Fresno (California)

Calif. firm hired to clean up drug waste fined

A Fresno-based company under federal contract to clean up clandestine drug labs has been fined $250,000 after officials pleaded guilty to allowing a worker who didn't undergo a criminal background check onto one of their job...

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Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments: Fred Ameri, 69, of Newport Beach, has been reappointed to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has...

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Local: Valley food charities reach for help

What does Thanksgiving look like in the Valley during the worst recession in decades?Working families who in better times donated turkeys to the less fortunate are now asking for help themselves. Nonprofit groups expecting...

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SEIU Threatened Immigrant Workers with Deportation

Immigrant and disability advocates spoke out at a protest today outside the Fresno office of the labor union SEIU. SEIU came under fire last week for allegedly tampering with ballots and making illegal threats against its own...

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Budget cuts force Fresno to axe Christmas tree

The economy is the Grinch stealing Christmas at Fresno City Hall, where layoffs and budget shortfalls have left no money for the downtown holiday tree. Fresno spokesman Randy Reed said staff reductions mean fewer people are...

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Fresno AYF Chapter Begins Winter Toy Drive

FRESNO AYF CHAPTER BEGINS WINTER TOY DRIVE Asbarez Nov 20th, 2009 FRESNO-The Armenian Youth Federation's Fresno "Kevork Chavoush" Chapter announced this week it has begun its 4th annual toy drive to benefit troubled orphans in...

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M. Basketball. Fresno State Falls to San Diego State

The Bulldogs now stand at 2-2. Photo Gallery FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Billy White scored 22 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 19.5 seconds remaining, as San Diego State held off Fresno State 62-58 on Monday night in...

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Fresno's crime ranking improves

Published online on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 By Brad Branan / The Fresno Bee A national ranking of cities with the most crime in 2008 put Fresno and Visalia in the middle of the pack -- and Clovis toward the bottom. Fresno and...

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Local: Fresno County GOP boss resigns amid inquiry

The chairman of the Fresno County Republican Party Central Committee is resigning, a move that comes while the state's political watchdog agency conducts an investigation into questionable campaign transactions by the...

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Business: Getting social can boost local biz

Consumers are embracing electronic social networks at lightning speed, but most Fresno-area businesses still shun them.That's what an advanced public relations class at California State University, Fresno, found when they...

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