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Where: Corner of Shaw and Blackstone When: Tonight! Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Bring your signs, flags and banners. Come and show your support for our troops and Commander-in-Chief! Hope to see everyone there!

<p>The Fresno/Central Valley Chapter cordially invites all FReepers and Lurkers in good standing to attend our 7th Annual Free Republic Rally and Tailgate Picnic to be held on September 5th and 6th, 2008.</p> <p>Our rally will begin at 5:00 pm and end at 7:00 pm Friday night, September 5th, at the corner of Blackstone and Shaw in Fresno. Afterwards, the group will retire for dinner, refreshments and good fellowship at a nearby restaurant (time and place to be announced).</p>

Fresno, CA (LifeNews.com) -- Twelve days after she was initially denied food and water, a California court ruled that Janet Rivera is entitled to the nutrition and hydration that a guardian revoked. Rivera is the latest disabled patient like Terri Schiavo to draw the attention of pro-life advocates because of her plight. Rivera lost her right to food and water on July 14 when a court-appointed guardian removed her feeding tube despite her family's wishes. The 46-year-old had a heart attack on February 2006 and she never regained consciousness. She has been on life support for two years. Fresno County...

Former Fresno County sheriff's detective Ron Vaughn Jr. was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison on child pornography charges.

Fresno State Defeats Georgia 6-1 to win CWS (2-1). At least this year's Georgia choke will make people forget about UNC choking in 2006.

FRESNO, California (Reuters) - Republican John McCain said on Monday if elected president he would challenge American experts to develop a futuristic battery to power cars and win a $300 million prize. McCain, a week after taking heat from Democrats for reversing his stance on offshore oil drilling after long opposing it, sought to portray himself as a forward-looking leader on solving America's energy crisis. With Americans reeling from record-high $4-a-gallon gasoline during the prime summer driving season, both McCain and his Democratic opponent in the November election, Barack Obama, are pressing their proposals for tackling energy problems that are...

OMAHA, Neb. -- The beginning of the end for Fresno State's 2008 baseball team could have come on the opening weekend of the season, when the Bulldogs split a four-game series with UC Davis, a new NCAA Division I program. "Oh yeah. I was thinking ‘How did this happen?' I mean, we're supposed to be something this year," junior second baseman Erik Wetzel said. Perhaps now -- with Fresno having not only become the first No. 4 regional seed to make the College World Series but now about to play Georgia in the best-of-three championship series that begins Monday night...

Where: Corner of Shaw and Blackstone When: Friday Night, June 6th! Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Bring your signs, flags and banners. Come and show your support for our troops and Commander-in-Chief! Hope to see everyone tonight!

And then there were two; at least that seemed to be the case Tuesday night in the Fresno Mayoral race. After months of campaigning, amid debates, ads and door to door stumping, Ashley Swearengin and Henry T. Perea walked away as the top vote getters in Tuesday night's direct primary election. With 272 precincts reporting, Perea received 27.73% of the vote while Swearengin had 27.08%. The two candidates won the highest percentage of votes out of all 11 candidates vying to be the next mayor of Fresno. Now the two candidates, who hope to take over Alan Autry's seat, will...

FRESNO, Calif. — The valedictorian at Fresno's Bullard High School won't be attending college in the United States this fall because he's scheduled to be deported. Arthur Mkoyan's 4.0 grade-point average qualified him to enter one of the state's top universities. But the 17-year-old and his mother have been ordered back to Armenia after their last appeal for asylum failed.

Fresno, CA (AP) -- The valedictorian at Fresno's Bullard High School won't be attending college in the United States this fall because he's scheduled to be deported. Seventeen-year-old Arthur Mkoyan's 4.0 grade-point average qualified him to enter one of the state's top universities. But he and his mother have been ordered back to Armenia after their last appeal for asylum failed. The family fled from what used to be part of the Soviet Union and has been seeking asylum since 1992. A spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement says they were given an extension until June 20

