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A southbound Amtrak train fatally struck a man in the area of Shields Avenue and Van Ness Boulevard in central Fresno on Friday evening. Read comments

Caltrans plans to use sweeping machines to clear roadside debris on Highway 99 as well as freeway interchanges in Fresno, creating moving lane closures on Wednesday and Thursday. Read comments

Fresno police are asking for the public’s help to find brothers Sircharles Bradshaw, 8, and Lesean Bradshaw, 11, who never returned home from school on Friday. Read comments

In a region that often struggles to find enough doctors willing to serve rural patients, Dr. Jennifer Burnett was a rarity. She made a career of treating people in small towns, including for nearly a decade at Adventist Health Community Care in Selma. Rarer still, she developed a specialty in caring for transgender people — a specialty made dearer to her because she is a transgender woman herself. Read comments

The Foundation for Fresno County Public Library named Janice Mathurin as its new president on Wednesday. Read comments

The Great American Car Wash in Fresno will offer free car wash coupons this week for anyone who donates a new or gently used book to Read Across America. Read comments

West Hills College Lemoore will offer free car emissions tests and diagnostic inspections from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 7 for Valley residents whose vehicles have failed the tests for more than six months. Read comments

First 5 Tulare County is asking for nominations for its annual Hands-On Heroes awards. Read comments

A bicyclist escaped serious injury Thursday afternoon when was struck from behind by an inattentive motorist south of Laton, the California Highway Patrol reported. Read comments

Three men on their way to farm labor jobs died Thursday in a collision at a rural Kings County intersection south of Lemoore. Read comments