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• Children First: Embracing Our Community

  21-06-2017 23:52
  
  Airs Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 6:30PM.
  
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• Yosemite officials announce pilot day use parking reservation program

  21-06-2017 23:44
  
  Yosemite officials announced Wednesday that visitors to the park will now be able to reserve some parking in the park.
  
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• Gay couple recreates Pride photo 24 years later

  21-06-2017 22:41
  
  Nick Cardello and Kurt English recreated a photo that they took during the March on Washington in 1993.
  
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• Rescued animals on the mend

  21-06-2017 22:23
  Nearly 1,000 animals are being cared for after being found in an old moving truck in Fresno, California Friday. Kendyll Lyons, a kennel worker at Fresno Humane Animal Services, has been working long hours to make sure the hundreds of birds, bunnies, quail and others.
  
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• Burger King has a new Magical Lucky Charms shake

  21-06-2017 22:07
  
  The new "Lucky Charms Shake" at Burger King is now the magical part of a meal.
  
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• Fresno Police ask for help identifying drug store burglary suspects

  21-06-2017 20:53
  Police say three suspects broke into Modern Drug Store on Tulare Street and U Street in Downtown Fresno and stole over $1,000 in cash and several bottles of Promethazine with Codeine.
  
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• Crazy video: Runaway bus rolls backwards, slams into Brooklyn church

  21-06-2017 20:46
  Suddenly, the bus started rolling backwards on Palmetto Avenue, striking several parked cars and picking up speed.
  
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• Koala wanders into restaurant in Australia

  21-06-2017 19:51
  It's unconfirmed if the marsupial had a reservation.
  
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• 4 more LAPD cadets arrested after theft of police vehicles

  21-06-2017 18:23
  Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck said four additional arrests have been made in the theft of LAPD cruisers by police cadets.
  
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• Woman shot, teen girl pistol whipped at slumber party in Fowler

  21-06-2017 17:59
  A young woman was shot and a teen aged girl was injured in an attack in Fowler Tuesday morning.It happened at a house near Fourth and Vine Street.
  
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• Pot vote looms. Educators enter epic Twitter battle. Cool treats to beat the heat.

  21-06-2017 17:58
  It's Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Welcome to your Morning Scoop of intriguing tales, fresh news and things that make you go "hmm."
  
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• Giant cobra slithers into home in Malaysia

  21-06-2017 17:14
  The snake was spotted on June 18.
  
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• Man on motorized bicycle killed after colliding with van

  21-06-2017 16:00
  Shields Avenue is closed from Fresno Street to Highway 41 while police investigate the crash.
  
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• Boxing gets your heart pumping

  21-06-2017 15:57
  If you're looking to get in some cardio the next time you go to the gym, you may want to try boxing.
  
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• This first-class flight is worth $7,000 but one traveler says he paid $76 for it

  21-06-2017 15:47
  Travel blogger Sam Huang used his miles and took advantage of an incredible sale to pay just $76 for a $7,000 first-class flight.
  
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• Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theories At A California College

  21-06-2017 13:32
  Prof. Vida Samiian knew just whom she wanted to blame when the search to fill the Edward Said Professorship in Middle East Studies was suspended at California State University, Fresno. As she stated in an angry letter of resignation from the faculty, Samiian believed that the process had been derailed by "vicious and discriminatory attacks launched by Israel advocacy groups."
  
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• Train derails near Earlimart, causes traffic jam

  21-06-2017 09:51
  Tulare County firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a train to go off track near Earlimart.
  
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• Merced man arrested after being accused of molesting victim of 2 year period

  21-06-2017 09:51
  One person is under arrest accused of child molestation. Merced Police said 37-year-old Ruben Lopez inappropriately touched the victim more than 15 times over a two-year period.
  
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• Heat causes transformer to fail knocking out power to nearly 2,000 residents in Northeast Fresno

  21-06-2017 09:50
  Emanuel Legere said he heard a big bang Tuesday night when he was smoking a cigarette outside his apartment complex.
  
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• Heat wave causes some popular Valley events to shut down

  21-06-2017 09:49
  The days leading up to the Summer Solstice aren't just the longest of the year-- they are also shaping up to be some of the hottest.
  
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• Cal League All-Star Game: North beats South 5 to 3

  21-06-2017 09:43
  The California League held its All-Star game at Recreation Park Tuesday night. The baseball stadium is home to the Visalia Rawhide and the South Valley town hosted its first all-star festivities in 28 years.
  
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• Keeping the Fresno Chaffee zoo's Asian elephant cool during triple-digit temps

  21-06-2017 09:28
  Shaunzi, The Fresno Chaffee Zoo's Asian elephant, enjoys a plunge in her pool while also getting a shower, cold fruit and a bamboo cane during Fresno's heat wave. Food truck owners talk about the heat and how to beat it on one of the hottest days of the year, June 20, 2017.
  