An announcement for the upcoming event honoring our veterans on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at the Veterans Memorial Museum, 2425 Fresno St., Fresno, CA, 3:00 pm. Entitled the "The Footsteps of our Fathers", this will be an exciting fund-raising event to recognize and honor our vets living in the Fresno/Clovis area, and will raise money for the renovation and upkeep as well as bringing attention to the Veterans Memorial Museum so people can continue to visit this "Best Kept Secret". There will be a BBQ, door prizes, tours, and special guest appearances. For information and tickets visit the website.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein has changed her tune about using Iraq war spending bills to provide temporary legal status for illegal farmworkers.She used to think it was a bad idea. Not anymore.Next week, the full Senate is expected to consider an emergency spending bill that includes Feinstein's agricultural guest worker plan. If it survives, the guest worker package would offer temporary legal status to 1.35 million illegal immigrant farmworkers."This is an emergency situation," Feinstein, D-Calif., told Senate Appropriations Committee colleagues Thursday, adding that "agriculture needs a consistent work force. Without it, they can't plant, they can't prune, they...

Fresno County Clerk Victor Salazar anticipates the ruling could be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court....... Fresno County Clerk Victor Salazar said this morning he has asked the County Counsel for direction in light of the state Supreme Court's ruling today on gay marriage. "What we will be focused on is whether or not there is an appeal period provided. Usually, the ruling does not go into effect until the expiration of an appeal period," Salazar said. video link

I looked for this info here to no avail, so a posting herein. The radio station website has links to get ticket and good tickets are still available at $35. A double header with both Sean and Mark! At the Warnors theater on Fulton at 5:30.

On the 1 year anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre that left 32 innocent students and teachers dead - word comes of a shots fired on the campus at Fresno's Roosevelt High.

Where: Corner of Shaw and Blackstone When: Tonight! Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Bring your signs, flags and banners. Come and show your support for our troops and Commander-in-Chief! Hope to see everyone tonight!

FRESNO The estranged wife of a former Fresno administrative-law judge has been sentenced to life in prison for attacking another woman with an aluminum baseball bat. Forty-six-year-old Robyn Sotelo of Sacramento was sentenced Wednesday for the 2006 attack on Marian Wells. Prosecutors say Sotelo broke into Wells' Fresno home and attacked her because she was infuriated over a relationship Wells was having with her husband, Louis Sotelo. At the time, Louis Sotelo was an administrative-law judge for the state Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board in Fresno. Robyn Sotelo will be eligible for probation in seven years. Wells survived the attack.

A plane collided with a helicopter just south of the Fresno Airport.

In Central California, Mark Arax sees what fear--over terrorism, over our commitment in Iraq--can do to a community. Hatred between Right and Left. Hawk and Dove. Too bad they aren't listening to one grieving parent, who found some peace. Ever since the twin towers came crashing down and the cloud of jihad fogged the land, the crop dusters swooping low over the San Joaquin Valley had taken on a new menace. Even here, tucked away in the farm fields of middle California, fear had settled into the ground. Harvest to harvest, one year to the next, we watched tens of...

FRESNO, Calif. (Dec. 8) - The Diocese of San Joaquin voted on Saturday to cut ties with the Episcopal Church, the first time in the church's history a diocese has done so over theological issues and the biggest leap so far by dissident Episcopalians hoping to form a rival national church in the United States.

FRESNO, California (Reuters) - An entire California diocese of the U.S. Episcopal Church voted to secede on Saturday in a historic split after years of disagreement over the church's expanding support for gay and women's rights. Clergy and lay representatives of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, based in Fresno in central California, voted to leave the church, which has been in turmoil since 2003 when U.S. Episcopalians consecrated their first openly gay bishop. "We've seen a miracle here today," Bishop John-David Schofield said after the vote. "We are already outside the jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church." The head of...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Episcopal Church faces major tumult this week when an entire California diocese with more than 9,000 members decides whether to secede in an unprecedented protest over gay issues. The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, based in Fresno and consisting of nearly 50 churches in 14 counties, would be the first diocese to bolt from the U.S. branch of the 77-million-member global Anglican Communion if Saturday's final vote passes. The U.S. church and Anglicanism generally have been in upheaval since 2003 when the Episcopal Church consecrated Gene Robinson of New Hampshire as the first bishop known...

63-year-old Hanford man on Thursday pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he solicited bribes from contractors doing work at Fresno's Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Federal officials allege that on numerous occasions between 2001 and 2004, Rodolfo Mallari Pagsanjan accepted cash payments from two contractors to certify construction work at the Fresno VA, promised future work to them and allowed them to inflate the value of change orders for construction contracts. One of the contractors accused of involvement with Pagsanjan also was in federal court Thursday. Clovis resident Masoud Mirhadi, 65, pleaded not guilty to charges that he bribed Pagsanjan....

