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A free climb for the history books on Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan is getting much closer to reality after Kevin Jorgeson on Monday night pushed to the top of the Wino Tower, putting one of the hardest of the Dawn Wall’s 32 sections behind him. Read comments

Capt. Parker Sever has been named police chief of Hanford starting Monday, the city announced Tuesday. Read comments

The CHP’s mission is to provide the highest level of safety, service and security to Californians. This is one of the reasons I feel the AMBER Alert system is one of the best plans developed in modern law enforcement history. Some of you might be asking what the AMBER Alert system is or how you can be an active part of the system, so let me tell you how you can save a life. Read comments

Fresno’s Marjaree Mason Center was broken into Sunday morning, with the thieves stealing $7,000 worth of power tools from a maintenance shed, the center said on its Facebook page. Read comments

Lesly H. “Les” Kimber’s baritone voice was slow and rich, one that commanded attention and could silence a room. Read comments

The dense fog that blanketed most of the central San Joaquin Valley on Monday morning will return in force on Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Hanford said. Read comments

A morning fire in Merced's Beachwood area gutted 16 vacant mobile homes Monday. Read comments

A woman hiking alone in Sequoia National Park who fell into a river and got hurt has been airlifted to safety, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. Read comments

Yosemite National Park visitors will be able to get into the park for free next Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Read comments

San Joaquin Valley residents can comment on a state plan for reducing mental-health disparities in racial, ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning communities at a town hall meeting scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Downtown Business Hub, 1444 Fulton St. in Fresno. Read comments