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Good News: Beauty From the Ashes and One Lucky Rabbit

Artist Shane Grammer is based in Los Angeles, but he a native of Chico. After the deadly Camp Fire devastated the community of Paradise, he ...

/ 6 years ago

District 2 Candidates Aim to Make Fresno More Business-Friendly

OK, let’s have a show of hands: Is Fresno City Hall not sufficiently business-friendly? That was the question posed to four men who wa...

/ 6 years ago

Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, concealed weapon

If You Have a Concealed Gun Permit, Use It, Sheriff Says

People who have permits to carry a concealed weapon should “exercise” their rights so they’ll be ready to protect their co...

/ 6 years ago

Photo of a home under construction

Affordable Housing in NW Fresno? Candidates Respond.

Californians are long past the point at which affordable housing can be written off as somebody else’s problem. Last year, the Golden ...

/ 6 years ago

Delano on a map

Delano Declares Itself a Sanctuary City From ICE

A Valley city known as a birthplace of the farmworker rights movement has declared itself a sanctuary city, even as Delano’s leaders c...

/ 6 years ago

Ray O'Canto

Ray O'Canto 'Overwhelmed' by Support As He Battles Cancer

Ray O’Canto, a man never at a loss for words, has two to share with everyone: “Thank you.” The Fresno media personality kn...

/ 6 years ago

Police Chief Jerry Dyer

Police Chief Dyer Looms Large in NW Fresno Council Race

Fresno’s police force is entering a period of significant change, with the man who led the department for 18 years stepping down. That...

/ 6 years ago

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Good News: Families 'Sleep with the Fishes' at Aquarium

Why would anyone who remembers classic lines from “The Godfather” want to “sleep with the fishes”? Here’s why:...

/ 6 years ago

Does NW Fresno Need Homeless Shelter? Council Candidates Weigh In

The pervasive problem of homelessness reaches well beyond the shelters and soup kitchens in downtown Fresno. Four men who want to represent ...

/ 6 years ago

Fresno City Council candidate forum

NW Fresno Council Candidates Clash Over Police, Homeless

Candidates to represent northwest Fresno on the city council sparred over opinions about police protection, the homeless, and the previous s...

/ 6 years ago

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CEO of Patomak Global Partners Paul Atkins takes part in a strategic and policy CEO discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Eisenhower Execution Office Building in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2017. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo)

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Paul Atkins Sworn in as US SEC Chair

The corporate logo of the UnitedHealth Group appears on the side of one of their office buildings in Santa Ana, California, U.S., April 13, 2020. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)

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UnitedHealth Spent $1.7 Million on Executive Security in 2024, Filing Shows

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US Supreme Court Appears Likely to Uphold Obamacare’s Preventive Care Coverage Mandate

Pilar Rose, 51, formerly of Fresno, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and obstructing an IRS audit, agreeing to forfeit her mansion and BMW after falsifying financial records to evade taxes and secure fraudulent loans. (Zillow)

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Woman in Fresno Mansion Fraud Case Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion

Nathaniel Ray Diaz, 21, of Greenfield, is a California state prisoner who has been indicted on federal charges on Monday, April 21, 2025, for allegedly directing a minor to send sexually explicit images while serving time for previous offenses against the same child. (Shutterstock)

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California Prisoner Indicted for Exploiting Child Victim While Incarcerated

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a news conference about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest autism survey in Washington, April 16, 2025. In his first attempt to significantly change the nation’s food supply, Kennedy will direct food manufacturers to phase out eight petroleum-based food dyes that are found in hundreds of thousands of grocery-store staples, the department said on Monday, April 21. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)

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Kennedy Plans to Phase Out 8 Commonly Used Food Dyes

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