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• Aaron Judge invited to All-Star Home Run Derby

  21-06-2017 09:17
  
  Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge says he has been invited to participate in next month's Home Run Derby.
  
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• Uber says CEO Travis Kalanick has resigned

  21-06-2017 08:28
  
  The CEO of Uber has stepped down. A company spokesperson said that Travis Kalanick resigned following hours of discussions between top investors on Tuesday.
  
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• Brookfield Zoo welcomes 2 California sea lion pups

  21-06-2017 07:53
  Two California sea lion pups were born at the Brookfield Zoo in June. Their births were the first for this species at Brookfield in nearly 30 years, officials said.
  
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• Do-it-yourself nightmare: Alarm clock stuck in wall has gone off for 13 years

  21-06-2017 06:23
  There is an alarm clock stuck inside one homeowner's wall -- and it just keeps going off.
  
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• Need a job? Caltrans to host job fair in Fresno on Thursday

  21-06-2017 05:27
  A view looking north from Clinton Avenue shows the progress of Caltrans' Highway 99 relocation work. The highway is being shifted westward by about 100 feet between Ashlan and Clinton avenues in central Fresno to make room for new high-speed train tracks.
  
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• The record no one wants to break (or tie) a " 110 in Fresno, and more heat on the way

  21-06-2017 03:24
  Temperatures well over 100 degrees with no break expected until next week is putting a strain on people in Fresno and the Valley. And there are only a couple ways to battle the extreme heat: seeking out air conditioning and drinking lots of water.
  
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• The end for a Hall of Shamea a " old Fresno County juvenile hall campus sold

  21-06-2017 03:24
  Fresno County's former Juvenile Hall as seen from Ventura Avenue and 10th Street. Sale of the property, which has been in county hands since 1897, was approved Tuesday, June 20. Fresno County's former Juvenile Hall as seen from Ventura Avenue and 10th Street.
  
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• Fresnoa s new Olive Garden restaurant almost ready to open

  21-06-2017 03:24
  For years, the area's sole Olive Garden restaurant on Shaw Avenue in Clovis has attracted crowds willing to wait for their pasta, bread sticks and salad. The newest Olive Garden opens Monday at the Marketplace at El Paseo, the shopping center near Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue in Fresno.
  
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• Heat stroke or heat exhaustion: Do you know the difference?

  21-06-2017 02:35
  Though heat-related deaths and illness are preventable, the CDC says many people still succumb to extreme heat every year. Here's a look at the differences between heat stroke and heat exhaustion, and how to treat those affected.
  
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• As weather heats up, flooding problems get worse along Kings River

  21-06-2017 02:27
  Driving into the River Bend RV Park near Minkler has become treacherous-- at best, the water is right up to people's homes. At worst, they live on the other side of a flooded bridge, where Fresno County Sheriff's deputies are now enforcing a mandatory evacuation.
  
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• How to avoid heat related illness during the Valley's high temperatures

  21-06-2017 02:23
  The hot weather has ambulance crews rolling and most of the patients suffering heat problems are elderly.
  
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• Camp at a Fresno County water park helping kids keep cool and teaching them how to save lives

  21-06-2017 02:19
  Some Valley kids are splashing into summer camp during the recent heat wave.
  
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• Steps Valley pet owners need to take to keep their animals safe during the heat

  21-06-2017 02:04
  The Central Valley is experiencing the hottest temperatures of the year so far. While triple digit heat is uncomfortable for humans it is really rough for man's best friend.
  
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• Fresno County jail looking to hire more correctional officers after board of supervisors approves budget

  21-06-2017 02:04
  Funding was just approved to hire more correctional officers at the Fresno County Jail.
  
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• South Valley mother found guilty of misdemeanor child abuse, not guilty of felony child abuse

  21-06-2017 01:41
  
  A jury in Tulare County has found Desie Horton not guilty of felony child abuse but guilty of misdemeanor child abuse.
  
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• PG&E says blistering Valley heat is putting electrical equipment to the test

  21-06-2017 01:26
  PG&E crews have all hands on deck-- 150 crews throughout the state are working to get the power back on for thousands left dreadfully hot during outages.
  
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• AP sources: Lakers to ship Russell, Moz to Nets for San Joaquin Memorial grad Lopez

  21-06-2017 01:17
  
  Three people with knowledge of the deal say the Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to trade point guard D'Angelo Russell and high-priced center Timofey Mozgov to the Brooklyn Nets for big man Brook Lopez and the 27th overall pick in the upcoming draft.
  
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• Fresno voters backed recreational pot. Their leaders are rushing to ban it

  21-06-2017 01:04
  Robert Carpenter of Fresno tends to one of his dozen marijuana plants in his backyard greenhouse in this 2014 file photo. He and his wife, Florinda, were told by police to pull their marijuana plants.
  
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• Suspected Nazi artifacts found hidden in Argentina home

  21-06-2017 00:01
  Argentinian authorities found 75 suspected Nazi artifacts hidden in a home near Buenos Aires.
  
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