Orbiting satellite to help count California rats

"Orbiting satellite to help count California rats" FRESNO, California (AP) -- Scientists plan to use satellite photos to count Giant Kangaroo Rats, the first-ever monitoring of an endangered species from outer space. ...

Officials: Burglar wakes men with spice rub, sausage whack

" FRESNO, California (AP) -- Authorities say they've arrested a man who broke into the home of two California farmworkers, stole money, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing. Fresno County sheriff's Lt. Ian...

Fresno County clerk seeks guidance after gay-marriage ruling

From the Fresno Bee: Fresno County Clerk Victor Salazar said this morning he has asked the county counsel for direction in light of the state Supreme Court's ruling today throwing out a state ban on gay marriage. "What we will be focused on is whether or not there is an...

Judge says Fresno broke the law in destroying property of homeless

"Fresno faces a class-action lawsuit brought by homeless people who claim police and sanitation workers violated their constitutional rights in at least 20 different sweeps from 2004 to 2006."

Officer kills young attacker at high school in Fresno, CA.

A Fresno police officer who works at Roosevelt High School shot and killed a boy today who struck him in the back of the head with a baseball bat.The incident occurred at 11:54 a.m. on the east side of Roosevelt High School campus near the basketball courts.The school...

Frozen remains of WWII airman identified

In a story that sounds like it comes straight out of a comic book, the frozen remains of a training flight crewman, missing since 1942, was found in the Sierra mountains."Ernest G. Munn had been missing since his training flight disappeared over the Sierra Nevada mountain...