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A group of spectators gathered in a meadow under Yosemite National Park’s famous El Capitan Thursday to watch two men trying to complete what is widely considered the most difficult free climb in the world. Read comments

Seven Californians who visited Disneyland or Disney California Adventure Park in December have measles and three others may have been infected, state health officials said Wednesday. Read comments

Kaweah Delta Health Care District will open a health clinic Friday in Dinuba, the district’s fourth rural clinic serving patients in Tulare County. Read comments

Valley Children’s Hospital has received a $540,000 from the Leon S. Peters Foundation for a new outpatient specialty care center in Fowler. Read comments

Fresno City Hall officials learned Wednesday never to invite Terance Frazier to “whack-it” demonstrations. Read comments

A decertification effort is under way that could shrink the size of the Service Employees International Union, the largest bargaining unit for Fresno County workers. Read comments

Fresno-area Department of Motor Vehicle offices saw nearly 700 applicants on the first day undocumented immigrants became eligible for California driver’s licenses, but no statistics were available on how many of them passed the written test. Read comments

A 2-year-old Hanford boy who was severely burned from falling into a tub of boiling water on New Year’s Day is improving at Community Regional Medical Center, said the boy’s aunt, Tiffany Bass, on Wednesday afternoon. Read comments

Alfonso Hernandez, founder of the Chicano Youth Center in Fresno, died Tuesday morning of a heart attack. Read comments

The Visalia Police Department is accepting applications for this year’s Citizens Police Academy, a 10-week course to train Visalia residents to become police volunteers. Read comments