The latest in Fresno

Cities not on track with Calif high-speed rail

2010-03-08T00:45:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Cities not on track with California's plan for high-speed rail system</div><div><p>Mayor Art Brown spent years pushing for a commuter train station combined with nearby housing in his community. But as townhouses are being finished around the $14 million Metrolink station, he's facing the prospect that California's high-speed rail line may plow right th...

Gas prices up 9.58 cents nationwide over 2 weeks

2010-03-07T11:00:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Survey: Average gas prices up 9.58 cents to $2.73 from 2 weeks ago</div><div><p>The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is up 9.58 cents over a two-week period to $2.73.</p><p>That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.</p><p>US public lands for pot, smuggle immigrants to grow crops</div><div><p>Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions ...

Drug War Pot Farms

2010-03-01T12:15:22Z

In this photo taken Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010, packages of pesticides and wound dressings are seen strewn about a camp site at an abandoned marijuana growing site in the Sequioa National Forest near Fresno, Calif. With billions of dollars in drug profits on the line, Mexican traffickers are expanding their foothold in the domestic marijuana market taking over vast swaths of public lands.(AP Photo/Rich ...

Deputies Shot

2010-02-26T19:17:09Z

Mary Novak, who runs a cash store, talks in Fresno, Calif., Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 about being a witness to where a sheriff's homicide detective was killed on Thursday in a shootout while serving a search warrant at a mobile home. The suspect, who has not been identified, was also killed. Two other officers were wounded. She was across the street to w...

Calif deputy dead, officer critical after shooting

2010-02-25T15:15:14Z

<div><p>A California homicide detective died Thursday and a police officer was in critical condition after they were shot during an investigation in a rural area of Central California, authorities said.</p><p>The suspected shooter then barricaded himself inside a house and kept firing on law enforcement officials in an ongoing standoff, authorities said.</p><p>A neighbor reported hearing hundreds of shots.<...

Lawmakers help food stamps get to farmers markets

2010-02-22T09:55:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Lawmakers look to get food stamps to more farmers markets, offer recipients healthier options</div><div><p>Tina Tennyson loved to make raspberry jam using the fresh fruit she bought at the farmers market in San Jose. When she recently moved to Sacramento, she hit a stumbling block: the local market didn't accept food stamps...

Cops attack homegrown gang in Calif heartland

2010-02-22T10:52:32Z

<div id="subtitle">In `Bulldog Country,' police surge attacks violent gang's homefield advantage</div><div><p>This is Bulldog Country, or so the bumper stickers say.</p><p>But whether that identifies the home of scrappy Fresno State athletics or the deadly turf of a criminal enterprise labeled the most entrenched gang in United States fell 5.76 cents over a two-week period to $2.67.</p><p>That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released...

Survey: Gas prices down 1.42 cents nationwide

2010-02-22T15:38:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Survey says gas prices down 1.42 cents nationwide from 2 weeks ago</div><div><p>The average price of regular gasoline in the United States fell 1.42 cents over a two-week period to $2.72.</p><p>That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released ...

Driver, 11, runs stop sign in Calif., killing 3

2010-02-22T20:46:35Z

<div id="subtitle">11-year-old driver runs stop sign in central California, killing him, mother and sister</div><div><p>Investigators were mystified Wednesday as to why an 11-year-old boy was behind the wheel when the car ran a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle, killing him, his mother and younger sister.</p><p>

APTOPIX Gay Marriage

2010-01-11T14:32:16Z

Elizabeth Chase, left and Kate Baldridge, of Fresno, Calif., an engaged same-sex couple hoping to marry, listen to a rally outside of the federal courthouse in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. The first federal trial to...

Gas prices up 14 cents nationwide over 3 weeks

2010-02-22T22:39:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Survey: Average gas prices up 14 cents to $2.74 from 3 weeks ago</div><div><p>The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is up 14 cents over a three-week period to $2.74.</p><p>That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released S...

Disney grandson pleads not guilty to drug charges

2010-02-23T07:26:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Walt Disney's grandson pleads not guilty in LA court to drug, gun charges</div><div><p>The grandson of Walt Disney has pleaded not guilty to drug and gun charges in Los Angeles.</p><p>Patrick Disney Miller was being held in lieu of $550,000 bail after his arraignme...

Stanford Fresno St Basketball

2009-12-30T21:16:14Z

Stanford's Kayla Pedersen drives past Fresno State's Marnique Arnold during the first half of an NCA...

Afghanistan

2009-12-25T08:33:11Z

Sgt. Leonard Contreras, from Fresno, Calif., stands guard as an Agriculture Development Team (ADT) from the California National Guard set up a veterinary inspection post in the village of Barkanday in the Pech river valley, United States has dropped 3.89 cents over a two-week period to $2.60.</p><p>That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices re...

Parents of Fresno suspect say he's mentally ill

2010-02-23T17:25:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Parents of man accused in Fresno delivery driver killing say son is mentally ill</div><div><p>The parents of a man accused of killing a Fresno delivery truck driver say their son had been held for a psychiatric evaluation just days before the shooting.</p><p>Police say 27-year-old Joey Lopez fatally ...

Lawmaker wants to close Fresno meatpacking plant

2010-02-23T17:54:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Congresswoman calls for temporary closure of Calif. meatpacking plant that recalled beef</div><div><p>Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro wants to temporarily shut down a California beef processor that has recalled nearly 850,000 pounds of hamburger meat due to salmonella fears.</p><p>The Connecti...

Calif. company recalling 22,723 pounds of beef

2010-02-23T19:58:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Calif.-based company recalls 22,723 pounds of ground beef because of possible contamination</div><div><p>A company based in California is recalling some of its beef products because of concerns about possible salmonella contamination.</p><p>The U.S....