A Fresno bakery owner who orchestrated a years-long food stamp trafficking operation has been sentenced to three years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced Monday. Jorge Luis Rivera, ...

U.S. stock indexes ticked higher Monday, while other markets made louder moves, including another record-breaking rush for the price of gold. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and won back its losses from last ...

Nitricity, a California startup with Stanford roots and Fresno State field trials, is scaling up its effort to transform the fertilizer industry. The company has broken ground on its first full-scale ...

California farmers who grow fruit for canned products suffered a major setback last week as Del Monte Foods announced plans to close its only remaining cannery in the state. The Walnut Creek-based com ...

Aiming to shake up the Golden State's media landscape, the California Post launched on Monday with a new tabloid newspaper and news site that brings a brash, cheeky and conservative-friendly fixture o ...

Southwest Airlines passengers made their final boarding-time scrambles for seats on Monday as the carrier prepared to end the open-seating system that distinguished it from other airlines for more ...

The CEO of a Los Angeles homeless services charity faces federal and state fraud charges after prosecutors said he lived a luxury lifestyle that included lavish vacations and designer clothes paid for ...

Popular Fresno restaurant Cracked Pepper Bistro is expanding its menu to feature a breakfast café model built around specialty coffee from local roasters and a new, brunch-centered menu. Chef Vatche ...

Longtime Fresno-based franchise operator JEM Management is closing Wendy's and KFC locations across the Central Valley, part of a broader contraction sweeping the fast-food industry as companies ...

A pair of touring comedians from different generations lit up Downtown Fresno last night, drawing nightlife crowds and brisk business for local restaurants. It’s not often you have such high-profile c ...

A new Visalia-based company believes technology can help support a local journalism industry that has been grappling with the loss of advertising revenue, thinning newsroom resources and a tough ...

U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues its efforts to take control of the South American ...