An assistant manager at the Walmart on Herndon Avenue in Clovis was arrested Wednesday for alleged bank and credit card fraud totaling at least $100,000, federal authorities said. The arrest of Alena Nicole George, 42, came after a federal grand jury in Fresno brought a five-count indictment against her in...
Fresno Shakes from 5.8 Magnitude Quake Centered Near Lone Pine
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck Wednesday in Central California near Lone Pine in Inyo County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The effects were felt in Fresno, about 140 miles from the epicenter. There were reports on social media being that it was felt in Sacramento...
Sheriff Places 1,200 Fresno Inmates Into COVID-19 Quarantine
About 1,200 inmates at Fresno County’s north annex jail went into quarantine Friday after 13 COVID-19 tests came back positive, the sheriff's office said in a news release. On June 10, the sheriff's office received negative COVID-19 results for 25 sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to Wasco State Prison. All of those inmates were...
An Attempt to Steal Valley Water in the Dark of Night
With a global pandemic, a catastrophic economic recession, and record-high unemployment numbers, one would think the state has enough issues to tackle. But proponents of a state water grab that I have been fighting since the day I was sworn into office in 2012 disagree. Where others see turmoil and...
Fresno Juneteenth Rally Is Tonight at Cultural Arts District Park
Juneteenth has added meaning this year amid Black Lives Matter protests following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Despite restrictions on social gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Juneteenth will be celebrated starting at 6 p.m. Friday at the Cultural Arts Park in downtown Fresno....
Triple-Digit Temps for Summer’s Start, Father’s Day
Summer's official start on Saturday and Father's Day on Sunday will be accompanied by a heatwave. The National Weather Service in Hanford is predicting temperatures as high as 10 to 15 degrees above normal for summer's start in Fresno and other San Joaquin Valley locations. While Thursday's afternoon high for...
Fresno Juneteenth Rally Will Be Friday at Cultural Arts District Park
Juneteenth has added meaning this year amid Black Lives Matter protests following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Despite restrictions on social gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Juneteenth will be celebrated starting at 6 p.m. Friday at the Cultural Arts Park in downtown Fresno....
Madera County Drug Trafficker Going to Prison for at Least 10 Years
A Chowchilla man's guilty plea in a federal drug trafficking case will send him to prison for at least 10 years. Oscar Rene Marrot-Garcia, 27, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to make and distribute bute methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott said. Meth Lab Set up...
AG Becerra Says Deadly Force Should Be ‘a Last Resort’
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced his recommendations for police reform — including using "deadly force as a last resort" — in a Monday morning news release. Becerra's recommendations on use-of-force largely aligned with the national #8CantWait campaign. His recommendations are in the chart below: Source: California Attorney General's Office...
Bakersfield Truck Driving School Owner Headed to Federal Pen
A Bakersfield truck driving school owner's "guarantee" that all of his students could get licensed is sending him to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Paramjit Singh Mangat, 56, of Bakersfield, to 14 months in prison and a $10,000 fine Friday in a bribery scheme uncovered by...