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Fresno, Hanford and Madera set heat records Saturday

Several cities in the Central Valley broke temperature records Saturday as warm air sweeping through the region brought unusually high readings. Read comments

 

Valley educational leaders to host day-long anti-bullying event

The Human Rights Coalition of the Central Valley and the Fresno County Office of Education will host an anti-bullying event on Dec. 13 at Fresno State in observance of Human Rights Day. Read comments

 

Fresno’s Poverello House to compete for $20,000 grant

The Poverello House in Fresno will compete for $20,000 next week in the national Food Pantry Holiday Makeover Campaign, sponsored by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Read comments

 

Gill Ranch Storage donates $5,000 to veterans in need

Gill Ranch Storage LLC will donate $5,000 to five local families of veterans on Tuesday to ensure they have a good holiday season. Read comments

 

Volunteers needed for Tulare County tax assistance program

Community Services Employment Training is asking for volunteers to help prepare free tax returns in 2015 for Tulare County households with less than $50,000 in annual income. Read comments

 

Old Town Clovis to host Christmas parade tonight

The Old Town Clovis Kiwanis Club will run the 27th annual Sierra Vista Mall Children's Electric Christmas Parade at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday in Old Town Clovis. Read comments

 

Kern Street in downtown Fresno to close for sewer project

Kern Street between G and H streets in downtown Fresno will close Monday through Thursday for a sewer improvement project. Read comments

 

Fresno protesters demonstrate over recent police slayings of African-American men

About 20 Fresno residents took to Blackstone Avenue between Shaw and Gettysburg avenues Friday night to protest the recent police actions in Ferguson, Missouri and New York. Read comments

 

600 Fresno families take home basic necessities in holiday outreach

More than 30 community outreach and assistance groups came together in southwest Fresno Saturday to give coats, pajamas, diapers and toothbrushes to around 600 local families in need. Read comments

 

Woman killed after vehicle tumbles 100 feet down Bass Lake embankment

A woman died Saturday morning after the white Jeep she was driving veered off Road 274 in Bass Lake and rolled 100 feet down an embankment before coming to rest on the north side of the lake. Read comments

 

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