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Fresno’s historic Proposition 218 protest vote turned into an eye-opener, but failed in the end to kill Mayor Ashley Swearengin’s water infrastructure plan. Read comments

Fresno County Assessor-Recorder Paul Dictos announced Thursday that a recent California State Assembly bill will allow qualified applicants to postpone their property taxes beginning in 2016. Read comments

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will help Fresno plan a bike-share system to improve air quality and offer an inexpensive method of transportation as part of the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program. Read comments

Rock climbing was what Cody Byers Long lived for. Read comments

A record high temperature was set in Fresno on Wednesday, but Valley residents can now prepare for a rain storm expected Friday night. Read comments

One of Michael Riederer’s earliest memories is huddling with four siblings on a Missouri church pew before being ushered to a nearby Catholic orphanage. Read comments

The first Central Valley Relay during National Burn Awareness Week raised more than $50,000 Wednesday for the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation. Read comments

A small child is in critical but stable condition at Valley Children’s Hospital after running in front of a car Sunday afternoon at the Olivewood Shopping Center in Lindsay, officials said. Read comments

A man was killed after being hit by a train shortly before 9:30 p.m. Sunday in Tulare, the Tulare Police Department said. Read comments

“Yosemite at 150,” The Bee’s monthlong, multimedia look at Yosemite National Park as it celebrated its sesquicentennial last June, has been award a McClatchy President’s Award. Read comments