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A 21-year-old Clovis man was killed early Tuesday when his car collided with a power pole on Shepherd Avenue west of Fowler Avenue, the California Highway Patrol reported. Read comments

Just out of medical school in 1983, Dr. Oscar Sablan expected to work in Firebaugh for three years to pay off student loans. Read comments

Badger Pass Ski Area in Yosemite National Park will open Sunday. The announcement was made Saturday afternoon after storms brought more than 20 inches of snow to the resort. Read comments

A large chunk of members from the law enforcement unit of Fresno County’s Local 521 of the Service Employees International Union are seeking for the second time in two years to decertify SEIU as their representative. Read comments

The theme was candy canes and Christmas carols for the 85th annual Fresno Christmas Parade on Saturday. The downtown parade drew floats and marchers and attracted crowds of spectators. Read comments

The Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District Board of Directors awarded annual clean stormwater grants to six local environmental education projects and 20 fifth grade classes for field trips to the San Joaquin River. Read comments

The southbound Highway 41 connector ramp to westbound Highway 180 will close Sunday morning for guardrail repairs. Read comments

A Bakersfield resident was elected Friday to the State Bar Board of Trustees for District 5, which includes Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties. Read comments

The city of Fresno announced four street closures next week for various upkeep projects. Read comments

The heavy rainstorm that drenched the Valley on Thursday and Friday didn’t compensate for the region’s three-year drought, but more wet weather is on the way, meteorologist William Peterson of the National Weather Service in Hanford said Saturday. Read comments