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More than 200 motorcyclists escorted a truck carrying a permanent Vietnam Memorial Wall to Dinuba on Sunday in honor of San Joaquin Valley servicemen and women. Read comments

Industrial Waste and Salvage will be recycling electronic waste at The Village at River Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Read comments

The Visalia Parks and Recreation Department is hosting its annual children’s literary festival Sunday at the Manuel F. Hernandez Center at 247 W. Ferguson Ave. in Visalia. Read comments

A cadet affiliated with the Fresno Police Department is recovering and in good spirits after being shot Monday afternoon at the department’s gun range, Lt. Joe Gomez said Thursday. Read comments

The ninth annual “Noche En El Barrio” fundraiser, sponsored by local nonprofit Fresno Barrios Unidos, kicks off Saturday in Sanger to benefit youth and families throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Read comments

Fresno police Thursday afternoon took down a wanted fugitive, believed to be one of the city’s top car thieves, before he could officially be named to the department’s “Top Five” list. Read comments

Ghostly Armenian remembrances haunt the nation’s capital, heartbreaking, but often incomplete. Read comments

The family of a Fresno County employee who was driving a front-end loader April 17 when a natural gas pipeline exploded released a statement Thursday saying he was unaware of any danger. Read comments

Union Pacific Railroad police teamed up with Fresno police Wednesday to crack down on motorists who tried to dash through rail crossings as the red lights flashed and protective crossing arms dropped into position. Read comments

Sanger celebrated Earth Day on Wednesday by formally dedicating a new 6.6-acre solar power farm that is expected to provide more than 85% of the electricity used at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. Read comments