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The 119-year-old Fresno County Courthouse cupola was pulled out of storage and taken on a two-mile drive to its new home at the Fresno Fairgrounds, where it will be restored. Read comments

Police shut down a marijuana growing operation in east-central Fresno Thursday, arrested a 33-year-old man and confiscated 20 firearms. Read comments

The UCSF-Fresno Medical Education Program filled 100% of its available residency positions during this year’s Match Day on Friday. Read comments

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) on Thursday settled a sexual discrimination and retaliation complaint filed by eight farm workers against a Napa Valley vineyard owner, a vineyard management company and a Fresno labor contractor. Read comments

A California bank has donated $150,000 to Terry’s House across from Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno. Read comments

Activists battling a toxic waste dump near Kettleman City said Friday they have filed administrative complaints against two state agencies alleging civil rights violations in the approval of an expansion of the Chemical Waste Management facility. Read comments

A 50-year-old woman killed Thursday in a crash on southbound Interstate 5, north of Highway 145, was identified as Laura Julio, the Fresno County Coroner’s Office said Friday. Read comments

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People should not eat five varieties of Trader Joe’s brand walnuts because they may be contaminated with salmonella, state health officials said Wednesday. Read comments

In the most gut-wrenching testimony so far in the Greyhound wrongful death civil trial, two Fresno motorists testified Wednesday that drivers had stopped on Highway 99, forming a barrier at an overturned SUV, but they left the crash scene without rendering aid to the three young women trapped inside. Read comments