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<div class="StoryBlock"> <font size="2"><p>Deputy Chief Keith Foster’s arrest is a shock to many, he’s played an important role in the Fresno Police Department for almost thirty years.</p><p>Foster joined the department in 1986 after he graduated from the State Center Peace Officers Academy. He was sworn in as a captain in …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Families in a Tracy neighborhood can now breath a sigh of relief after an encounter that usually only happens in the wild.<br /> <br />It’s not everyday you see a large sleeping bear fall from a tree in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Hundreds of people showed …

<div class="StoryBlock"> According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, six Fresno residents were arrested for alleged violations in a drug conspiracy.<br /><br />Keith Foster, 51, was arrested for conspiracy to distribute and/or process, with intent to distribute, oxycodone, heroin and marijuana.&nbsp;<br /><br />Rafael Guzman, 41, Randy …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Many canals are currently dry, but farmers will soon start pumping water, although not everyone will need it.<br /><br />Some annual crops can survive a year without water. Others, including almond orchards and vineyards, can’t. The Modesto Irrigation District are allowing farmers to sell water to each other. …

<div class="StoryBlock"> There’s a huge effort underway in the little town of London.<br /><br /></div>

<div class="StoryBlock"> Here’s a startling statistic: 87% of students in the Fresno Unified School District live in poverty, that’s according to the superintendent and, because of this, many don’t have regular health check-ups. <br /><br />In today’s Family Focus, Carina Corral shows us what a group called &quot;The Children’s Movement&quot; …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Here’s a Fresno history lesson for you: a three-story building in downtown Fresno was originally a car showroom back in 1915, now, 100 years later, it’s re-opening its doors to a new kind of technology.<br /><br />In this week’s We are Fresno we have more on what Bitwise …

<div class="StoryBlock"> <span style="color: #0d0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8303995132446px; background-color: #dfecf5;">&nbsp;A boxing legend will be making a stop in the north valley this weekend at the third annual &quot;Gloves Not Drugs&quot; boxing show in Livingston. Kelly Kappmeier with the Carlos Veira Foundation is here to tell us they …

<div class="StoryBlock"> <span lang="EN">The crew from Pacific Gas and Electric visited seven sites that they say are normally packed with snow, but when they arrived five of the seven locations didn’t even have enough snow to measure. <p>With the blades of the chopper humming, Matthew Meadows and his PG&amp;E crew …

<div class="StoryBlock"> Former Madera County supervisor and businessman Harry Baker may never face trial.<br /><br />87-year-old Harry Baker is charged with molesting a 13-year-old girl in a Fresno motel back in 2007. But his attorney says Baker is gravely ill, after he suffered a stroke two weeks ago.<br /><br />Baker’s …

<div class="StoryBlock"> <font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 10pt;">A Selma man is accused of luring in young boys utilizing social media apps, and sexually assaulting at least one of them, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.<br /> <br /> Ricardo Carrillo, who is 27-years old, was arrested on Monday …

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<div class="StoryBlock"> A Porterville man is accused of posing as an undercover officer.<br /><br />Investigators say 22-year-old Brady Miller went to the Porterville Police Department last night. He claimed he was an undercover narcotics officer, working for the Visalia Police Department and demanded the keys to a police vehicle. <br …