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Patrick Lee Hall, 34, didn’t want to go back to prison. Read comments

A free solar eclipse viewing will be held in the Downing Planetarium at Fresno State on Thursday afternoon. Read comments

Earl Smittcamp was a hard worker and a natural entrepreneur, with a love of politics, who started out a milk man before turning 200 acres in Clovis into a fruit packing and processing empire with the help of his beloved wife. Read comments

A local winner of the Sept. 24 Powerball draw has come forward to claim her $1.26 million prize. Read comments

Fresno City Hall is ready to tackle one of the city’s most maddening traffic bottlenecks — Willow and Nees avenues. Read comments

Fresno County supervisors expressed frustration Monday with how they’re handling medical marijuana cultivation appeals, but stopped short of one board member’s suggestion that they suspend the hearings. Read comments

Two lost hikers were rescued Monday in the Sequoia National Forest, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department said. Read comments

Fresno Fire Department officials have identified the man being called a hero for carrying a elderly man out of a burning duplex near McLane High School in east-central Fresno Saturday morning. Read comments

A trip to Yosemite National Park may cost visitors a few more dollars next year. Read comments

An apartment project that is the largest approved in Clovis in 10 years was supported by Clovis City Council members Monday night. Read comments