Fresno police say Jen was either jogging or walking quickly when she was hit by a pickup driven by officer Craig Howard, 39, of Fresno, who had just finished a 10-hour shift at 7 a.m. The accident was reported 10 minutes later.

Where: Corner of Shaw and Blackstone When: Tonight! Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Bring your signs, flags and banners. Come and show your support for our veterans, our troops and our Commander-in-Chief! We're expecting the Riverdale Assembly of God to join us tonight, so it should be a great turnout! Hope to see everyone tonight!

By Garance Burke ASSOCIATED PRESS 8:01 p.m. November 3, 2007 FRESNO – A 62-year-old man was arrested Saturday on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge after two people were killed in a massive morning pileup in dense fog that involved more than 100 cars and trucks, the California Highway Patrol said. Eighteen big rigs were involved in the massive pileup on Highway 99 just south of Fresno as patches of dense fog obscured visibility on the heavily traveled roadway, CHP officials said. CHP Officer Kirk Arnold would not identify the man who is being held in Fresno County jail, and said...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Collisions on a foggy freeway Saturday resulted in a pileup of as many as 100 vehicles and the deaths of at least two people, the California Highway Patrol said. The collisions included nine big rigs on northbound Highway 99 just south of Fresno, CHP Officer Scott Jobinger said. "It looks like we had a chain reaction crash in that fog," Jobinger said. Rescuers extracted several people whose vehicles were pinned under tractor trailers, he said. The number of people injured was not yet known. Authorities said no hazardous materials appeared to have been spilled in the...

Hillary Clinton made a campaign stop at Fresno High School this morning. She was scheduled to arrive at 8:30 A.M., but kept her minions waiting an extra 2 hours before she started speaking. The MSM was there in force to cover the event. But so were a few steadfast Freepers and other Republican groups to voice their disapproval of her double-speak. In her speech Hillary left no group behind in her campaign promises. She was touting her "free" healthcare and free everthing else that she could throw to the masses.

Hillary Clinton will make a campaign stop in Fresno on Monday, October 22, 2007. She will be speaking at Fresno High school at 8:30 A.M.

"Johnson-Klein is suing Fresno State for sexual discrimination, while the university claims that the former women's basketball coach misused department funds and took prescription drugs from her players."

Among the lurid incidents detailed are sexually explicit postings on the Craigslist Web site and another Internet site known as "Hornymatches" in which Jones allegedly posed as Ramos, inviting men to contact her for sex. In doing so, authorities allege, Jones committed identity theft by using her photo, name, home and work phone numbers, work location and birthdate.

"Fresno State University and Former Associate Athletic Director, Diane Milutinovich, have reached a settlement. Milutinovich, a 27 year veteran of the department, claimed she was wrongfully terminated based on sexual discrimination." (News broadcast said it was 3.5 million dollars)

Fresno police believe there are at least a dozen victims so far who went to this man hoping to get either wrinkles filled or plumper lips. They left with a permanent problem. The damage is visible and even over makeup you can see large lumps that when touched are rock solid.

Where: Corner of Shaw and Blackstone When: Tonight! Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Bring your signs, flags and banners. Come and show your support for our troops and Commander-in-Chief! Hope to see everyone tonight!

FRESNO, Calif. — Tunnels run beneath Chinatown in Fresno, Calif.: brick-walled passages that were once home to people and activities that couldn't be mentioned aboveground. Rick Lew knows, because he walked the passages as a child, entering through a trapdoor in his grandfather's liquor store. "There was a nightlife you couldn't see from the streets," he said.< >As late as the 1950s, when Lew was a boy, Chinatown was still thriving — both its respectable establishments and as its shadier side. He remembers visiting the underground world with his father, first passing though a dark basement before descending into a...

Joan Finch suspected her husband was having an episode of post-traumatic stress and was worried that he could harm family members or himself. Since he had access to a gun, she obtained a protective order from Morro Bay police Sunday. Morro Bay police confirmed that they issued a protective order.

Fresno Police are investigating an officer involved shooting which occurred in Northwest Fresno on Monday.

In the lawsuit, Louen alleged, among other things, that she was leaving her subdivision when Twedt -- in uniform and on his department-issued motorcycle -- also came out of the subdivision and accelerated past her. She said he pulled into a driveway and "glared" at her as she passed.

