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...

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...

At least one dead in Fresno County aircraft accident

 Emergency personnel were dispatched this afternoon to a report of two aircraft down in the area of Nebraska and Chestnut avenues south of Fresno in the Monmouth area, Fresno County sheriff's deputies reported. Deputies said the department received a number of phone...

Madera teen held in threat at high school. Student, 16, suspended; rifles se...

MADERA, CALIFORNIA -- Police said Wednesday that a 16-year-old sophomore known to some as "Virginia Tech 2" faces charges of threatening to shoot students at Madera High School's north campus. The boy was arrested Tuesday after police searched his Madera home and...

Massive pileup closes Calif. highway

RESNO, Calif. - Collisions on a foggy freeway Saturday resulted in a pileup of as many as 100 vehicles and the deaths of at least two people, the California Highway Patrol said. The collisions included nine big rigs on northbound Highway 99 just south of Fresno, CHP...

Tower Walk creeps through eight haunts

 Jackie Meador and Brian Rutherford don't claim their Haunted Tower Walk will raise the hair on the back of your neck. But for people who are curious about paranormal activity, they guarantee some raised eyebrows when Rutherford describes the unexplained happenings along...

Remnents of Hurricane Dean sweep through central California as heat wave engu...

The Remnents of Hurricane Dean swept through central California early Thursday morning as lightening lit up the sky and thunderclaps shook houses, waking their residents.  Rasin growers scrambled to protect...

Calififornia farm town is nation's smoggiest

ARVIN, Calif. - Lying in a rich agricultural region dotted with vineyards and orange groves, this central California community seems an unlikely place for a dubious distinction: the most polluted air in...

Australian Jake Brown recounts his 40-foot plunge at X Games

ARSON, Calif. (AP) -- Jake Brown didn't feel his shoes pop off. "I was already knocked out," he said. "The last thing I remember was thinking, how do I fall?" He didn't recall anything else until he walked off the mega ramp about 10 minutes later. "Walking off the ramp,...

Chupacabra caught in South Texas?

A rancher from the South Texas town of Cuero is telling a chupacabra tale and she say she has the evidence in her freezer. Phylis Canion says the animal had been lurking around her ranch for years. She said it first snatched cats, then chickens right through a wire cage....

Next door to tragedy in Orosi

OROSI -- Residents of a neighborhood in this farm town where three babies have been abandoned since 2005 said Tuesday they were shocked to learn the woman suspected in the case lived less than a block away.

Paranormal Investigators research haunted hotel in Oakhurst, CA

"In a Special Assignment report, KSEE 24 News traveled to the Sierra Sky Ranch in the scenic mountain town of Oakhurst to show you a team of paranormal investigators as they uncover the secrets of the “Ghost Ranch.” "

Paranormal research class proves popular at adult school

Adult schools provide students with the opportunity to learn a foreign language, brush up on computer skills, or take up a craft, such as photography.  Fresno Adult School is offering a paranormal research class, and it's proven to be frightfully popular.

Mike Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame offers audio commentary for ...

Mike Nelson head writer and host for five years of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is now doing audio commentary for some of today's worst movies.  He offers each in a download (mp3 format) for only $2.99.  All you have to do is provide the movie.  Some of the...
 

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