Fresno County | featured news

National University in northeast Fresno will host an information session Monday on its nurse anesthetist certification program at its 20 River Park Place West campus. Read comments

A 28-year-old motorcyclist died Saturday afternoon in Visalia after he was struck from behind by another motorcycle while trying to get out of his tumbled bike. Read comments

One of the more interesting challenges of being a community outreach officer is keeping the various messages of the California Highway Patrol original. The CHP is always trying new approaches to deliver traffic safety messages. We aren’t the only ones with this problem. Companies selling various products do the same thing with new and intriguing commercials about an item which is anything but new. The difference between the CHP and a corporation is we are not trying to sell anything; we are trying to save lives.

A 21-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car early Sunday morning while walking along Highway 99 in dark clothing, according to the California Highway Patrol. Read comments

The train to Turkey hasn’t left the station in the Armenian border town of Gyumri for 22 years, and many here fear it never will. But if Turkey should unexpectedly reopen the gates, a lot of Armenians will be on board, eager to see the country their ancestors fled 100 years ago amid massacres and mass deportations. Read comments

A natural gas line that exploded Friday near Highway 99 in northwest Fresno was inspected twice in April and found to have no gas leaks, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Sunday. Read comments

Under the bright Valley sun, the thousands of Sikh men and women in bright Punjabi dress stuck out even more against the dry Selma farmland. Read comments

Though he narrowly missed it, Sarkis Sahatdjian considers himself an Armenian genocide survivor. Read comments

Fresno will continue to be hot Sunday — with a predicted high of 90 degrees — but that heat is expected to precede an incoming low pressure system sure to bring cooler weather and chances of rain and thunderstorms. Read comments

Here are upcoming events organized by the Armenian Genocide Centennial-Fresno Committee: Read comments