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Smoke Alarm Saves Family of Five in Visalia Home

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Visalia - A Family of five and their dog escaped fire after they were awoken by a smoke alarm late Thursday evening at 11:35 p.m. The Visalia Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure  [ ... ]


State Department of Corrections Temporarily Halts Prison Conversion

Chowchilla - On Wednesday, January 25, 2012, the City of Chowchilla won a victory when granted a Stipulation and Order temporarily prohibiting the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitati [ ... ]


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Former Fresno State Football Coach Passes at 86

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Boone coached the Fresno State football team from 1973-75 GoBulldogs.com - JR Boone, Fresno State's head football coach from 1973-75, passed away in his sleep on Sunday at his home in S [ ... ]


Eastman Lake Fishing Report

Eastman Lake - Happy New Year! Fishing 30 feet out from shoreline around the lake has given fisherman some bites from smaller bass. The lake water was calm this weekend. Temperatures reached 66 degree [ ... ]


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Academy to Honor Jonathan Erland with Bonner Medal

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Beverly Hills, CA – Visual effects technologist Jonathan Erland has been voted the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  [ ... ]


Looking Ahead in 2012 at Disneyland Resort

Anaheim, Ca – The year 2012 promises even more fun and adventure across the Disneyland Resort, with new experiences highlighted by the unveiling this summer of Cars Land, Carthay Circle Theatre and  [ ... ]


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Two Arrested On Elder Abuse & Identity Theft Charges Print E-mail
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Friday, 27 January 2012 13:14

Fresno County - Sheriff Margaret Mims today announced the arrest of a husband and wife on charges of elder abuse and identity theft perpetrated on one of the suspect’s great grandparents.  Arrested were 21 year old Ray Michael Rodriguez, and 19 year old Kimberly Rose Rodriguez.

Yesterday, detectives from the Elder Abuse and MAGEC units served a search warrant at a residence located in the 2000 block of Blaine Ave in Selma.  The residence was the home of Kimberly Rodriguez’ great grandparents, where both she and Ray Rodriguez were also living.

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Clovis PD Looks for Owners of Stolen Commercial Electronics/Tools Print E-mail
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Friday, 27 January 2012 13:00

Clovis - Clovis Police recovered approximately thirty pieces of stolen property from welding and landscaping implements to generators, compressors, grinders and tool sets when they arrested 37-year-old Pasquale Desantis in Clovis a little over a week ago at Ashlan and Minnewawa. Now, detectives are trying to find the owners of the stolen goods.

Officers arrested Desantis, a transient, for five outside agency felony warrants, possession of a controlled substance, driving on a suspended/revoked license, possession of a controlled substance for sale and transportation of a controlled substance with purpose for sale on January 13th. Also seized were a “borrowed” 1993 light blue Chevy Silverado and an Interstate 2-axel trailer, which may also have been stolen.

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Former Fresno State Football Coach Passes at 86 Print E-mail
News - Sports
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 15:02

Boone coached the Fresno State football team from 1973-75

GoBulldogs.com - JR Boone, Fresno State's head football coach from 1973-75, passed away in his sleep on Sunday at his home in Selma. He was 86.

Boone, a native of Clinton, Okla., enjoyed a successful athletic and coaching career. The former NFL player was inducted into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame in 1972 and is also a member of the University of Tulsa Hall of Fame, the Reedley College Hall of Fame, the California Junior College Hall of Fame and the YMCA Hall of Fame.

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Man Robs WestAmerica Bank in Clovis this Afternoon Print E-mail
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:30

Clovis - Clovis Police received a silent hold-up alarm call for a robbery at the WestAmerica Bank branch at 536 Shaw Avenue (southwest corner of Shaw and Clovis) at 3:40 this afternoon. A bank employee told officers that a man showed a note demanding money.

The employee gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash, and he left. No one saw a weapon and no one was hurt. Witnesses saw the suspect walk east toward Clovis Avenue.

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84th Academy Awards® Nominations Announced Print E-mail
Entertainment - Night Out
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 07:10

Beverly Hills, CA – Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 24) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar® nominee Jennifer Lawrence.

Sherak and Lawrence, who was nominated for an Academy Award® for her lead performance in “Winter’s Bone,” announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 Award categories at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. 

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Kenneth Blair Seibert, age 92, a native of Kerman, CA, a former resident of Madera CA from 1950 to 1973 and a resident of Fresno, CA for 38 years passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011 at a Fresno hosp [ ... ]


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