Autry calls prisoner release premature County Supervisor Larson suggests the city pay more.Mayor Alan Autry on Wednesday urged the county to reconsider its plan to free inmates and offered to help the county find other ways to save money.

But county officials said that if the mayor is so concerned about the planned releases, the city should pay for the inmates it sends to the county jail.

Help sought to prevent arsons after recent blazes at BullardFresno fire and school officials are asking the public for help to prevent more arson fires at Bullard High School, where there have been half a dozen since May 24.
CHP officers cleared in Fresno caseA federal court jury on Wednesday rejected claims that two California Highway Patrol officers used excessive force and violated the civil rights of a Fresno man after an April 2007 altercation at a south Fresno office of the Department of Motor Vehicles.