A Fresno television news anchorwoman has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and two counts of felony child endangerment after officers found her passed out in her SUV with her two young children inside, Fresno police reported Tuesday.

The Fresno/Central Valley Chapter cordially invites all FReepers and Lurkers in good standing to attend our 6th Annual Free Republic Rally and Tailgate Picnic to be held on September 7th and 8th, 2007. Our rally will begin at 5:00 pm and end at 7:00 pm Friday night, September 7th, at the corner of Blackstone and Shaw in Fresno. Afterwards, the group will retire for dinner, refreshments and good fellowship at a nearby restaurant (time and place to be announced). Our tailgate pot-luck picnic will be at Woodward Park on Saturday, September 8th. We've reserved the "Gazebo" area for the...

Fruits of their labor - Thousands of Mormons work in the heat to prepare raisins that will go to help others. MADERA (California) -- The raisin harvest begins at daybreak with folks such as doctors, lawyers, teenagers and men using wheelchairs lining up their cars along Road 35 in Madera. They grab their gloves, their metal or plastic bins, their curved knives. They grab sheets of brown paper. They trudge through sandy soil, lay down the paper trays and cut off grape bunches. For the past two weeks, this is how 10,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

There has been some community discussion on the web and talk radio lately that is making the claim that the City of Fresno is a “Sanctuary City”. Cities that are considered sanctuary cities have adopted a “don’t ask-don’t tell” policy where they don’t require their employees, including law enforcement officers, to report to federal officials aliens who may be illegally present in the country. The source of this is March 11, 2004 report by the Congressional Research Service that indicated Fresno has adopted policies not to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and is a Sanctuary City. The Congressional Research Service...

The National "Fight for Victory Tour" Fresno Event Fresno, California - Sept. 4, 2007 - 10:00AM Join Move America Forward and a coalition of other pro-troop groups as we promote the national "Fight for Victory Tour" (a patriotic pro-troop caravan that crosses the nation) for our first Pro-Troop Rally. The "Fight for Victory Tour" continues on Tuesday September 4th with this 10:00 AM rally in Fresno then crosses the nation before concluding with "The Gathering of Eagles" and a giant pro-troop rally in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, September 15th. The rally takes place in front of Fresno Convention Center...

The Fresno/Central Valley Chapter cordially invites all FReepers and Lurkers in good standing to attend our 6th Annual Free Republic Rally and Tailgate Picnic to be held on September 7th and 8th, 2007. Our rally will begin at 5:00 pm and end at 7:00 pm Friday night, September 7th, at the corner of Blackstone and Shaw in Fresno. Afterwards, the group will retire for dinner, refreshments and good fellowship at a nearby restaurant (time and place to be announced). Our tailgate pot-luck picnic will be at Woodward Park on Saturday, September 8th. We've reserved the "Gazebo" area for the...

The Fresno Chapter of Free Republic braved the heat to stand toe to toe with Peace Fresno tonight. The heat was bearable due to a slight breeze that brought the air temp down to about 100 degrees. Even so, it still felt pretty hot out there at Blackstone and Shaw. The peaceniks of Peace Fresno set up across the street from us. They had a new sign out this evening. It was a series of cards that spelled out IMPEACH on it. They started packing up a few minutes after 6 and were gone by 6:30. I wonder if Michael...

Where: Corner of Shaw and Blackstone When: Tonight! Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Bring your signs, flags and banners. Come and show your support for our troops and Commander-in-Chief! Hope to see everyone tonight!

Fresno Mayor Alan Autry resigned from a national organization of mayors Monday after the group voted to encourage the U.S. House of Representatives to pull American troops out of Iraq. The United States Conference of Mayors, which wrapped up its annual meeting in Los Angeles today, voted 51-47 to support the immediate pullout of troops. Autry voted against the resolution and immediately quit the group. After resigning, Autry said he opposed the resolution because it was proposed by Providence, R.I., Mayor Vincent Cianci at the last minute and the mayors were not given adequate time to consider it. “I have...

Where: Corner of Shaw and Blackstone When: Tonight! Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Bring your signs, flags and banners. Come and show your support for our troops and Commander-in-Chief! Hope to see everyone tonight!

"An elaborate new ramp system is being designed for Fresno's most complex set of freeway interchanges, even though no one really knows when there will be enough money to build it."