Poet laureate to hold reading in Fresno

26 January 2012, 5:38 pm

Last August, Fresno's Philip Levine scored an amazing national honor when he was named poet laureate of the United States.... Read More »

New corral helps SPCA care for rescued horses

26 January 2012, 2:58 pm

Eighteen neglected and malnourished horses found in December at two farms in Fresno County have a new home with the Central California SPCA. A corral for the horses was unveiled Thursday morning.... Read More »

Judge Declares California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard Unconstitutional

26 January 2012, 12:04 am

, January 24, 2012 (ENS) - A federal judge has ruled that California Air Resources Board's Low Carbon Fuel Standard is unconstitutional because it violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.... Read More »

Jensens donate $1.5m to fund ag scholarships at Fresno State

25 January 2012, 11:49 pm

When longtime Valley grower and philanthropist Rodger Jensen was a business major at Fresno State College in the 1940s -- the major was then called "commerce" -- he needed to work to pay his way through college.... Read More »

Top 5 Reasons Recruits Should Choose Fresno State Football

23 January 2012, 12:58 pm

The Fresno State football program is well respected in California and across the nation. When it comes to recruiting, however, the Bulldogs have a tough time competing with teams from the Pac-12 and the other big conferences in college football.... Read More »

Horrific murder no surprise in U.S. meth capital

21 January 2012, 10:22 pm

FRESNO, California (AP) — When a 23-year-old Fresno woman fatally shot her two toddlers and a cousin, critically wounded her husband then turned the gun on herself last Sunday, investigators immediately suspected methamphetamine abuse in what otherwise was inexplicable carnage.... Read More »

Horrific murder no surprise in meth capital of US

21 January 2012, 7:21 pm

FRESNO, California: When a 23-year-old woman fatally shot her two toddlers and a cousin, critically wounded her husband then turned the gun on herself last Sunday, investigators immediately suspected methamphetamine abuse in what otherwise was inexplicable carnage.... Read More »

Freeze puts strain on California's citrus fruit industry

18 January 2012, 1:05 am

FRESNO -- California citrus growers are sweating a hard freeze that has blanketed the nation's largest fresh-fruit market in the midst of harvest.... Read More »

Citrus growers sweating extended California freeze

17 January 2012, 8:36 pm

FRESNO -- California citrus growers are sweating a hard freeze that has blanketed the nation's largest fresh-fruit market in the midst of harvest.... Read More »

Police: Mom shot kids, dad after making drug video

16 January 2012, 9:10 pm

FRESNO, California – Police are combing through video footage of a woman who recorded herself smoking methamphetamine before shooting her two young children, their father, a cousin and herself, seeking clues into a weekend tragedy that unfolded in California's Central Valley.... Read More »