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A 17-year-old Corcoran girl was identified by the Kings County Coroner as being one of the two people killed by Amtrak trains Sunday. The second death, involving a Fresno woman, was ruled a suicide. Read comments

A Tulare County judge is facing a hearing over allegations he accused his court clerk in an anonymous letter of an affair and gave her thousands of dollars worth of gifts in violation of judicial ethics. Read comments

Stuart Sherman, of Visalia, has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the position of warden at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran. Read comments

The Central California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is continuing its Home for the Holidays Adoption promotion for the remainder of December. Read comments

The steely fortitude of one Fresno police officer softened during an unexpected meeting Sunday evening. Read comments

A bungled armed robbery. Generous Hells Angels. A dramatic fire rescue and bikini-clad baristas. Read comments

Two California Highway Patrol officers were killed in the pre-dawn hours Monday when they slammed into a guardrail and then a freeway exit sign as they responded to a collision on Highway 99 in Kingsburg. Read comments

Two people were displaced and their dog was killed in a fire that destroyed a home on Willow Avenue in southeast Fresno on Wednesday night. Read comments

It was a year marked by new tigers, construction of the future Africa exhibit and fingers crossed over whether voters would renew Measure Z and provide funding for new projects at Fresno Chaffee Zoo. Read comments

The two largest hospitals in Fresno are losing 1% of their Medicare payments as part of a federal program that penalizes hospitals for excessive infection rates and patient injuries. Read comments