Enjoy the Super Bowl, but designate a driver

4 February 2012, 2:20 pm

Police Departments across the Valley and the California Highway Patrol are reminding football fans n... Read More »

Fresno author shows love of Russian history

3 February 2012, 5:25 pm

Larisa Walk grew up in a small Siberian town before immigrating to the U.S. in 1990. The Fresno author called on her interest in Russian history to write "A Handful of Earth," a novel set in medieval Eastern Europe and Asia.... Read More »

All systems go

30 January 2012, 9:43 am

Larkspur and Corte Madera community members had a welcome reprieve from wet and windy weekend weather just hours before the public unveiling Jan. 21 of the new state-of-the-art Twin Cities Police Authority station on Doherty Drive.... Read More »

Ballot measure asks: Is California death penalty worth the cost?

28 January 2012, 11:30 pm

Death penalty critics who for years focused on moral arguments are making a pocketbook appeal to voters: Their ballot measure to abolish the death penalty focuses on the costs to taxpayers to execute a prisoner. They say they have collected enough signatures to get it on the Nov. 6 ballot.... Read More »

Five vie for California Assembly District 5

27 January 2012, 1:05 pm

Five candidates have announced their plans to run for the open 5th District state Assembly seat, creating a field that includes four residents of Tuolumne and Calaveras counties. The district, created when California re-drew its political boundary map last summer, stretches from portions of Placer a... Read More »

11 People Indicted in Meth Trafficking Case in Custody

26 January 2012, 3:34 pm

All 11 people, including 40-year-old Guadalupe Meraz a Madera resident, indicted in a federal drug trafficking case on Tuesday are in custody after 34-year-old Ricardo Garcia Lopez was arrested Wednesday night in Idaho.... Read More »

Father and son arrested in Carson County with $1 million in cocaine

17 January 2012, 1:31 pm

A father and son from California were arrested late last week after Troopers uncovered more than $1 million in cocaine from their vehicle.... Read More »

Police Suspect Missing San Jose Teenager Was Kidnapped By Stockton Boyfriend

12 January 2012, 11:37 am

San Jose police are believe a Stockton man may have kidnapped his teenage girlfriend who was last seen leaving her South San Jose high school with the man.... Read More »

Police Suspect Missing San Jose Teenager Was Kidnapped

12 January 2012, 10:25 am

A teenage girl last seen leaving Oak Grove High School in South San Jose with her boyfriend a week ago may have been kidnapped, according to the San Jose Police Department.... Read More »

Madera man sentenced for throwing Molotov cocktail at Planned Parenthood clinic and a brick at a mosque

9 January 2012, 4:14 pm

FRESNO — Donny Eugene Mower, 38, of Madera, was sentenced in federal court Monday after his O... Read More »

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