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• What you need to know about rip currents

  17-06-2016 23:57
  Here's how rip currents work and what you should do if you ever find yourself caught in one.
  
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• Chef Shayna's slow cooker pulled pork

  17-06-2016 23:53
  Chef Shayna from the Young Chef's Academy shows us her recipe for slow cooker pulled pork.
  
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• Sanger Police officer dies in Pismo Beach off-road vehicle accident

  17-06-2016 23:52
  
  The Sanger Police Department confirmed that officer Rodney Jones died after an early morning off-road vehicle accident in the Pismo Beach area.
  
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• See the winners from the 12th annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress contest

  17-06-2016 23:45
  The founders of the contest said the elegant entries get more impressive every year.
  
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• These videos love Fresno. One a Cana t Stop the Feeling,a the other quotes Walt Whitman

  17-06-2016 23:18
  Two videos that celebrate Fresno in divergent ways were shown earlier this week at the gathering for Mayor Ashley Swearengin's State of the City speech . We're sharing them here.
  
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• Congratulations 2016 Honored Scholars!

  17-06-2016 23:03
  
  ABC30 salutes the top graduating seniors from Central Valley high schools.
  
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• Youth Commission Gives Voice to Fresno's Young Residents

  17-06-2016 21:52
  
  By Fresno City Councilmember Esmeralda Soria
  
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• Amazing footage shows tornado touching down in Colorado

  17-06-2016 21:18
  Storm chaser Brandon Sullivan was able to capture footage of a tornado touching down in Colorado.
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel wants you to surprise your dad with an unexpected game of catch this Father's Day

  17-06-2016 21:09
  
  Late night's favorite prankster is asking people to surprise their dads with an unexpected game of catch.
  
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• Sanger Police officer dies in Pismo Beach ATV accident

  17-06-2016 21:04
  
  The Sanger Police Department confirmed that officer Rodney Jones died after an early morning ATV accident in the Pismo Beach area.
  
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• Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' virtually identical to Spirit's 'Taurus,' music expert says

  17-06-2016 20:52
  Music experts testified on Thursday that 'Stairway to Heaven' and 'Taurus' sound like one piece of music.
  
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• AAF upholds bans on Russian athletes for Rio Games

  17-06-2016 18:33
  
  The IAAF upheld its ban on Russia's track and field team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Friday in a landmark decision that punishes the world power for systematic doping.
  
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• To keep the blood supply safe, screening blood is more important than banning donors

  17-06-2016 18:12
  
  Since the shooting Sunday at Orlando LGBT nightclub Pulse, American LGBT activists have pointed out that many members of the community targeted by the shooter are still not allowed to donate blood that could help save victims.
  
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• A new preschool is taking shape in Merced

  17-06-2016 18:05
  A building was trucked into Merced from Stockton in three large sections on Thursday.
  
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• Tens of thousands of giant spider crabs captured migrating in Australia

  17-06-2016 17:34
  Giant spider crabs are the largest known species of crustaceans in the world and can live up to 100 years.
  
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• President Obama and family to visit Yosemite this weekend

  17-06-2016 17:20
  Yosemite is gearing up for some very special guests this weekend. Final preparations are being made for a visit by President Obama and his family.
  
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• Meet the cast of Disney Pixar's 'Finding Dory'

  17-06-2016 16:41
  
  Here are the celebrities that'll be swimming around in the highly-anticipated sequel to 2003's "Finding Nemo."
  
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• Teen wounded in Southwest Fresno shooting spree

  17-06-2016 15:18
  A teenager is recovering at the hospital after being shot in Southwest Fresno overnight.
  
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• California Armenian Home breaks ground on $42 million expansion

  17-06-2016 14:35
  The California Armenian Home broke ground Thursday on a $42 million expansion that will more than double the capacity of the southeast Fresno senior living community. The expansion will add a three-story structure with 110 independent and assisted living apartments inside, 12 two-bedroom and two-bathroom duplex cottages and a 36-bed memory care building for those with Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
  
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• Fresnoa s street budget grows, but needs outweigh resources

  17-06-2016 10:17
  Fresno's Public Works Department is due for a 55 percent increase in its budget for badly needed road repaving in the 2016-17 fiscal year that begins July 1. But the $3.6 million included in Mayor Ashley Swearengin's proposed budget is a far cry from covering the backlog of road repairs needed across the city, Public Works Director Scott Mozier told the Fresno City Council during a budget hearing Thursday afternoon. The money is expected to enable city crews to overlay or repave about 33 lane-mi
  
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• 1 killed after driver of stolen car runs stop sign in Kings County

  17-06-2016 10:05
  CHP officer said the driver of the stolen car sped through a stop sign at 6th Avenue crashing into an SUV and killing one person.
  
