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Eight people were displaced by an arson fire early Thursday in southeast Fresno. Read comments

Workers were evacuated Thursday morning at waste and recycling company Republic Services, on the west side of Golden State Boulevard near Barstow Avenue, after five employees began to feel ill, saying they smelled a strange chemical odor, according to the Fresno Fire Depatment. Read comments

A dark and stormy weekend may ease any pain from San Joaquin Valley’s wood-burning rule — the toughest in California and maybe the whole country. Read comments

Harry Gillis thought it would be glamorous to be a soldier in the U.S. Army during World War II, but he was miserable serving on the ground. Read comments

A dirt lot, a parking garage, a big dream — leave it to the Fresno City Hall to find a common theme in it all. Read comments

A growing number of city streets and county roads across California are deteriorating faster than local government budgets can maintain them, and roads in the central San Joaquin Valley tend to be in only fair to poor shape, according to a report released Tuesday by the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties. Read comments

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors wants the Fresno County Zoo Authority to change its conflict of interest code, in response to Measure Z opponents who raised the issue of potential conflicts of interest for authority members whose firms could bid on zoo projects. Read comments

A report released today on the well-being of children in California counties shows a need for improvement in the education, health and economic welfare of youngsters in the central San Joaquin Valley. Read comments

The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to require that those accused of sex crimes give a sample of blood or saliva within 48 hours of being charged to test for human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. Read comments

Two council members are tackling the third and perhaps final part of City Hall’s effort to make Fresno drought resilient forever — consumption. Read comments