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High Speed Rail Impact to Fresno Businesses

Fen Heng has owned cafe 309 for almost 10 years.  The building's been a local eatery since the 1940s.  It could soon be gone because of the California High Speed Rail project.“I think it’s always good...

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Unsolved Murder Baffles Police

The Merced County Sheriff's Department needs your help to find a murder suspect.He's 19 year old Salvador Vega Rendon Jr., and he's wanted on murder charges.He was last seen in the Turlock area....

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Distracted driving campaign is in gear

The goal is to stop drivers from texting and new research shows it's saving lives.A study done by UC Berkeley shows that deaths among drivers using hand-held phones dropped nearly 50% since the new...

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Woman Arrested For Elderly Abuse and Embezzlement

Police say a con artist scammed elderly victims out of thousands of dollars.A 76-year old victim wants to remain anonymous but her son Michael Wyrick wants you to know the anguish his family has...

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Massage Parlors Busted in Clovis

Three illegal massage parlors have been shut down in Clovis. Police say the businesses were used as fronts for prostitution.Three women are under arrest, facing prostitution charges.  Two of the...

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Tractor Driver Killed in Crash near Reedley

A man was killed when his farm tractor was hit by an SUV on Crawford near Adams Avenues in Fresno County on Wednesday.The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. between Reedley and Orange Cove.The California...

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Ex Boyfriend Rams Woman's Car in Fresno

A dispute between a woman and her estranged boyfriend led to a crash in Fresno.The crash occurred on Washington Avenue near Fresno Street Wednesday afternoon. Family members say the woman was serving...

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Apartments Evacuated After Car Crash

A driver crashed into a row of gas meters at the Lakeside Apartments in Northwest Fresno Thursday morning.The crash happened around 6:20 a.m. when the resident was returning home from work and...

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Suspect Identified in Hanford Murder

Hanford police have named a suspect wanted for murder. Investigators say 35-year-old Jason James Reyes is suspected of shooting Armando Ramirez Monday night in a Rite Aid parking lot in Hanford.Reyes...

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Fresno Food Expo Bigger and Better

It's bigger and better than before.  The Second Annual Fresno Food Expo is now underway.  More than 60 vendors have booths at the Fresno Convention Center.  Thursday night they're sharing their...

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Credit Card Transactions Go High-Tech

It's lunch time at Little Pink Boxes.The smell of fresh baked cookies and cupcakes lures customers in to this small bakery off Main Street in Downtown Merced.When it comes time to pay, you'll notice...

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Deadline for Pot Shops to Close is Here

The Healing Health Center says they were ten times busier than normal, on Thursday. It's the last day they can operate and customers are making a last minute dash to buy medical marijuana.James Mora,...

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Air Base Closure?

 The Pentagon says it would like to shut down the California National Guard Base in Fresno which is home to the 144th Fighter Wing.  According to the 2013 defense budget, the base down south in...

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Fresno County Pot Shops Shut Down

The ‘open’ light is no longer on at medical marijuana dispensaries in Fresno County.  At the Healing Health Center near Malaga, south of Fresno, customers hurried in.“I wish these guys could stay open...

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Life Or Death Lesson For Valley Teens

Someone is killed in a drunk driving accident every 15 minutes. That's why several agencies gathered outside Liberty High School in Madera on Thursday, to show students exactly what a drunk driving...

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Injured Pup's Owner Speaks

A Three-month-old mastiff is in good spirits a week after he and his owner Jose Cazares were hit by a train in their pickup.  The train hit the truck on the passenger side where Zeus was laying on the...

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Two Killed in Crash in Tulare County

Two people were killed in a crash on Road 144 and Avenue 56 near Earlimart Monday night.The crash happened around 7:00 p.m. when the drive or a 1992 Honda ran a stop sign and crashed into another...

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One in Ten People Exposed to Contaminated Water

One in ten people is exposed to unsafe drinking water.  According to a UC Davis study that looks at high levels of nitrate in ground water, in the Tulare Lake and Salinas basins.  It affects 250,000...

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Foreclosed Home Trashed During "Sharpie Party"

A realtor's worst nightmare in Merced after a bank-owned home that recently went into foreclosure was trashed.  Realtor Ernie Ochoa believes disgruntled tenants went on a rampage during a "Sharpie...

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Denham Tours Apartments for Veterans

Beaming with pride, veteran Richard Barnes shows Congressman Jeff Denham his new apartment.  It's the first home Barnes has had to himself in 30 years.“Since then I've lived with other people and...

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