A black mountain bear was tranquilized at a garbage dump in Fresno, California, on Tuesday afternoon, the Associated Press reports. The bear had ridden there from the Hume Lake area, some 65 miles away, in the back of a garbage truck.

A gas line at the Fresno County Sheriff’s gun range exploded Friday afternoon, injuring at least 11 people and bringing traffic on the nearby Highway 99 to a halt, the Associated Press reports.

Over the last week, congregants from St. John's Cathedral in Fresno, California, have been steadily amassing around a tree outside the church that they believe is weeping the tears of God.

A homeless, hatchet-wielding hitchhiker named Kai is being hailed as a hero after saving a woman from the clutches of a bear-hugging racist who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.

Click to viewAn eight-year-old girl was rescued from a kidnapper who abducted her in front of her home on Monday—thanks in no small part to an unemployed construction worker who recognized the suspect's truck and ran it down.