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Corcoran teen, Fresno woman ID’d as victims killed by Amtrak trains

A 17-year-old Corcoran girl was identified by the Kings County Coroner as being one of the two people killed by Amtrak trains Sunday. The second death, involving a Fresno woman, was ruled a suicide. Read comments

 

Tulare County judge faces discipline over gift allegations involving clerk

A Tulare County judge is facing a hearing over allegations he accused his court clerk in an anonymous letter of an affair and gave her thousands of dollars worth of gifts in violation of judicial ethics. Read comments

 

Governor appoints warden at Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility

Stuart Sherman, of Visalia, has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the position of warden at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran. Read comments

 

CCSPCA in Fresno continues pet adoption special

The Central California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is continuing its Home for the Holidays Adoption promotion for the remainder of December. Read comments

 

Girl makes Fresno police officer’s day with ‘heart-melting’ surprise

The steely fortitude of one Fresno police officer softened during an unexpected meeting Sunday evening. Read comments

 

Rotten robbers, Hells Angels, baristas in bikinis: fresnobee.com’s top videos of 2014

A bungled armed robbery. Generous Hells Angels. A dramatic fire rescue and bikini-clad baristas. Read comments

 

2 CHP officers killed in Highway 99 crash near Kingsburg

Two California Highway Patrol officers were killed in the pre-dawn hours Monday when they slammed into a guardrail and then a freeway exit sign as they responded to a collision on Highway 99 in Kingsburg. Read comments

 

Two people displaced, dog dies after Christmas Eve fire in Fresno

Two people were displaced and their dog was killed in a fire that destroyed a home on Willow Avenue in southeast Fresno on Wednesday night. Read comments

 

Record attendance within reach for Fresno Chaffee Zoo, thanks to tiger cubs

It was a year marked by new tigers, construction of the future Africa exhibit and fingers crossed over whether voters would renew Measure Z and provide funding for new projects at Fresno Chaffee Zoo. Read comments

 

Medicare penalizes Fresno’s two biggest hospitals for infection rates, patient injuries

The two largest hospitals in Fresno are losing 1% of their Medicare payments as part of a federal program that penalizes hospitals for excessive infection rates and patient injuries. Read comments

 

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