California man arrested in case of huge child porn cache
May 20, 2021
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) A California man has been arrested on accusations of possessing a massive collection of child pornography, authorities said.
Michael Martin, 55, of Fresno was arrested Tuesday, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The arrest was made after detectives with the Central Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant at Martin’s home and said they discovered more than 1,000 DVDs containing videos of children being raped, the statement said.
Electronic devices and books containing explicit photos and videos were also allegedly found.
Missing man, 84, found dead in remote California woods
April 11, 2021
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) An 84-year-old man who went missing last week has been found dead, the Fresno County Sheriff s Office said Sunday.
Augusto Zarate had been vacationing at a cabin near Huntington Lake, the Fresno Bee reported.
The man s body was found Saturday by ground search teams in a remote, wooded area east of the lake. The body was located about a mile (1.6 kilometers) away from his cabin, the newspaper reported.
The cause of death has yet to be determined. There was no visible trauma to his body when discovered, the Fresno County Sheriff s Office said.
Family sues after California man dies in taco eating contest
April 5, 2021
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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2015, file photo, fans arrive at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, Calif., for a minor-league baseball game between the Fresno Grizzlies and the Round Rock Express. Fresno authorities say a man died shortly after competing in a taco-eating contest at a Grizzlies game. The son of a California man who choked to death during the amateur taco eating contest at a minor league baseball game is suing the event s organizers for negligence. (Eric Paul Zamora/The Fresno Bee via AP, File)Eric Paul Zamora/AP
Feb. 15, 2021
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Last year, metallic balloons caused about 450 outages in PG&E’s service area in Northern and central California, halting power to more than 250,000 homes and businesses, the utility reported.ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) A Valentine s Day balloon filled with helium drifted into a power line Sunday, sparking an outage that temporarily plunged more than 2,300 Fresno households into the dark.
Pacific Gas & Electric spokeswoman Karly Hernandez said that the outage began about 8 p.m. in an area east of Valentine Avenue, The Fresno Bee reported Monday. Most lights were back on an hour later but some residents were without power until midnight.