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A member of the Hanford 209 Gangster Crips was arrested Wednesday evening in central Fresno on charges of selling drugs while armed with a firearm. Read comments

A Clovis man in his late 70s accidentally drove his SUV through his garage, living room, back yard and into his neighbor’s house Thursday afternoon, police said. Read comments

A 23-year-old Clovis woman struck by a suspected drunk driver a week ago is still recovering in the intensive care unit at Community Regional Medical Center. Emily Krieghoff is in stable condition at the downtown Fresno hospital, but her road to a full recovery is still a “long, long ways away,” cousin Curtis Divona said Saturday during a news conference held by her family outside the facility. Read comments

A storm system that passed by Fresno County without much rainfall on Saturday will give way to a second weather system Monday, bringing another slight chance of scattered showers in the area. Read comments

The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians seated a tribal council Thursday that mirrors the 2010 elected council. Read comments

This story was originally published in The Bee on March 5, 2005. Read comments

Agricultural thieves hit a Sanger-area citrus grower hard as a result of the recent port strike, and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is asking help locating stolen tangelos. Read comments

A pickup smashed into a Clovis apartment Friday morning after a female driver in another vehicle allegedly ran a stoplight with her baby in the car, said Janet Stoll-Lee, spokeswoman for the Clovis Police Department. Read comments

A seven-year dispute over a water system in Madera Ranchos culminated with a court judgment earlier this month requiring Madera County to make repairs and finish planned improvements to the system at the Continental Estates Subdivision by April 24. Read comments

The San Joaquin Valley’s air was cleaner this winter — maybe because it was a little stormier, foggier and breezier. Or maybe some people avoided their fireplaces because they were confused by the new wood-burning rules. Read comments