Education Matters: AI concerns weigh on Fresno City College graduates
College graduates facing an uncertain job market are worried about AI taking over jobs, but there are over 73,000 jobs available in the Central Valley in healthcare, business, transportation and technology, though students lack the skills needed for those jobs.
‘For the farmers’: Thousands of agave plants root at Madera Community College
Madera Community College has planted nearly 3,000 agave plants across five acres as part of a new agriculture program to help Central Valley farmers explore a low-maintenance crop.
Kastner seventh grader hailed as a hero after saving a classmate from choking
FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A seventh grader from Kastner Intermediate was recognized at an assembly for being a hero after his quick thinking helped save a classmate's life at school. A student swallowed a piece of gum after a teacher told him to stop chewing it. The student started...
IDENTIFIED: Woman killed after Fresno hit-and-run
40-year-old Precious Williams of Fresno was killed in a hit-and-run on Friday night, and the Fresno Police Department has not yet made an arrest.
86-year-old man killed in solo vehicle crash at Clovis highway offramp, CHP says
A man was killed Monday after colliding with a guardrail on a Clovis highway. The incident occurred at 1:40 p.m. on Highway 168 at the Herndon Avenue off-ramp, where Clovis Police Department officers came upon the scene. Officers performed lifesaving measures, but the 86-year-old was pronounced dead. The California Hig
$3.5B High-Speed Rail Contract Means Valley Tracks to Be Laid Soon
A $3.5 billion contract gives the High-Speed Rail Authority the team that will begin laying tracks on the 119 miles of Central Valley line. The authority board also moved Fresno and Hanford forward as possible sites for the system's heavy maintenance facility. Kiewit Corp., Stacey Witbeck, and Herzog were chosen...
Fresno man sentenced to 40 years in prison for human trafficking, pimping
FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A Fresno man convicted of human trafficking and pimping was sentenced on Monday to 40 years in state prison after a jury found he exploited a stranded 19-year-old woman and forced her into commercial sex acts. 43-year-old Samuel Packard was sentenced by Fresno County Superior...
Man dies after vehicle hits guardrail along Hwy 168 ramp in Clovis
CLOVIS, Calif. (FOX26) — A man died Monday afternoon in a crash near the Highway 168 southbound off-ramp at Herndon, according to Clovis police. An officer came upon the wrecked vehicle around 1:40 p.m. Police say an 86-year-old man driving a Volvo XC90 struck the guardrail along the right...
IDENTIFIED: 50-year-old motorcyclist who died after Fresno crash
Richard Cortes, a 50-year-old motorcyclist from Fresno, passed away after a week in the hospital following a crash into an SUV on May 25.
Fresno family of 5 killed in fiery crash in San Bernardino County
A Fresno family traveling to a graduation celebration in Arizona was tragically killed in a fiery crash in San Bernardino County,
