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Fresno may be getting more rain this weekend, and there’s even a chance of rain early next week. Read comments

Yosemite National Park is planning a prescribed fire in the Wawona area near the park’s south entrance Thursday. Read comments

The Tulare County Planning Commission on Tuesday put off until April 5 a continued public hearing about complaints that wells are going dry at homes next to the Cemex Stillwell gravel mine in Lemon Cove. Read comments

Alberto Valencia, 26, was identified Tuesday by the Kings County coroner as the man killed early Monday in a two-car crash south of Lemoore. Read comments

A trade group has turned in enough signatures to put a referendum on California's plastic bag ban on the November 2016 ballot, suspending implementation of the nation's first statewide ban until voters can weigh in, state elections officials said Tuesday. Read comments

Get ready for some old-fashioned hawking of a special edition of The Fresno Bee to benefit Valley Children’s Hospital. Read comments

The massive Quay Valley new town proposal in western Kings County is suddenly alive again after being left for dead at the start of the Great Recession. Read comments

Fresno County supervisors learned Tuesday they’re not in as deep a financial hole on building a new county jail as they thought two months ago. Read comments

A Visalia man who police said opened fire on officers is under arrest on suspicion of attempted murder of peace officer. Read comments

Gregg Andreotti will take over as chief of the Mendota Police Department effective Wednesday, Mendota City Manager Vince DiMaggio said. Read comments