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• Justin Hutson might be new to Fresno State, but his hire felt like a homecoming

  06-04-2018 23:24
  We don't really know Justin Hutson, introduced Thursday as the 19th men's basketball coach in Fresno State history. So I asked three people close to him.
  
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• Dozens of teens in Kerman got to the chance to pick out a very special prom dress for free

  06-04-2018 23:09
  Kerman High School senior Makalya Delegado was one of many who got the chance to look around for that special gown at this year's Cinderella Project.
  
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• Local students compete for glory as their bots battle it out at the Central Valley Regional Robotics Competition

  06-04-2018 23:06
  Madera High School Robotics Team "Uni-Rex" is unleashing their prehistoric powerhouse-- the Brachiosaurus-- upon the Central Valley Regional Robotics Competition.
  
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• Police searching for driver who smashed through gates at IRS building in Southeast Fresno

  06-04-2018 23:02
  The search is on for the driver who smashed through the front gate of the Southeast Fresno IRS building.
  
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• Drone video captures Civil War-era shipwreck off Holden Beach

  06-04-2018 22:34
  A North Carolina man says he captured some unique images of a Civil War-era shipwreck off the coast.
  
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• Downtown Disney's new attractions include 'Star Wars' hyper-reality experience

  06-04-2018 22:29
  There are some new and exciting additions popping up in Downtown Disney, including a hyper-reality experience that allows you to enter the "Star Wars" world.
  
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• Kitty cop! This Mich. police department is on the hunt for a police cat

  06-04-2018 22:27
  Move over, canines: it's time for a police feline.
  
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• Study: Washing dishes is chore most likely to ruin relationships

  06-04-2018 22:20
  Researchers say the number one chore most likely to ruin a relationship is washing the dishes.
  
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• Teenagers in love found slain, bound in abandoned mine shaft

  06-04-2018 22:13
  They were teenagers in love, bonding after overcoming personal struggles and dreaming of a family and future together. When they vanished days after Christmas, friends and family combed Utah's west desert for months in search of answers.
  
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• 'PORT OUT' SCAM: How thieves could steal your phone number and service

  06-04-2018 22:06
  The BBB is warning people about a scam that could enable thieves to take control of your phone number and even your phone service.
  
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• San Francisco Giants vs Dodgers game postponed due to rain

  06-04-2018 22:03
  The strong storm hitting the Bay Area has caused the San Francisco Giants to postpone their game tonight against the Dodgers. It's the first rainout at AT&T Park in 12 years.
  
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• Police searching for diver who smashed through gates at IRS building in Southeast Fresno

  06-04-2018 21:47
  The search is on for the driver who smashed through the front gate of the Southeast Fresno IRS building.
  
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• Lemoore boy diagnosed with a stroke after falling during football

  06-04-2018 21:20
  Boy, 7, who fell during a football game was dismissed as 'tired' - then diagnosed with a STROKE after his mother urged doctors to see that his symptoms weren't normal The now-12-year-old has gained most of his motor functions, but he still struggles with using his right hand When Hudson Cromwell fell during a football game in the backyard with his two brothers it almost seemed like he was suffering from a mild concussion. When the then-seven-year-old boy came back into his Lemoore, California ho
  
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• Town Hall for Our Lives: Galvanized by Parkland shooting, teens nationwide organize town hall events

  06-04-2018 21:13
  Grassroots activists have organized more than 120 Town Hall for Our Lives events addressing gun safety around the country.
  
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• Gravel spill shuts down SR 99 at Merritt Drive in Traver

  06-04-2018 21:05
  According to Caltrans and the CHP, a gravel spill has shut down part of State Route 99 at Merritt Drive in Traver.
  
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• Dramatic narrow miss: Workers sent running for their lives as crane topples over

  06-04-2018 20:46
  Workers scattered as a crane came toppling down on the site of the future police headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida.
  
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• Gov. Brown reverses parole board decision to release murderer who lured, tortured, and killed 17-year-old

  06-04-2018 20:33
  The Governor wants a convicted murderer to stay behind bars, despite a parole board's decision.
  