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• New doctors graduate from Kaweah Delta program

  17-06-2016 10:03
  At a time when there's a nationwide shortage of physicians, Kaweah Delta is working hard to retain young talent.
  
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• Fresno man looking back at last presidential visit on eve of Historic Obama stop in Yosemite

  17-06-2016 09:46
  The First Family's visit is bringing back memories of the last presidential visit to Yosemite for some.
  
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• VIDEO: Meat Loaf collapses while performing on stage in Canada

  17-06-2016 09:43
  Famed rock icon Meat Loaf collapsed mid-concert while performing a show in Edmonton, Canada on Thursday.
  
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• Local elementary school to finally have drinking water on campus

  17-06-2016 06:42
  After nearly two years with a contaminated well Orange Center Elementary School will soon be on the city of Fresno's water system.
  
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• The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel: family style

  17-06-2016 06:34
  
  There's never a dull moment in Southwest Florida. With something to entertain kids of every generation, a few days on our white-sand beaches and everywhere in-between brings you and your loved ones closer to nature, and to each other.
  
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• Fresno code enforcement inspects complex featured in Bee investigation

  17-06-2016 06:23
  Anastasia Decubas, right, listens to her tablet as senior code inspector Stephen Cox, left, inspects her apartment at 2061 S. Hayston Ave. in southeast Fresno on Thursday, June 16, 2016. The apartment complex was featured in The Fresno Bee's "Living in Misery" project in May that found Decubas' family living with roach and mice infestation, mold and maintenance problems.
  
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• This Day in History: Statue of Liberty delivered to New York Harbor

  17-06-2016 06:00
  On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor in hundreds of pieces to be assembled.
  
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• Power outage impacts more than 70,000 PG&E customers

  17-06-2016 04:31
  In Northwest Fresno, thousands of homes and businesses were without power.
  
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• We can conquer poverty in Fresno

  17-06-2016 04:20
  The struggle against poverty in the United States has been an ongoing battle for as long as anyone can remember, and with this year's election, it has definitely been a hot topic with many proposed "solutions." But what if you could be part of the solution and contribute to your hometown's fight against poverty? Catholic Charities invites you to be a part of the action and not just the debate.
  
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• Fire cuts power to tens of thousands in northwest Fresno

  17-06-2016 04:20
  Over 68,000 customers were without power in northwest Fresno on Thursday after a fire briefly broke out at the Gregg Substation near Highway 99 and the San Joaquin River, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said.
  
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• Preparation begins for President Obama's historic Yosemite visit

  17-06-2016 03:38
  President Obama's motorcade arrived at Castle Airport in Atwater Thursday afternoon and is on its way to Yosemite ahead of Mr. Obama's historic visit.
  
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• Week after South Valley mother vanishes husband arrested on unrelated charges

  17-06-2016 03:20
  There's been no sign of the woman and her husband has been arrested on unrelated charges
  
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• Fresno Unified to go out for $225 million school bond

  17-06-2016 02:33
  Officials with Fresno Unified School District are preparing to go out for another bond measure six years after Measure Q was approved by voters.
  
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• Fresno County ranch growing organic and ready to learn from a distant land

  17-06-2016 02:20
  The organic section of the grocery store is growing with more farmers around the country and here in California growing organic.
  
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• NASA releases awesome Mars Recruitment Posters

  17-06-2016 00:32
  NASA's Mars recruitment posters will convince you to leave Earth and help the Mars effort.
  
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• Witness: Woman shot by Fresno police held knives but posed no threat

  17-06-2016 00:04
  A maintenance man who witnessed the fatal shooting of Veronica Canter by two Fresno police officers two years ago testified Thursday in a federal civil rights trial that Canter held two knives, but she never posed a threat to the officers before she was shot five times. Michael Stevens' testimony contradicts the accounts of Officers Douglas Cox and Edward Louchren, who have testified that Louchren fatally shot Canter after she got onto a living room couch and was about to lunge toward Cox and st
  
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• High-speed rail workers ease massive girders onto Fresno bridge

  17-06-2016 00:04
  A Bigge Crane worker uses brawn and finesse to guide a 149-foot concrete and steel girder, weighing 166,000 pounds, into place as a giant crane gently lowers it during construction by contractors of the California High-Speed Rail Authority on Thursday morning, June 16, 2016. It will be one of 42 to support the road bed of the Tuolumne Street bridge in downtown Fresno.
  
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