Sonia Hughes was strangled to death in the Fall of 2006. Her body was found buried in a shallow grave in Visalia a few months after her disappearance. 16 years later Sonia’s husband, Joseph Allen Hughes, has been sentenced to life in prison for her murder. In February 2016, a family member with intimate knowledge…… MORE
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State and federal officials are warning horse owners not to feed their animals Top of the Rockies brand alfalfa cubes after nearly 100 horses developed neurologic illnesses — 45 of which have died or been euthanized. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the warning Saturday. The agency said it’s working…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The first woman to lead California’s highway patrol will retire Dec. 30, two years after she was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to succeed the first Black man to head the agency. The California Highway Patrol on Friday announced the retirement of Amanda Ray, 56, the Sacramento Bee reported. The CHP…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ) — A retired software engineer is now dedicating his time to making handmade wooden toys for children in Fresno County. 78-year-old Michael Vogt made a generous donation to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday of dozens of wooden patrol cars, fire trucks, tractors, and more. Deputies often carry books and…… MORE
Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC) announced Wednesday that free meals will be provided to children ages 1-18 over the upcoming winter break. According to Fresno EOC, several locations throughout both the City of Fresno and Fresno County will offer free meals to kiddos starting December 19 through January 2. No meals, however, will be…… MORE
On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, shortly before 12:30 P.M., officers from the Northwest Policing District and members from the Fresno Fire Departmentresponded to a dirt access road behind 4488 North Cornelia Avenue regarding a report of a deceased woman who appeared to have been set on fire. Officersand Fire personnel arrived and located the deceased…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government charged Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, with a host of financial crimes on Tuesday, alleging he intentionally deceived customers and investors to enrich himself and others, while playing a central role in the company’s multibillion-dollar collapse. The 13-page indictment says that, beginning…… MORE
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Heavy snow fell in the Sierra Nevada as a winter storm packing powerful winds sent ski lift chairs swinging and closed mountain highways while downpours at lower elevations triggered flood watches Sunday across large swaths of California into Nevada. More than 250 miles (400 km) of the Sierra from…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Native American tribe in Northern California is racing toward a Friday deadline to conclude its search for human remains and cultural artifacts on what was once a tribal village site but will soon be home to a shared-use path and parking area. Ancestors of the Wintu Tribe of Northern California…… MORE
The Lively Arts Foundation proudly presents the Central California Ballet Nutcracker ’22! Lively Arts Foundation’s presentation of Central California Ballet’s joyous and highly entertaining Nutcracker Ballet has been recognized in Dance Magazine for its resurrection of the character of the vengeful Mouse Queen from E.T.A. Hoffman’s original Nutcracker fairy tale. Set to Tchaikovsky’s memorable music,…… MORE
