Wednesday was Veterans Day. In honor of the holiday, FM89’s news director Alice Daniel spoke with a couple who live at the Fresno Veterans Home and have been married for 70 years. They’ve had their share of challenges during the pandemic, including living apart for three months. But as you’ll …
Read More »Her Husband Died By Suicide, So This Law Enforcement Wife Is Sharing His Story To Help Others
These days, Crystal Giles negotiates dinner options for her two kids alone. There’s Talon, her four-year-old son, and Riley, her eight-year-old daughter. Giles moves a plate of burritos out of the microwave for Talon, and eventually settles on pizza rolls for Riley. “That is way too many pizza rolls, little …
Read More »Los Banos man barricades himself after reportedly assaulting wife, police say
A Los Banos man’s wife told police he assaulted her and took her phone as she was calling 9-1-1 before barricading himself inside a locked garage, police said. The Los … Click to Continue »
Read More »Defendant killed wife, 2 kids with a baseball bat, authorities say
Oscar Espinoza killed his wife, son and stepson with a baseball bat, authorities say. The information is included in a criminal complaint against Espinoza, 28, charging him with three counts … Click to Continue »
Read More »Wife of missing Stevinson man speaks out
Faviola Ochoa, speaks about her missing husband Jose Castaneda, as shortly after the Merced County Sheriff’s Office called off the search in the Merced River at Hagaman Park in Stevinson, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. Castaneda has been missing since Wednesday, June 14, after he entered the Merced River …
Read More »Head-on crash claims life of El Nido man; wife and children injured
A collision between a Nissan Armada and a freight truck claimed the life of an El Nido man Sunday and left his family injured, according to the California Highway Patrol. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Twist in missing-woman case: Husband, his other wife arrested
A man who was married to two women at the same time is under arrest on suspicion of murdering one of them, and his other wife also has been arrested … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced officer’s wife now a cop herself
Merced adds five new officers, bringing the total in town to 88 One officer, who comes over from Merced County Probation, is married to a sergeant in Merced Another comes back to Merced, where he was laid off in 2011 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man gets life in prison for killing wife in front of children
Crisanto Bedolla shot and killed Lucia Medrano Zarco in 2015 They were married more than 40 years before the victim left Bedolla for a younger man Defense argued Bedolla was guilty of voluntary manslaughter, not premeditated murder … Click to Continue »
Read More »Jury weighs guilt of Merced man charged in killing of wife
Crisanto Bedolla charged with killing his wife at family barbecue Prosecutors say he acted in cold blood, should be convicted of first-degree murder Defense argues Bedolla acted in heat of passion, should be convicted of voluntary manslaughter … Click to Continue »
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