Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Selma that followed reports of gunfire late Saturday, authorities said on Sunday. Shortly before 10 p.m., dispatchers received a report of shots fired near Highway 43 and East Nebraska Avenue, the Sheriff’s Office said. A short time later, Selma police...
Fresno DUI Checkpoint Leads to 22 Arrests
Police arrested 22 people on suspicion of driving under the influence during a DUI checkpoint in Fresno on Saturday, authorities said. The checkpoint was held at Clovis and Lamona avenues from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., where officers also cited 13 drivers for operating a vehicle without a license or...
Fresno Police Arrest 15-Year-Old in Armed Robbery at Vons
A 15-year-old boy was arrested Sunday after police said he stole alcohol, fired a gun and attempted a carjacking outside a Fresno supermarket. The Fresno Police Department said officers responded at 9:23 a.m. to a robbery in progress at Vons on North Cedar Avenue. Investigators said the teenager brandished a...
Fresno County Garnet Fire Grows Past 49,000 Acres in Sierra National Forest
Update at 10:51 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office announced new evacuation warnings for the Garnet Fire, adding Zones K26, K60, K61B, K76 and K165 along the western edge of the blaze north of Pine Flat Lake and southeast and east of Shaver Lake. Read it...
Nineteen Killed in Nepal in ‘Gen Z’ Protest Over Social Media Ban
KATHMANDU — Unrest killed at least 19 people in Nepal on Monday, authorities said, as police in the capital fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown and corruption. Some of the mainly youth protesters forced their way into...
Trump Fails to Overturn E. Jean Carroll’s $83 Million Verdict
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Monday refused to throw out an $83.3 million jury verdict against U.S. President Donald Trump for damaging the reputation of the writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when he denied her rape claim. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan...
Israel Vows ‘Hurricane’ of Strikes on Gaza to Force Hamas to Accept Surrender Demand
CAIRO — Israel said it would step up airstrikes on Gaza on Monday in a "mighty hurricane", to serve as a last warning to Hamas that it will destroy the enclave unless fighters accept a demand to free all hostages and surrender. Residents said Israeli forces had bombed Gaza City...
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Let It Withhold Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to intervene in its bid to withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid authorized by Congress, part of the Republican president's effort to scale back U.S. assistance abroad. The Justice Department asked the court to halt Washington-based...
On Epstein Files, Women Lead the GOP Resistance to Trump
WASHINGTON — When Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., left Washington in July for the long summer recess, he had nearly a dozen Republicans ready to sign on to his effort to force a vote on his bill demanding that the Justice Department release all of the Epstein files. When he returned...
Fresno State Ambushes Oregon State in a Game Oh So Special
Thanks to the Fresno State special teams and a big-play offense, first-year coach Matt Entz is giving Bulldogs football fans a reason to believe the program has a bright future. The Bulldogs specials team were nearly perfect Saturday in Corvallis. Meanwhile Oregon State's special units suffered a complete meltdown. The...