Brandon Johansen is leaving Fresno City Hall, where he helped shaped Mayor Jerry Dyer's image. He is headed for a similar role at Valley Children's Hospital. A former reporter at ABC 30, Johansen is joining VCH's marketing and communication team starting next month. He served in Dyer's administration since December...
Amar Augillard Departs the Fresno State Basketball Team
Junior guard Amar Augillard, who opened the season with a 30-point performance against Sacramento State, is no longer with the Fresno State men's basketball team. 24/7 Sports reported on X that Bulldogs coach Vance Walberg announced Augillard's departure from the program on Saturday's pregame show with Paul Loeffler: "Amar is...
Former Bulldog QB Mikey Keene Commits to Michigan
Mikey Keene put Fresno State in a position to upset the Michigan Wolverines in the Bulldogs' 2024 season football opener. Fresno State ended up losing 30-10 in Ann Arbor and Keene threw two interceptions, but the Wolverines must have liked what they saw of Keene. Keene, who began his career...
Thunderstorms on Christmas Eve? They’re in the Fresno Forecast
The relatively balmy weather we've been enjoying will end abruptly early Tuesday with the arrival of a new storm system that could bring thunderstorms to the Fresno area on Tuesday and drop the daily highs this week back into the 50s. Tuesday's forecast calls for rain and possibly afternoon thunderstorms...
SE Fresno Voters Have Their Pick of Familiar Candidates to Succeed Chavez
Four familiar candidates qualified to run for the March 18 special election to succeed Luis Chavez on the Fresno City Council. The candidates who qualified by Friday's deadline: Fresno Unified Trustee Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas, who is Chavez's wife; Sanger Unified Trustee Brandon Vang; frequent candidate and member of the city's...
Fresno Residents Will Get an Extra Day to Put Out the Trash
Fresno residents will get an extra day to stuff wrapping paper and the remains of Christmas dinner into their waste and recycling bins this week. The city of Fresno's garbage truck drivers will celebrate Christmas and New Year's Day holidays along with the rest of us, which means that garbage...
Top Arab Diplomats, in Syria Visits, Aim to Build Ties With New Leadership
Top Arab diplomats visited the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Monday, the latest in a string of diplomatic overtures by the international community as Syria emerges from years of isolation under President Bashar Assad. The visits by ministers from Jordan and Qatar, just two weeks after Assad’s fall, suggest that Arab...
Middle East Latest: Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Kill at Least 20 People, Palestinian Medics Say
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip overnight killed at least 20 people, Palestinian medics said Monday. One of the strikes killed eight people including two kids in a tent camp in the Muwasi area, which Israel designated a humanitarian safe zone but has repeatedly targeted. The casualties were reported by...
Tulare Man Shot in Face, Police Investigating Early Morning Incident
The Tulare Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred early Monday morning. At approximately 2:04 a.m. on Monday, officers responded to a 911 call reporting a male suffering from a gunshot wound to the face at a residence in the 200 block of S. H Street, authorities said in...
Victims and Families React as Biden Spares the Lives of 37 Federal Death Row Inmates
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences. Biden converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life...