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For killing three young women in an overturned SUV, Greyhound should pay at least $6 million to their families, lawyers for the families told a Fresno County jury Monday in the closing arguments of the wrongful death civil trial. Read comments

Snow in California's Sierra Nevada range typically reaches its greatest depths in late March, covering peaks like Yosemite's famed Half Dome. Read comments

•  Jury voted 10-2 in favor of Greyhound in a wrongful-death case against the bus company by the families of three women who died in a 2010 crash. Read comments

Watching a group of young children press their palms against the rough bark of a massive ponderosa pine here Tuesday, a park ranger standing nearby said Yosemite is the “ultimate classroom.” Read comments

• Fresno State attorney Grace Liu is an avid Iditarod sled dog racing fan and travels to Alaska most years to watch the race. Read comments

HealthCorps students at Edison High School will join other organizations to offer a health, nutrition and wellness fair Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon at the high school cafeteria, 540 E. California Ave. Read comments

The first planning meeting for Fresno’s newest train station ran like clockwork. Read comments

A second person has died in Saturday’s head-on crash on Highway 41 near Avenue 12 in Madera County, the sheriff-coroner’s office reported Thursday. Read comments

Traffic was slowed in Clovis on Thursday afternoon after a 60-foot portable building tipped over while being towed on Herndon Avenue near Highway 168. Read comments

A family of four was found by Mariposa County sheriff’s deputies and a U.S. park ranger on Wednesday after spending nearly 24 hours lost in a forested area of Yosemite National Park. Read comments