's Department spokesman Chris Curtice said.

A Southern California assemblyman whose financial exchanges with Central Valley Republican fund-raising groups fell under a state investigation returned $31,000 to the Stanislaus County Republican Central Committee this week.

Harry Baker wore a surgical mask and was sitting in a wheelchair as he entered a not guilty plea in Fresno County Superior Court.

A Fresno woman suffered third-degree burns over 40% of her body in an arson fire late Tuesday in southwest Fresno.

County health departments will hold flu-shot clinics next week for people at high risk for the swine flu.

More H1N1 Vaccine clinics are being offered across the valley on Monday. In Fresno County vaccines are available at Washington Union High School in Easton until 3 p.m.. The school is located at 6041 South Elm Ave in Fresno.

By Dennis Hart It was a remarkable scene inside and outside the Fresno County courthouse on Tuesday when an elderly former Madera County supervisor accused of lewd conduct with a teenaged girl showed up, in an ambulance and in a wheelchair.

Authorities say in court documents that a 14-year-old Mendota boy charged with murder confessed to killing a 4-year-old neighbor because the child was going to reveal that the teen molested him.

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors decided today not to pursue a plan to merge the offices of the county clerk and the assessor-recorder. Board Chairwoman Susan Anderson decided not to move her proposal when a majority of supervisors indicated they were opposed.

Fresno police on Tuesday released the name of the officer who fatally shot 32-year-old Steven Anthony Vargas last week in central Fresno.

A carnival worker at The Big Fresno Fair has been arrested on suspicion of inappropriately touching two girls, ages 5 and 7, while fastening their seat belts on two children's rides, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said Monday.

When the Clovis Fire Department shifted its dispatch system to the Fresno County emergency communications center in southeast Fresno, the department expected to save money and provide better service.

Two unions are battling for votes in Fresno County in an election that labor experts say could affect the unionization of health-care workers nationwide.

A 19-year-old man was shot in Fresno following a scuffle on a basketball court Friday afternoon, police said.

Fresno Police say they've taken $2.7-million dollars worth of drugs off the streets and arrested some major ecstasy dealers.