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Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Fresno
Just when you thought they were gone, medical marijuana dispensaries are back in the city of Fresno . The California Herbal Relief Center opened Saturday on Ashlan and Willow in a retail mall. It’s right next to Blackbeard’s Family Entertainment Center . “There have been a couple of appellate court decisions that have ruled that counties,
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Clovis Gearing Up for Amgen's Force
The Amgen Tour of California races through the City of Clovis Wednesday, but the wheels have been spinning in town all week as businesses gear up for a temporary boom in business. Kathy Hamlin of Clovis was pumped the night before the race. She ate at Michaelangelo’s in Clovis , watched the 3 rd leg of the tour on
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valley Gets Plugged In
Plug-in electric vehicles are coming to cities across the state, and right here in the valley. But some communities are better prepared than others to accommodate them. A workshop was held in Fresno today to discuss the needs of the new cars. Along with the workshop, some demonstration models were also on display.
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Help For Mariposa Businesses Destroyed in Fire
The mariposa Visitor’s Center is distributing a note to all residents, they've set up the Fifth Street Relief Fund and they're raising money to help the employees who lost their jobs because all of these businesses were destroyed. 7 businesses wiped out by the fire, about 50 people out of work, but the family who owns the building and
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Father Arrested For Alleged Child Neglect
A North Fork man has been arrested after an incident yesterday at a picnic area at Bass Lake. He's facing felony child neglect charges for allegedly leaving his 9 month old son alone in a van. 33-year old Mark McMurrain was also arrested for assaulting a member of the local media. Officers say McMurrain went to the lake for a
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Old Town Clovis Gears Up for Amgen
Dozens of workers transform the old DMV parking lot in Old Town Clovis into "Tent City" on Tuesday. All day Wednesday it'll serve as a festival area with a variety of booths to visit. The streets of Old Town Clovis will be filled with over a hundred professional cyclists and about 40,000 spectators. "It's an electric vibe, even if you
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CBS47 Special Report: The True Cost of Crime
Whenever there is a shooting, whether it kills someone or not, the impact is huge. It brings fear into neighborhoods, eats up resources and taxpayer dollars, and alters lives forever. Violent crimes happen far too often in our community. It's something we should not have to accept and if we can prevent things like shootings, we will all benefit in
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Longtime Fruit Processing Plant Closing
The sour economy is forcing the Del Monte Foods Fruit Processing Plant in Kingsburg to close. The famous canned fruit can s have been processed in Kingsburg for the last century. 70 full time and 1100 seasonal workers will be out of work when the plant consolidates its Kingsburg operation into its main Modesto plant. The news was
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Father arrested after child falls from car window
Update: 33-year-old Marc McMurrain has been arrested and is facing felony child neglect charges for leaving his 9-month-old son along in a van. McMurrain is also facing charges for assaulting a member of the media. A 9-month-old boy is hospitalized after he was left alone in a car and climbed out an open window. The child fell, head first, to
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Homecoming for Valley Olympian
He’s making his Olympic dreams come true. Family and friends gathered at Fresno Yosemite International airport Monday night to welcome home Jose Ramirez. The Avenal native qualified for the Olympics during the World Boxing Championships in Brazil. Ramirez will represent the U.S. when the games begin in London in July. Ramirez said, “It's an amazing feeling knowing that I got