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• Poll: More than half of CA voters don't want autonomous cars where they live

  06-04-2018 19:46
  More than half of California voters say autonomous cars should not be allowed on the streets of their neighborhood, according to a SurveyUSA poll.
  
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• Family shows off singing chops with 'Les Miserables' song

  06-04-2018 19:13
  Jayson LeBaron says his family had gathered for Easter when his mother asked them to sing "One Day More" from the musical set in 19th-century France.
  
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• Section of major highway shut down in San Luis Obispo County after two people killed in major accident

  06-04-2018 18:51
  A major highway is shut down after a deadly crash at the Cholame "Y" intersection Friday morning.
  
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• Woman sues Idaho fertility doctor for using his own sperm

  06-04-2018 18:42
  A Washington state woman is suing an Idaho fertility doctor after discovering through an online ancestry website that the man had secretly fathered her.
  
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• Portion of SR 168 to be closed for California Classic Bike Race

  06-04-2018 18:38
  According to Caltrans officials, part of State Route 168 in Fresno and Clovis will be closed for the California Classic Weekend bike event.
  
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• YouTube shooting suspect Nasim Aghdam's parents give tearful reflection that she could 'never hurt one ant'

  06-04-2018 17:09
  For the first time, the parents of Nasim Aghdam are speaking out about the shooting allegedly committed by their daughter at YouTube's headquarters earlier this week.
  
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• Artist highlights Salad Bowl pride in new exhibit

  06-04-2018 17:02
  Local artist highlights Salad Bowl pride in new Salinas exhibit Andre Kalani Fernandez's "I am from the Salad Bowl" opens Friday. Check out this story on thecalifornian.com: https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2018/04/05/local-artist-highlights-salad-bowl-pride-new-salinas-exhibit/482220002/ Despite describing himself as "shy and timid," Andre Kalani Fernandez's title for his upcoming art exhibition is pretty direct: "I am from the Salad Bowl."
  
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• More than 20,000 'Paw Patrol' hats with flashlight recalled due to fire, burn hazard

  06-04-2018 15:19
  Spirit Halloween is recalling more than 20,000 of their "Paw Patrol" Marshall hats with flashlights due to fire and burn hazards.
  
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• Police shoot, injure suspect after stabbing in Visalia

  06-04-2018 15:12
  An officer-involved shooting investigation is underway after Visalia Police confronted a man with a knife.
  
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• Merced County officials providing residents with sandbags

  06-04-2018 14:40
  Merced County officials are helping residents prepare for the coming storm.
  
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• The Board Room for April 9

  06-04-2018 12:35
  The East Fresno Rotary Club has provided $3,700 from its Educational Endowment Fund so that 120 students from Scandinavian Middle School can take a field trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium. The students will be selected based on merit by school administrators and will travel on April 9. Demi Wack has been elected president of Associated Students Inc. for the 2018-19 academic year and was named the recipient of the $2,000 "Bulldog Pride Fund: ASI President's Award."
  
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• World Health Day 2018: Five reasons to be physically active

  06-04-2018 12:28
  On World Health Day, here are five reasons to be physically active.
  
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• Heroic Uber driver drives YouTube employees to safety during shooting

  06-04-2018 08:51
  Police say the women who shot three people before turning the gun on herself Tuesday legally purchased the gun in San Diego in January.
  
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• Fresno City Council candidate says he's been unfairly labeled a 'slumlord'

  06-04-2018 08:35
  Fresno City Council candidate says he's been unfairly labeled a 'slumlord'
  
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• More construction around the Valley means more jobs

  06-04-2018 08:30
  Everything from new homes to new schools are being built.
  
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• Youth Christian convention draws hundreds to Visalia

  06-04-2018 08:22
  Western District Youth is a Christian organization that partners with local churches to evangelize and disciple kids.
  
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• City says Fresno council candidate is a slumlord. He says city inspections are petty

  06-04-2018 08:19
  Fresno's anti-slum enforcement team has issued nearly 1,300 violations since 2017 to property owner Sean Sanchez, who is running for the District 3 city council seat. In a presentation at Thursday's city council meeting, staff reported inspecting Sanchez's 16-unit property in the 5000 block of East Lane Avenue and finding significant substandard conditions and health and safety issues.
  
