Fresno news

• Massive smoke clouds seen from space over California, West Coast: VIDEO

  09-09-2020 23:39
  Jarring satellite images showed a massive cloud of smoke settling almost completely over California, and the western parts of Oregon, on Wednesday.
  
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• Creek Fire: CHP, Caltrans save highway sign dedicated to fallen deputy

  09-09-2020 23:22
  
  The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans made sure that a sign dedicated to a fallen deputy was saved from the raging Creek Fire.
  
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• Firefighters rescue boy dangling by head after getting trapped in barred window

  09-09-2020 23:11
  A terrifying 10 minutes in east China was caught on video when a six-year-old boy got trapped in a barred window.
  
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• 'The View' returns for Season 24 with new but familiar co-host

  09-09-2020 23:05
  "The View" is back for Season 24 with more Hot Topics, more provocative conversation, and more opinions -- and the newest co-host is a familiar face.
  
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• USFS closes all 18 national forests in California amid 'unprecedented and historic fire conditions'

  09-09-2020 23:03
  
  The 10 forests that weren't already closed will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
  
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• Fort Bragg paratrooper from Fresno killed in Fayetteville, NC motorcycle crash

  09-09-2020 22:48
  
  David Eugene Hughes Jr., a 32-year-old paratrooper from Fresno, died from injuries in a motorcycle accident in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
  
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• 'Dead quiet,' orange haze in Yosemite National Park as Creek Fire burns: VIDEO

  09-09-2020 22:06
  "It really is the dead quiet that is getting to me," one hiker tweeted.
  
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• Newsom: CA 'getting closer' to issuing reopening guidance for Disneyland, other theme parks

  09-09-2020 21:40
  Gov. Gavin Newsom says California is "getting closer" to issuing guidelines for theme parks, which have been closed since mid-March and are pushing the state to tell them when they can reopen.
  
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• Creek Fire: Here's where you can pick up mail if your post office has closed

  09-09-2020 21:36
  
  The wildfire has forced the closure of several post offices in the area, but the U.S. Postal Service is making mail available at other locations.
  
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• Madera County deputies arrest 2 wanted suspects with guns, meth and bomb-making equipment

  09-09-2020 21:24
  
  Officials say the 27-year-old man and 26-year-old woman both had warrants for their arrests. During their search, deputies found illegal guns, meth and bomb-making equipment.
  
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• Madera County sheriffs arrest 2 wanted suspects with guns, meth and bomb-making equipment

  09-09-2020 21:10
  
  Deputies say the 27-year-old man and 26-year-old woman both had warrants for their arrests and during the arrest, they found illegal guns, meth and bomb-making equipment.
  
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• President Trump downplayed coronavirus risks, according to new Bob Woodward book

  09-09-2020 21:09
  
  In an interview with journalist Bob Woodward, President Trump admitted to deliberately minimizing the seriousness of the novel coronavirus to the public despite understanding its true danger.
  
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• LA County cancels Halloween, says no trick-or-treating this year

  09-09-2020 20:52
  A traditional Halloween with trick-or-treaters going door-to-door for candy will not be allowed in Los Angeles County this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Tips for protecting your eyes from wildfire smoke, bad air quality

  09-09-2020 20:33
  
  To protect your eyes from wildfire smoke, limit time outdoors and keep windows and doors closed. Here are more tips from AccuWeather.
  
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• See Lupita Nyong'o's beautiful tribute to Chadwick Boseman

  09-09-2020 20:06
  "I write these words from a place of hopelessness, to honor a man who had great hope," Lupita Nyong'o said, adding his passing is a punch to the gut every morning.
  
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• Driver in stolen truck runs red light, hits car, crashes into building in northwest Fresno

  09-09-2020 19:47
  Officers say the driver ran a red light and hit another car. He knocked down a signal light and crashed into an office building across from Bullard High School.
  
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• Here's why the sky looks so orange, even though Bay Area air quality isn't terrible

  09-09-2020 18:33
  APOCALYPTIC MORNING: We may not see blue skies until Friday, says meteorologist Mike Nicco.
  
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• Evacuees describe racing for safety as Bear Fire explodes in size in Butte County

  09-09-2020 18:33
  "There was nothing I could do. I had to go into a sheet metal shop on this property and everything burnt to the ground. I was praying to God that I made it through it." Chilling accounts of a nightmarish evening for residents who know these NorCal wildfires all too well.
  
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• American Airlines OKs Black Lives Matter pins for employees

  09-09-2020 18:33
  Texas-based American Airlines says allowing employees to wear Black Lives Matter pins is a matter of equality and not politics.
  
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• Halt of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 trial is 'safety valve' at work: Dr. Fauci

  09-09-2020 18:11
  AstraZeneca put on hold its late-stage studies on hold while it investigates if a volunteer's "unexplained illness" is related to vaccination or a coincidence.
  
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• At-home IV drip treatment relieves menstrual cramps for up to 48 hours

  09-09-2020 17:47
  
  An at-home IV drip treatment to relieve menstrual cramps - for up to 48 hours! A masked up nurse showed up at my apartment to give me this IV drip.
  
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• Officers shoot 13-year-old with autism in Utah; Police vow to work with investigators

  09-09-2020 17:45
  The boy's mother said she had called police because he was having a breakdown and needed a crisis intervention team.
  
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• Man found shot multiple times inside car in southwest Fresno

  09-09-2020 17:32
  Fresno police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in southwest Fresno on Wednesday morning.
  
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• Creek Fire: 163,138 acres now burned with 0% containment, latest evacuations issued for Fresno, Madera, Mariposa counties

  09-09-2020 17:00
  The fire has forced 45,000 evacuations in Fresno and Madera Counties. At least 365 structures in Fresno County have been damaged or destroyed, and more than 5,000 are threatened.
  
