Yearly Archives: 2015

More Evacuation Orders Lifted In West Zone Of Rough Fire

More Evacuation Orders Lifted In West Zone Of Rough Fire

  On Wednesday, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and fire officials made a collaborative decision to lift some more of the existing mandatory evacuation orders in the West Zone of the Rough Fire. This decision takes effect at 10:00 am on 9/16/2015. Removal of Mandatory Evacuation Areas – All residences north of Highway 180, between…MORE

USDA Offers Help to Fire-Affected Farmers and Ranchers

USDA has programs available for farmers and ranchers affected by recent wildfires. USDA reminded farmers this week that programs are available to assist farmers and ranchers in their recovery efforts. The Farm Service Agency can assist farmers and ranchers who lost livestock, grazing land, fences or eligible trees, bushes and vines as a result of…MORE

Fight Outside Levi Stadium Caught On Video

Fight Outside Levi Stadium Caught On Video

(KMJ) – A brutal fight after the San Francisco 49ers-Minnesota Vikings “Monday Night Football” game was caught on video.  It shows a man in a Vikings jersey getting repeatedly kicked and punched on the pavement in a parking lot of Levi’s Stadium. The viral footage, which was shot and posted by a man named Brandon…MORE

Some Rough Fire Evacuation Orders Lifted

Some Rough Fire Evacuation Orders Lifted

(KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and Rough Fire officials made a collaborative decision Tuesday to lift mandatory evacuation orders and evacuation warnings previously given to residents of Dunlap, Miramonte and Pinehurst.     This decision took effect at 1:00 pm. The following is a list of the Mandatory Evacuation Areas that have now…MORE

Wildfire Evacuees Tell Stories of Escape, Survival

Wildfire Evacuees Tell Stories of Escape, Survival

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Ranch managers Don and Martha Grimm barely escaped with only the clothes they were wearing as a destructive, fast-moving fire roared toward their Northern California home. The couple, both in their 70’s, held hands as they returned to their neighborhood to find only rubble where their home once stood. Martha Grimm…MORE

Westlands Agrees to Milestone Cleanup Settlement

Westlands Agrees to Milestone Cleanup Settlement

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government has settled a decades-old lawsuit with the nation’s largest irrigation district, which has agreed in a tentative deal to clean up contaminated water in California’s fertile Central Valley. Westlands Water District will clean up water tainted by salt that has accumulated in soil from years of irrigation, general…MORE

2 Valley Men Killed in Alaska Plane Crash

2 Valley Men Killed in Alaska Plane Crash

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The day started out as a late-season version of a perfect Alaska excursion: Excited tourists heading out for adventure at a remote fishing spot on a river. But something went terribly wrong. A floatplane crashed near a picturesque lake in rural southwest Alaska, killing three lodge clients from California and Pennsylvania…MORE

Brace yourself – a “dislike” button on Facebook?

Brace yourself – a “dislike” button on Facebook?

  Brace yourself – a “dislike” button on Facebook? I like you…no, wait, I don’t. I dislike you… or your photo or your post. Until now, Facebook users had to agree to everything – giving it the thumbs up even when they didn’t feel like it. But CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a Q&A that…MORE

Accidents Staged In Million Dollar Insurance Fraud Scheme

Accidents Staged In Million Dollar Insurance Fraud Scheme

    Seven people are indicted for allegedly staging dozens of car accidents in a million dollar insurance fraud scheme Four out of of seven defendants were arrested on federal charges. The indictment charges Juan Ortiz Rivas, 38, of Ceres; Oscar Diaz Landa, 45, of San Jose; Victor Hugo Soriano-Villafan, 25, of Modesto; Liobigildo Vargas,…MORE