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Homes Evacuated as New Monster Storm Heads for California

LOS ANGELES -- After days of relentless rain, Southern California is awaiting the most intense storm system yet, with evacuations ordered, roads covered by water and mud, and residents anxiously eyeing already saturated mountainsides denuded by wildfires. Forecasters expected more rain across the state Wednesday, but the...

Samaritan Hero: God 'Put Me Here' to Rescue Girl

(Oct. 6) -- The California man who helped rescue an 8-year-old girl abducted outside her Fresno home says he is grateful he was able to intervene, but doesn't feel he did anything out of the ordinary. "I thank God that he put me here to help out that little girl, that's for sure," Victor Perez, the man police are now...

Good Samaritans Praised for Rescuing Abducted Girl

(Oct. 5) -- Authorities in California are crediting two "good Samaritans" with helping rescue an 8-year-old girl who was abducted outside her Fresno home and sexually assaulted. "I want to say thank you to the citizens of Fresno and the good Samaritans," Police Chief Jerry Dyer told reporters. "They are heroes." Fresno...

Did This Woman Just Solve the Ansel Adams Mystery?

(July 29) -- Is Uncle Earl the next Ansel Adams? According to one resident of Oakland, Calif., the answer is yes. After two days of debate over a newly surfaced collection of 65 photographic negatives attributed to the legendary environmental photographer -- a cache said to be worth a cool $200 million, if genuine --...

Police: SUV Driver in Fatal Bus Crash Under Influence

FRESNO, Calif. (July 26) -- The California Highway Patrol says an 18-year-old woman driving an SUV that collided with a Greyhound bus was under the influence of alcohol. The bus crashed early Thursday after the Chevy Trailblazer overturned in front of it on Highway 99 in the Fresno area. Six people died, and nearly two...

Fresno News From the Web

05/28/12 Valley boy, 6, feeds Fresno's homeless on his birthday Source: ABC - KFSN 30 - Fresno CA A young Valley boy celebrated his birthday by helping to feed the homeless in Downtown Fresno.
05/28/12 Modified water guns pose danger Source: Somerset Herald - Princess Anne MD Just in time for summer, police throughout Delmarva have received a safety briefing on water guns.
05/25/12 Fresno motorcycle cop lassos runaway bull Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA A motorcycle cop lassoed a runaway bull that was on the loose Friday in residential neighborhoods of Fresno, an agricultural community in the central region of California.
05/25/12 Bull spotted in Fresno neighborhood Source: The Modesto Bee Authorities are trying to determine where a bull that was spotted in a Fresno neighborhood came from and how it got loose.
05/24/12 Music Roundup: Festival showcases Hmong music Source: The Fresno Bee - Fresno CA Are there festivals dedicated solely to Hmong music in other cities, or is this a rare thing?

Background on Fresno

Fresno ( ) is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California and the 34th largest in the nation.

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