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The family business commanded both corners on either side of their central Fresno storefront, plastic tables with elaborate bouquets of flowers set under canopies on East Belmont Avenue at North Van Ness Avenue and North Fulton Street. Read comments

One man was injured about 8 p.m. Sunday after allegedly crashing into multiple vehicles before his truck rolled over between Ninth Street and Highway 99 in Madera, Madera police Cpl. Josiah Arnold said. Read comments

Five family members and three police officers were injured early Monday in a large fire at a home near Ingram and Nees Avenues in northwest Fresno. Read comments

Computer network problems delayed the start of printing of Sunday's Fresno Bee edition for several hours. Read comments

A driver involved in a three-vehicle crash in Visalia on Friday afternoon fled the scene but was apprehended by police at his home nearby. Read comments

A milk tanker truck overturned on northbound Highway 99 near Atwater early Saturday morning, forcing authorities to close the northbound lanes for nearly eight hours. Read comments

The Fresno Bee took first in four categories, was second in general excellence and brought home 12 total awards in the California Newspaper Publishers Association 2014 Better Newspapers Contest. Read comments

Ballots are in the mail for residents in the Fresno Mosquito Vector and Control District, which oversees the control and extermination of the pesky insects in an area that includes much of Fresno and rural areas west and south of the city. Read comments

• One Maple Creek boy brings a dime a day for 12 days to contribute Read comments

Caltrans will close lanes on north- and southbound Highway 99 during overnight hours from May 11-14. Read comments