MADERA - What if a gentle swab of an infant's cheek was all it took to know if giving them a common antibiotic could also lead to long-term hearing loss?
That is what Valley Children's Precision Medicine Program is doing: the team is the first in the nation to use a revolutionary genetic test that can quickly let a doctor know if their tiny patient is at higher risk of hearing damage from an aminoglycoside. Once a doctor knows the baby has a particular version of a key hearing gene, they can choose a different course of care to treat an infection.
GOBULLDOGS.COM - Jeff Tedford announced on Monday he will be stepping down as head coach of the Fresno State football program. 
MADERA - Last week the Madera Narcotic Enforcement Team, with the assistance of the Madera Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Team, Fresno High Impact Investigations Team, Madera Police Special Investigations Unit, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation CRT Team #11, Visalia Police Department, and the Delano Police Department, executed a total of four search warrants relating to a lengthy, multi-agency, 
FRESNO - Irma Olguin, Jr., 43, and Jake Soberal, 38, the founders and leaders of the failed Fresno-based start-up company Bitwise Industries (“Bitwise”), pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. They admitted to defrauding investors, lenders, and others out of $115,000,000.
FRESNO - On Wednesday, Mayor Jerry Dyer was joined by Councilmember Nelson Esparza for the signing of a formal partnership memorandum of understanding between SEMI, a global semiconductor manufacturing association, and the City of Fresno, City of Clovis, California State University Fresno, Fresno County Economic Development Corporation, and Silicon Farms.
FRESNO - Following a 19-day trial, on Tuesday, a jury convicted Fresno residents Marcus Asay, 68; Antonio Gastelum, 53; and their company, Agricultural Contracting Services Association dba American Labor Alliance (ALA), of committing a multi-year pension fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
FRESNO - Fresno residents Ifeanyi Vincent Ntukogu, 49, and Kelo White, 43, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
