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An overloaded electrical outlet caused a fire that resulted in $5,000 worth of damage to a southwest Fresno home’s detached garage Monday morning, fire officials said. Read comments

Val Stringer misses her buddies at Wish-I-Ah Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre. Read comments

Clovis City Council members approved a land deal on the fringe of Old Town Monday night that has been years in the making. Read comments

A man was stabbed shortly after 10 p.m. Monday near Bulldog Lane and Ninth Street in northeast Fresno, officials with the Fresno Police Department said. Read comments

The following school districts are on foggy-day schedules Tuesday morning: Read comments

The Affordable Care Act gets mixed reviews after its first year in the central San Joaquin Valley. Read comments

Two ideas are at the heart of Mayor Ashley Swearengin’s 2035 general plan update. Read comments

Gail Fulbeck, 64, relies on her body for work. She hauls soda, energy drinks, snacks and water to the 23 vending machines she owns around downtown Sacramento. Read comments

Get ready for what Fresno historians may come to call “Eleven Days In December.” Read comments

Diana Dooley, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, oversees 13 departments and supervises the state’s rollout of the federal Affordable Care Act, including Covered California, the state’s insurance marketplace, and the Medi-Cal program for the poor. Gov. Jerry Brown appointed her in late 2010. Read comments