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Worrying Spike in Local Suicides Abates as Outreach Effort Intensifies

December 18, 2020

Fresno County officials say after a couple months with an increase in suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic, they now believe the year will end with a lower number than in the previous two years. "At this time, we are not seeing a statistically significant ...

Despite the Distancing, Making a Connection This Holiday Could Save a Life

CalMatters

November 26, 2020

The holidays are here, and it’s time to put out an SOS. Much like the signal transmitted by a ship in distress, this SOS is a call to action, a request for help: Ashley Mills Special to CalMatters...

Community, CUSD Partner to Address Suicides and Teens in Crisis

Video Shows Hanging Death of Homeless Black Man Was Suicide

AP News

June 22, 2020

VICTORVILLE — Video has confirmed that a Black man found hanging from a tree at a Southern California homeless encampment killed himself after breaking up with his girlfriend, it was reported Friday. Surveillance video from a nearby vacant building that was...

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Opinion: What Is the VA’s Role in Criminal Behavior?

InsideSources.com

February 19, 2020

The Veterans Health Administration has contributed to an epidemic of suicide and criminal behavior among veterans, leaving state and local communities to pick up the pieces. It is time for Congress to investiga...

Regulators to Set up 3-Digit Suicide Hotline Number Like 911

AP News

December 15, 2019

NEW YORK — Federal regulators are setting up a new three-digit number to reach a suicide prevention hotline in order to make it easier to seek help and reduce the stigma associated with mental health. “The t...

Woman Charged in Boyfriend’s Suicide Pleads Not Guilty

AP News

November 22, 2019

BOSTON — A former Boston College student made her first court appearance Friday to face charges that she encouraged her boyfriend to take his own life in what prosecutors describe as a toxic and abusive relationship. They say You isolated Urtula from his fr...

Epstein May Have Gamed the System From Beyond the Grave

AP News

August 22, 2019

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The will that Jeffrey Epstein signed just two days before his jailhouse suicide puts more than $577 million in assets into a trust fund that could make it more difficult for his dozens o...

Federal New York Lockup Draws New Scrutiny in Epstein Death

AP News

August 12, 2019

NEW YORK — The apparent suicide of Jeffrey Epstein has brought new scrutiny to a federal jail in New York that, despite chronic understaffing, houses some of the highest-security inmates in the country. Epst...

Epstein: How he Died and What It Means for His Accusers

AP News

August 11, 2019

NEW YORK — Financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York, officials said Saturday. His death angered some accusers who had hoped to confront him in court and see him serve a long prison sentence. It als...

Suspect Ran From Fresno County Deputies, Jumped a Fence, but Got Stuck in Mud

Only 25 of 600 Available COVID Jabs Given at County Sites. Now One is Shut Down.

California Senate OKs Supervised Sites for Drug Users

Fresno Area Schools Hold Steady Amid California’s ‘Sharp Decline’ in Enrollment

Fresno PD Seeks Person of Interest on Video in Death of Man Found In Apartment

Fresno Gets ‘F’ Grades in Air Quality Again, but Is Any Progress Being Made?

Paycheck Protection Loans: California Received Less Per Capita Than States Like North Dakota

Resnicks Give $250K To Help Newsom, but Pro-Recall Farmers ‘Afraid’ to Donate

Chukchansi Park to Open with Limited Seating as Grizzlies Come Out of Hibernation

Ted Nugent, Who Once Dismissed COVID-19, Sickened by Virus

Redemption Is Here for Autry’s Film ‘Victory By Submission’

Saddle Up and Get Vaccinated for Return of the Clovis Rodeo

Walters : California’s ‘Tort Wars’ Flaring Up Again

Will Amtrak Joe Save California’s Troubled High-Speed Rail Project?

Nursing Scholarship Donation Is an Investment and a Thank-you

Walters : Newsom Puts Rosy Spin on Job Report

GV Wire Unfiltered – January 12, 2021

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

After Taking on Costa and AOC, Elizabeth Heng Sets Sights on U.S. Senate

Planning Commission Delays Decision on Southwest Industrial Question

Clovis City Council Candidates Spar During Candidate Forum

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump

Worrying Spike in Local Suicides Abates as Outreach Effort Intensifies

Despite the Distancing, Making a Connection This Holiday Could Save a Life

Community, CUSD Partner to Address Suicides and Teens in Crisis

Video Shows Hanging Death of Homeless Black Man Was Suicide

Opinion: What Is the VA’s Role in Criminal Behavior?

Regulators to Set up 3-Digit Suicide Hotline Number Like 911

Woman Charged in Boyfriend’s Suicide Pleads Not Guilty

Epstein May Have Gamed the System From Beyond the Grave

Federal New York Lockup Draws New Scrutiny in Epstein Death

Epstein: How he Died and What It Means for His Accusers

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