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Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux has appointed Capt. Robin Skiles to undersheriff and Capt. Greg Wright to assistant sheriff. Read comments

A southeast Fresno apartment complex caught fire Tuesday afternoon, burning two apartments and displacing 12 people, said Pete Martinez, spokesman for the Fresno Fire Department. Read comments

Homeless youths who show up to be counted will get a bag of free goods and be entered into a drawing to win an iPad or a $100 Visa gift card, the Kings/Tulare Homeless Alliance said. Read comments

Just weeks into a new drug treatment for hepatitis C, Travis Poole felt like getting out of bed and going back to work as a painting contractor. Read comments

Girl Scouts of Central California South will host the inaugural G.I.R.L. Expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Fresno Fairgrounds. Read comments

After nearly three weeks of hanging onto minuscule, razor-sharp rock holds on the world’s largest chunk of granite, climber Tommy Caldwell said during a Thursday morning news conference below El Capitan, “I’ve totally fallen in love with that piece of rock.” Read comments

Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s attendance was up 1.7% in 2014, a new record that was not forecast. Read comments

Jesus Luna, a former Fresno State history professor and pioneer of the Chicano and Latino American Studies program, died this month of cancer at age 70. Read comments

A man was found dead early Thursday after a fire at his home in the Fresno County mountain community of Big Creek, fire officials said. Read comments

Visalia Police Chief Colleen Mestas said she will retire next week due to a diagnosis of breast cancer. Read comments