Neng Yang, the Clovis second-grade teacher who is facing a felony count of producing child pornography, was today denied release from the Fresno County Jail while his federal court case proceeds. In a short hearing in federal court, U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Beck ordered Yang held both because he was a danger to the community [...]

A second-grade teacher in Clovis appeared in shackles this morning in Fresno County Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to 45 counts of child molestation involving one student. Neng Yang, 43, a teacher at Freedom Elementary School, said nothing during the brief hearing in front of Judge Jeff Bird. Yang entered his plea through his [...]

Clovis Unified School District was within its legal right to expel a former Buchanan High senior who was kicked out of school after he executed a wrestling move called a “butt drag” on an unwilling teammate, a judge has ruled. Judge Rosemary T. McGuire’s ruling in Fresno County Superior Court is the latest chapter in [...]

The Clovis teacher accused of sexually molesting one of his second-grade students is facing new charges. The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday filed a 45-count criminal complaint charging Neng Yang, 43, with oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child younger than 11 years old. The complaint suggests incidents happened on four occasions, [...]

Clovis police have released photos of a man they say robbed a Bank of the West branch this morning. The bandit reportedly entered the bank at 200 Shaw Avenue about 9 a.m., showed a clerk a note that demanded cash and left with an undisclosed amount of money. The suspect is 5 feet, 6 inches [...]

A Clovis teacher used his darkened, empty classroom to take video of a blindfolded second-grade girl giving him oral sex in what he called “the lollipop game,” a federal investigator says. The disturbing accounts and videos, dating as far back as Jan. 3, came to light after the victim’s mother became suspicious because she could [...]