WASHINGTON, July 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. prison population declined 1.7 percent (or by 27,770 inmates) from 2011 to 2012, falling to an estimated 1,571,013 prisoners, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Nine states had a decrease of over 1,000 prisoners in 2012: California, Texas, North Carolina, Colorado, Arkansas, New [...]

FRESNO — Fresno State Executive Chef Erik Debaude and his sous chef, alumnus  Bryan Kramer,square off this week against chefs from two other universities in a new garlic competition at the 35th Gilroy Garlic Festival‘s Cook-Off Theater. The Fresno State team competes in the inaugural Gilroy Garlic Festival Garlic Bowl 2-4 p.m. today against chefs from University of California, Berkeley and San [...]