Fresno News

Joaquin Figueroa was unarmed when he was shot and killed by a police officer, ending what authorities call a four-month Fresno crime spree but potentially costing investigators information about the death of a missing Hanford mother.

Vartanian case one of 'he said, she said' Vartanian case one of 'he said, she said' Fresno businessman Krikor "Kirk" Vartanian, facing assault and domestic violence charges, argued with his wife but never hit her or threatened her with a knife, Vartanian's lawyer said Tuesday.

Barely 24 hours out of jail and looking none the worse for wear, a cheerful Kirk Vartanian on Wednesday said he will fulfill his promise to do great things at Granite Park.

The city of Fresno is expected to transfer more than $15 million to a local bank next week to pay off a defaulted Fresno Metropolitan Museum loan.

A mobile home was gutted in a fire Tuesday night, but an elderly resident escaped.

HSBC, one of the biggest banks on the planet, has taken to calling itself "the world's local bank." Winn-Dixie, a 500-outlet supermarket chain, recently launched a new ad campaign under the tagline, "Local flavor since 1956." The International Council of Shopping Centers, a global consortium of mall owners and developers, is pouring millions of ...

Click on picture to enlarge. AP Photo: Rich Pedroncelli In this photo taken Thursday, June 18, 2009, a Santa Claus decorates one of the dozens of shanty's at a homeless encampments, known as tent city is seen in Fresno, Calif.

Two people are in custody, in connection with a deadly stabbing that happened over the Fourth of July weekend.

Fresno city officials are considering entering into a partnership with a troubled downtown museum.

One Valley fan of the King of Pop woke up with regret this morning, to realize he missed the memorial.

A Fresno gang member sought in an attempted homicide and armed robbery in southwest Fresno has been taken into custody in Sacramento, Fresno police said.

A murder suspect, who was on the run for nearly two months, has been deemed incompetent to stand trial.

Police say that a woman, who died in a Fresno Motel fire last week, was murdered.

Fresno businessman Kirk Vartanian has bailed out of the Fresno County Jail. Vartanian's attorneys made arrangements to pay back money owed to Las Vegas casinos.

An overnight shooting near Downtown Fresno has now been classified as the city's latest murder.

Well you show up to one of these Fresno State "major announcement" news conferences thinking they're going to declare grass is green or the home football opener a "big game," and instead you get a whopper.

Hair he is, waltz fans. The Dutch conductor Andre Rieu doesn't want his orchestra wandering onto the stage and warming up like every other classical-music ensemble.

It's been more than a week since Michael Jackson's passing -- and the tributes are still rolling in, including here in Fresno.

After two days of record-breaking heat -- with temperatures as much as 21 degrees above normal -- Fresno will swelter through one more hot day before an expected cool-down by Friday.

An intense fire scorched the bank of the San Joaquin River in northwest Fresno on Thursday, destroying a million-dollar home and forcing residents of eight other houses to evacuate.