Briefs: Roadwork on Temperance Ave.

Published online on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009

Two road projects in Clovis will close streets and affect traffic patterns over the next month.

Temperance Avenue's frontage road north of Sierra Avenue in Clovis has been closed temporarily for paving. It will reopen Wednesday when the project is completed.

Motorists are asked to use Herndon and Locan avenues to get to Cedarwood Elementary School and surrounding neighborhoods.

Also, Temperance Avenue will have traffic control between Gettysburg Avenue and the Gould Canal beginning Wednesday and ending Dec. 18.

Southbound traffic will be shifted to a northbound lane during the street-work project. Motorists should expect delays or, if possible, avoid the area.

4 face gun charges in Tulare County

Tulare County sheriff's deputies booked one adult and three juveniles last weekend on charges of firing a gun from a car.

Deputies stopped the car about 6:30 p.m. Sunday while checking a report that shots were fired in London, a community east of Kingsburg. Deputies recovered a concealed firearm from the car.

All four of the occupants admitted they were gang members, a sheriff's spokesman said.

Thieves hit orange grove near Visalia

Thieves went into an orange grove near Visalia and stole several bins of fruit valued at about $600, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

Deputies are investigating the theft, which was reported Monday morning from an orchard near Road 162 and Avenue 362.

Porterville police arrest burglary suspect

Porterville police arrested a 21-year-old Lindsay man Sunday on suspicion of three residential burglaries.

Detectives searched two Lindsay homes and found several thousand dollars worth of stolen property, leading to the man's arrest.

Hunter with broken leg rescued

A hunter with a broken leg was airlifted from a fire trail east of Springville Saturday, the Tulare County Fire Department reported.

A spokesman said the hunter was near the Dunn Fire Trail near Highway 190 and Wishon Drive. A California Highway Patrol helicopter was called in for the rescue Saturday.

A gurney was lowered from the helicopter and the man was taken to an area hospital.

Fire

Blaze damages bedroom in home

A house fire Sunday night in southwest Fresno caused damage estimated at $3,000 to $5,000 to a bedroom but did not displace the family, Fresno Fire Capt. Lawrence French said.

The fire started in one of the bedrooms of the home on the 1400 block of A Street near Stanislaus Street. When firefighters arrived, one of the residents, a woman, still was inside the home trying to extinguish the fire, French said.

The woman suffered first-degree burns to her foot and was taken to Community Regional Medical Center.

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Fresno ag company gives $15,000 to food bank

Wilbur-Ellis Co. will present a $15,000 check this morning to help the Community Food Bank aid needy families.

Officials from the livestock feed company will give the donation to food bank president Dana Wilkie and Fresno County Supervisor Phil Larson.

"This is going to be a very difficult winter for so many folks on the west side," Larson said in a statement. "By stepping up and supporting our agricultural community, Wilbur-Ellis again demonstrates their commitment to our community."

$10,000 grant for removing tattoos

The Fresno Regional Foundation presented $10,000 Monday to the Mayor's Gang Prevention Initiative program.

The grant will be used to remove tattoos from former gang members to help make them more employable, a police spokeswoman said.

Madera Co. sheriff office given $5,000

The Search and Rescue Team of the Madera County Sheriff's Department has been chosen to receive a $5,000 grant from the Laci and Conner Search and Rescue Fund.

The money will be used for the team's equipment, sheriff's officials said.

Sharon Rocha founded the rescue fund in memory of her daughter, Laci Peterson, and her unborn grandson, Conner.

Laci Peterson's husband, Scott, was convicted in 2004 of murdering his wife and unborn son, then dumping her body in San Francisco Bay during a 2002 fishing trip.