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Firefighters are battling a large blaze that broke out early Thursday in northwest Fresno at a storage yard for power poles used by Pacific Gas & Electric. Read comments

The Buchanan Bird Brains of Clovis won the international title of the FIRST Robotics Competition Saturday in St. Louis, Missouri in an alliance with three others teams. Read comments

Three Junior Angus members from the central San Joaquin Valley took awards at the 2015 Western Regional Angus Show in Reno. Read comments

• About 500 people turned out for the third annual Día de los Niños (Children’s Day) celebration, hosted by Arte Américas and Fresno County Public Library. Read comments

In a message to Armenians on the centennial of the mass deportations and massacres during World War I, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey recognizes “the sorrowful events” of a century ago. Read comments

Five downtown public lots in Visalia will be closed starting Tuesday and continuing to May 1 as the city conducts pavement and soil samplings. Read comments

As part of the AVOID the 21 Grant Program, the Clovis Police Department arrested four suspects Thursday night for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Read comments

A Selma man was arrested on suspicion of stealing a car, breaking into vehicles and evading police about Thursday in Hanford, police said. Read comments

On Friday two organizations will fight hunger by donating a tractor-trailer full of food and essentials to 400 families at the New Life Church in Firebaugh. Read comments

Grabbing her wet pink cowgirl boots adorned with Disney princesses, 5-year-old Italia Rios didn’t seem to mind the rain as she gaped at lines of horses, floats and shiny cars in the annual Clovis Rodeo Parade on Saturday morning. Read comments