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A judge ruled Thursday that former Madera County Supervisor Harry Baker can leave the Fresno County Jail to tour three assisted-living facilities, but he must return to jail once the interviews are over. Read comments

Call it an uh-oh moment. Read comments

Kaiser Permanente will provide $500,000 in grants to help assist Fresno County residents affected by the state’s most severe drought on record, a company spokeswoman said. Read comments

San Joaquin Memorial High School will collect cash and non-perishable food items for its Thanksgiving food drive at Friday’s football game against Bullard High School. Read comments

An ex-felon and Samson Street Gang member was arrested in southwest Fresno last week for having two handguns, police said. Read comments

An electrical equipment failure Tuesday evening cut the power to KMPH (Channel 26) during its evening newscast and affected about 240 other east-central Fresno customers, a PG&E spokesman said. Read comments

Sitting in the passenger seat of her son’s car, a 56-year-old Merced woman who lost her job at Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino said she probably would have to return to picking or packing fruits and vegetables. Read comments

A crash on Highway 41 just south of the Kings River on Tuesday afternoon left eight people injured, the California Highway Patrol reported Wednesday. Read comments

Fresno City Hall’s hard-won policies of financial penance and prudence are getting statewide praise. Read comments

A vacant house was destroyed in a two-alarm fire in central Fresno on Wednesday evening. Read comments