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• Protestors 'dislike' Facebook at company headquarters

  06-04-2018 05:12
  More fallout from Facebook, which now says tens of millions more users may have had their personal information shared with a political consulting firm.
  
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• Conor McGregor turns himself in following backstage melee

  06-04-2018 05:09
  Video showed him with a group of people causing chaos as they took an elevator to the loading dock at the arena, where he can be seen tossing trash cans and being prevented from throwing a barricade at a bus.
  
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• VIDEO: Channel Islands earthquake rattles baby eagles in treetop nest

  06-04-2018 05:03
  Three eagle chicks were rattled in their treetop nest on the Channel Islands Thursday after a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast.
  
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• Atmospheric river to flow into Central California Friday night

  06-04-2018 04:49
  This is the second time in a week and a half an atmospheric river is impacting in Central California.
  
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• Yosemite Valley to close Friday in unusual move by park service

  06-04-2018 04:45
  Yosemite officials are urging visitors planning to visit the park this weekend to make alternative travel plans as the entire central Sierra Nevada region is expecting to get hit hard by the storm.
  
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• CHP officer involved in crash near Fowler

  06-04-2018 04:19
  A California Highway Patrol officer appears to have caused a crash near Fowler on Thursday.
  
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• Big storm is nearly here. Fresno area girds for floods, Yosemite cancels camping

  06-04-2018 04:02
  Another atmospheric river - unusual for this time of year - is bearing down on California and the Valley, bringing an expectation for significant rain on the Valley floor and the prospect of flooding in the Sierra Nevada. Forecasters with the National Weather Service predict that the storm will begin affecting the Valley about midday Friday and bring rain continuing through Saturday.
  
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• Fresno giving The Gap a big tax break

  06-04-2018 03:29
  The Gap wants to turn part of its massive, nearly 20-year-old warehouse facility near Fresno Yosemite International Airport into an e-commerce fulfillment center.
  
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• Crash left FAX bus balanced precariously on canal bank

  06-04-2018 02:46
  Three people were taken to the hospital after a big rig and a FAX bus collided on Maple Avenue at North Avenue south of Fresno.
  
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• What to know about the controversies surrounding EPA administrator Scott Pruitt

  06-04-2018 02:31
  EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has found himself ensnared in controversy multiple times in recent weeks.
  
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• Colorado man hit and killed while crossing street in Downtown Visalia

  06-04-2018 01:53
  The crash happened at 6 am Thursday, on Acequia Avenue, near Church Street.
  
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• This Fresno restaurant's fig burger is becoming a favorite at Coachella

  06-04-2018 01:46
  The Fresno fig burger from Eureka! restaurant will be sold for the fourth year in a row at the festival, which starts April 13. The burger is named after and inspired by Fresno-area agriculture. The central San Joaquin Valley is the leading producer of figs in California.
  
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• Fresno FAX bus dangles over canal after collision with big rig; 3 injured

  06-04-2018 01:46
  A Fresno FAX bus collided with a big rig Thursday afternoon near southeast Fresno and three people on the bus were hurt as bus knocked down power lines before it came to rest perched precariously over an empty but deep canal. The crash happened about 1 p.m. at Maple and North avenues.
  
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• 'Zombie raccoons' infected with distemper reported in Ohio

  06-04-2018 00:34
  Authorities in Ohio have been getting some strange calls about so-called "zombie" raccoons, and officials in Cook County have seen them as well.
  
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• FAX bus balanced precariously on canal bank after crash in Fresno

  06-04-2018 00:10
  Three people were taken to the hospital after a big rig and a FAX bus collided on Maple Avenue at North Avenue south of Fresno.
  
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• Yosemite National Park canceled campground reservations ahead of storm

  06-04-2018 00:04
  Reservations of the North Pines Campgrounds and some campsites in the Lower Pines campground for Friday and Saturday night due to anticipated flooding.
  
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