On July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the Teamsters Union, disappeared. He’d gone to a restaurant in suburban Detroit apparently expecting to meet a couple of mafia figures whom he had known for decades. He’d hoped to win their support for his bid to return to the...
Feds Charge Valley Men With Having Machine Guns
The FBI, its federal partners, and local law enforcement units continue their crackdown on Valley residents with machine guns. On Thursday, the Department of Justice charged Eric Lopez Mercado, 25, of Lemoore, and Jose Moreno, 24 of Hanford, with illegally possessing and transferring machine guns. Charges Arise from Nuestra Familia...
FBI Lawyer Suspected of Altering Russia Probe Document
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday touted news reports that a former FBI lawyer is suspected of altering a document related to surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser in 2016. The Associated Press has confirmed reports by CNN and The Washington Post that the finding is part of...
Deadly Attack Leaves Fresno Hmong Community in Shock
FRESNO — A close-knit Hmong community was in shock after gunmen burst into a Fresno backyard gathering and shot 10 men, killing four. “We are right now just trying to figure out what to do, what are the next steps. How do we heal, how do we know what's going...
Workshop Seeks to Help Valley School Staffs ID Potential Threats
Valley educators and law enforcement officials will gather Monday in Fresno for a three-day workshop designed to help staff more readily identify threats to student and staff safety, including potential mass shooting incidents. The workshop will come on the heels of Thursday morning's shooting at a Santa Clarita high school...
Search Warrants Served in California Boat Fire Investigation
SANTA BARBARA — Authorities served search warrants Sunday at the Southern California company that owned the scuba diving boat that caught fire and killed 34 people last week. Agents with the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other agencies searched Truth Aquatics' offices in Santa Barbara...
Police Discover Additional Garlic Festival Victim
Gilroy police say they have identified an additional person who suffered a gunshot wound during a deadly shooting at a famous garlic festival last month. Authorities say a 58-year-old man sustained a graze wound to his head that required stitches. The man's injuries bring the total number of people shot...
Sikh Community Asks FBI to Investigate Stabbing Death
TRACY — Members of the Sikh community on Wednesday asked the FBI to investigate the death of a 64-year-old man who was killed during a nighttime walk at a Northern California park. A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday evening for 64-year-old Parmjit Singh, who was wearing his traditional turban when...
Watchdog: Comey Violated FBI Policies in Handling of Memos
WASHINGTON — James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump in the weeks before he was fired as director of the bureau, the Justice Department's inspector general said Thursday. The watchdog's office said Comey broke FBI rules by giving one memo containing unclassified information to...
Was Gilroy a Terrorist Shooting? 'Target List' Grabs FBI's Attention
LOS ANGELES — The discovery of a "target list" containing religious institutions, courthouses and other sites compiled by the gunman in a mass shooting at a California food festival has prompted the FBI to open a domestic terrorism case. Shooter Santino William Legan, 19, appeared to be interested in conflicting...