NEW YORK — Being bold paid off for new “Jeopardy!” mega-champion Ken Jennings, while it didn't for his opponents. Jennings won his third match in the “Jeopardy!” “Greatest of all Time” contest televised on Tuesday, an event that's been a prime-time hit for ABC. He pocketed $1 million by dispatching...
Video Catches Vandal Wildly Slashing Madera Christmas Display
[aggregation-styles] ABC 30 A man with two blades in his hands was caught on camera savagely swinging at inflatable Christmas decorations in a Madera neighborhood, ripping them apart. Video shows the attacker wildly slashing at Jeff Cox's elaborate annual yard display, known fondly as the Madera Christmas House. The display of...
Cokie Roberts, Longtime Political Journalist, Dies at 75
NEW YORK — Cokie Roberts, the daughter of politicians who grew up to cover the family business in Washington for ABC News and NPR over several decades, died Tuesday in Washington of complications from breast cancer. She was 75. ABC broke into network programming to announce her death and pay...
Dyer 'Concerned' About Officer's Use of Force on Juvenile
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said a January incident in which a gang-enforcement officer appeared to strike a 17-year old male repeatedly in the head "raises concerns." "It raises questions for me as a police chief," Dyer said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon. "What was seen in this video...
ABC30 Telethon for Valley Children's Brings in $219,068
A telethon Thursday by a Fresno television station to raise money for Valley Children's Hospital pulled in $219,068, the Madera County medical center said Friday. The "Futures Worth Fighting For" event by ABC30 included special reports and features at the hospital throughout the day. And you did it! A record...
TV Networks Beefing Up Staff for 2020 Presidential Election
NEW YORK — The competitive chiefs of ABC, CBS and NBC News found something to agree on Thursday: Each is hiring more staff to cover the 2020 presidential election than they have for any other election. That's partly due to growing digital operations at the three broadcast news organizations, as...
The Days of Rubber-Stamping Liquor Licenses Are Over
The shameful City Hall ritual of rubber-stamping liquor licenses finally faces its deserved demise. For decades, residents, school officials, and ministers have sought to convince city officials the last thing Fresno needed was another place selling booze. But their pleas invariably fell on death ears. Don't think of these places...
It’s a Kids Day Record: $634K Raised for Valley Children’s
The people of the Valley have done it again! Valley Children's Hospital announced Wednesday (March 13) afternoon that this year's Kids Day raised $634,301.82 — a record total for the 32nd annual event. On March 5, more than 8,000 volunteers spread throughout the region hawking special Kids Day editions of...
Fresno Airport Labor Deal Signals Major Shift in Policy
Fresno, which once banned Project Labor Agreements on public works projects, will now engage in them. “Elections have consequences,” Fresno City Councilman Miguel Arias succinctly noted. And, thus a historic shift may have occurred when it comes to labor power at City Hall. Historic Shift The council’s 7-0 vote to...
Kids Day: A Dollar Makes a Difference for Valley Children’s Hospital
Don't forget to have a dollar — or two — in your car Tuesday. Do it for youngsters like Maddox, whose story you can learn about in the video at the bottom of this post. Maddox spent 153 days in Valley Children's Hospital's Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. He was...