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Investigators are asking for the public’s help to determine what led up to a head-on crash that killed seven children and two adults in central California on New Year’s Day

A small child was killed when a minivan was struck by a train while a family was waiting to enter a drive-through Christmas lights display in central California. Police say the van with four people inside was stopped at an intersection in Fresno when it was hit by an Amtrak train Tuesday evening. Investigators are trying to determine how the...

A Fresno-area man killed two people, including a 16-year-old boy, then shot himself before crashing into a train, authorities said Monday. Carlos Cruz, 25, of Parlier, died Saturday in nearby Reedley. Cruz was visiting his estranged wife at a home in Fowler on Saturday when he shot two of her relatives, Rafael Garcia, 42, and his 16-year-old son, Jonathan Garcia,…

Two men who were released from jails in California because of the coronavirus outbreak were rearrested and accused of committing crimes shortly after being freed, authorities said.

A black California man who killed three white people in Fresno in 2017 was convicted of murder Wednesday in the racially motivated rampage, NBC News reports.

A California county that pumps most of the state’s oil and has issued more than 1,000 drilling permits in five years violated state environmental laws, an appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for environmentalists who argued the permit system threatened the region’s air and water. The 5th District Court of Appeal gave Kern County 30 days to stop issuing…

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. A total of 955 animals were rescued, but several have since died.

The showy petals begin to sprout around the middle of February, with a strong run into March.

A California teenager who survived nearly 30 hours alone in the snowy Utah mountains said Wednesday he kept himself awake with phone alarms, built a snow cave for shelter and held a special beaded bracelet to keep his hopes up.

Police in California announced Tuesday that they have arrested six suspected gang members in the shooting deaths of four men last month at a backyard gathering of family and friends that they believed was a rival gang’s party. The victims were killed Nov. 17 when gunmen entered the back of a Fresno home through an unlocked gate and used semiautomatic…

A 17-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday for stealing a plane and crashing it at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport in California, authorities said. The girl climbed a fence at an airport maintenance building around 7:30 a.m. and gained access to a King Air 200 propeller-driven aircraft and started one engine, Fresno Police Chief Drew Bessinger said at a brief news conference....

Police searched Monday for two assailants who sneaked into a backyard party in Fresno and opened fire while a small crowd watched football on television. Four people were killed and six wounded.

Four people were killed and six were wounded Sunday night in Fresno, California, when “unknown suspects” sneaked into a backyard and opened fire on a group gathered to watch a football game, Fresno police told NBC News. Kris Sanchez reports.

Debra Coleman rented an SUV from Hertz Car Rentals to pick up her daughter from college in Fresno. The end of the school year meant Coleman’s daughter was moving back home for the summer and they needed a big car. She went to Hertz where she’s a preferred member. To be safe, Coleman bought the extra insurance and roadside...

A Northern California coroner says a man choked to death while participating in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game.

Authorities say a man died shortly after competing in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game.

A woman became stranded on the grapevine in her rental car and Hertz wasn’t much help. So, NBC 7 Responds’ Consumer Bob jumped in the driver’s seat.

A Romanian tourist has died in a fall near a waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California.

Specially trained dogs are being used to help children and other victims of crimes feel comfortable while taking the witness stand in one California court.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole for killing a witness to a California shooting — a woman whose children were later kidnapped and abandoned.