Valley News

<div class="StoryBlock"> Fresno Police served search warrants and looked for probation violations Wednesday night as they cracked down on gang activity. They focused on taking drugs and firearms out of the hands of gang members. <br /><br />&quot;The way these gangs are acting right now is no one is out …

<div class="StoryBlock"> The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department is beefing up it’s air unit. It’s adding one plane to the fleet and a full-time pilot. Right now, there’s only one plane in the hangar but it has played a big role in dropping crime rates. The sheriff says ag theft has …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Teachers in Fresno are doing better than most of their peers. A new study by the National Council on Teacher Quality reports Fresno teachers will earn about one-point-nine million dollars over a career. That ranks number one among large school districts in California and number 29 in the …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Fresno county Sheriff’s deputies are praising a donation tonight, saying it will help them continue to give free books to local children. <br /><br />The Fresno County Federal Credit Union presented Sheriff Margaret Mims with a check for $2,300 this afternoon. The money is for the Sheriff’s Reading …

<div class="StoryBlock"> If you own a house in Fresno, you own property in one of the strongest housing markets in the country. <br /><br />The real-estate website Trulia.com has put Fresno on its list of 10 housing markets to watch in 2015. The website says Fresno has strong job growth, …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Yosemite waterfalls are flowing again. <br /><br />Recent rainfall has brought the National Park’s waterfalls back to life after being dry for months. This is a photo of the upper falls. <br /><br />Roads are clear to the park if you want to see them for yourself.&nbsp;<br /></div>

<div class="StoryBlock"> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A recent increase in gang-related shootings has prompted a three-week gang crackdown operation by the Fresno Police Department.&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br /></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said the department will be pulling together all of their resources …

<div class="StoryBlock"> <font size="2"><p>The California Highway Patrol said on Wednesday that many of the roads in the valley are known to be some of the most dangerous in the world because of the infamous fog. They’ve teamed up with Caltrans to continue their $12 million Fog Pilot Program that kicked …

<div class="StoryBlock"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #000000; ">The Fresno County Coroner is retiring, but before he leaves… he let us into his life at the morgue and his train station.<br />Lemor Abrams explains.</span></div>

<div class="StoryBlock"> A valley town known as the nation’s &quot;Christmas Tree City&quot; is ushering in the holiday season. <br /><br />Sanger is hosting their annual Tree Lighting Ceremony tonight. Residents can enjoy caroling and a Christmas message followed by the Tree Lighting Ceremony. <br /><br />It starts at 6:30 tonight, …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Local law enforcement now helping to bring Christmas to children in Southwest Fresno. <br /><br />Santa’s Village opens today, offering free coats, pictures with old Saint Nick, a toy and hot chocolate. Last year more than 100 children received free coats. Police have been sponsoring the event for …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Hawaii University’s play-by-play announcer is now apologizing to Fresno State for ending his broadcast this weekend by calling our city &quot;the armpit of America.&quot; <br /><br />Fresno State officials tell us, several fans heard it Saturday night and were upset by his words. Associate Athletic Director Paul Ladwig …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Fresno police are warning business owners in Southeast Fresno of a so called &quot;rooftop burglar.&quot; <br /><br />Businesses being targeted are family-owned mini-marts located between Ventura and Olive, and from Chestnut to First Street. Around mid-October, 12 stores were burglarized by a suspect entering through the roof. <br …