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• Accuweather Forecast: Red Flag Warning Continues

  09-09-2020 16:49
  High fire danger continues for the Sierra Nevada and Foothills. Meteorologist Madeline Evans will have your full forecast on Action News.
  
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• Lupita Nyong'o says Chadwick Boseman's 'power lives on'

  09-09-2020 16:43
  "I write these words from a place of hopelessness, to honor a man who had great hope," Lupita Nyong'o said, adding his passing is a punch to the gut every morning.
  
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• Roadway closed as police investigate homicide in southwest Fresno

  09-09-2020 16:14
  At least one person was taken to the hospital from a vehicle crash, and two shell casings were found in the street.
  
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• New York school district suspends student for attending in-person classes on remote day

  09-09-2020 16:08
  A high school senior was supposed to be a remote learner, but he showed up for in-person classes. Now, he's been suspended.
  
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• Firefighters injured while battling Dolan Fire off central CA coast

  09-09-2020 15:38
  Three of the injured firefighters were brought by helicopter to Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno.
  
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• Oscars set inclusion standards for best picture category

  09-09-2020 15:18
  Films must meet at least two out of the four standards that address gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and disability to be eligible.
  
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• Amazon seeks to hire 33,000 people, holding online 'Career Day' Sept. 16

  09-09-2020 15:02
  Amazon said the jobs will be centered around Amazon's offices across the country, including Denver, New York, Phoenix and its hometown of Seattle.
  
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• The Little Chef: 2 1/2 year old Houston girl wows social media with her cooking videos

  09-09-2020 14:59
  
  Charlotte may be tiny but she's a big star in the kitchen! 👩‍🍳
  
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• Luxury giant LVMH drops $14.5B deal for Tiffany & Co., cites US tariffs threat on French goods

  09-09-2020 14:41
  Tiffany replied that it's suing to enforce the merger agreement, which was signed in November 2019.
  
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• Shots fired between 2 cars leads to high-speed chase in Fresno County

  09-09-2020 14:33
  
  CHP officers were following two speeding vehicles toward the westbound Highway 180 interchange,when the driver of a black sedan opened fire on a silver Malibu.
  
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• ABC documentary revisits bravery, first-hand accounts of 2019 Notre-Dame cathedral fire

  09-09-2020 14:28
  The infamous Notre-Dame cathedral fire of 2019 shocked the world. Now, in a two-hour documentary special, ABC will revisit first-hand accounts of the disaster in "Notre-Dame: Our Lady of Paris."
  
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• No trick-or-treating in Los Angeles County this Halloween, health officials say

  09-09-2020 14:26
  A traditional Halloween with trick-or-treaters going door-to-door for candy will not be allowed in Los Angeles County this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• UN report: Global warming closing in on dangerous milestone

  09-09-2020 14:14
  A 2018 U.N. science report said a world hotter than that still survives, but chances of dangerous problems increase tremendously.
  
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• President Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

  09-09-2020 14:07
  A Norwegian lawmaker nominated President Trump because of his work "for a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel."
  
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• PG&E public safety shutoffs leave thousands in California without power

  09-09-2020 14:00
  Pacific Gas and Electric is following through on warnings of Public Safety Power Shutoff, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power in extreme heat.
  
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• Man shot in the thigh in central Fresno, police say

  09-09-2020 13:56
  Investigators say a 49-year-old man was shot in the thigh and was dropped off at Community Regional Medical Center.
  
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• DOJ asks to defend Trump in rape accuser's defamation suit

  09-09-2020 13:44
  That means the federal government, rather than Trump himself, might have to pay damages if any are awarded.
  
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• U.S. reducing number of troops in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000

  09-09-2020 13:40
  The top U.S. general in the Middle East has announced that this month the U.S. is going to reduce the number of troops in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000.
  
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• 3.1-magnitude earthquake hits New Jersey, USGS says

  09-09-2020 13:08
  A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
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• Tropical wave sits off the North Carolina coast as Tropical Storm Paulette, Rene strengthen

  09-09-2020 12:57
  Four tropical systems, including two named storms and two tropical waves, are developing in the Atlantic storm basin.
  
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• Tropical wave sits off the North Carolina coast as tropical storms Paulette, Rene strengthen

  09-09-2020 12:52
  Four tropical systems, including two named storms and two tropical waves, are developing in the Atlantic storm basin.
  
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• Creek Fire: Some local businesses offer free transport, shelter to evacuees

  09-09-2020 08:39
  As thousands of people were forced to leave their homes in Fresno and Madera counties due to the Creek Fire, owners of some local businesses came to their rescue.
  
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• No trick-or-treating in Los Angeles this Halloween, county health officials say

  09-09-2020 07:44
  A traditional Halloween with trick-or-treaters going door-to-door for candy will not be allowed in Los Angeles County this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Creek Fire: 152,833 acres now burned with 0% containment, new evacuations issued for Fresno, Madera, Mariposa counties

  09-09-2020 07:11
  More evacuation orders have been issued as the Creek Fire quickly exploded to more than 152,000 acres as of Tuesday morning with 0% containment. At least 365 structures have been destroyed.
  
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• Barbie announces second edition of 'Día de Muertos' doll

  09-09-2020 04:28
  Just in time for Día de los Muertos, Barbie is releasing a new, limited edition doll honoring the Mexican holiday.
  
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• Creek Fire: 162,833 acres now burned with 0% containment, new evacuations issued for Fresno, Madera, Mariposa counties

  09-09-2020 04:17
  
  More evacuation orders have been issued as the Creek Fire quickly exploded to more than 162,000 acres as of Tuesday morning with 0% containment. At least 65 structures have been destroyed.
  
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