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Time to get your NOtown derby tickets

The NOtown Roller Derby has shown The Beehive love. So we wanted to give them a plug for their first bout coming in April. Here's some info they posted on Facebook. NOtown Roller Derby We have tickets to our...read more »

Catching up: Late Rogue reviews

I was on vacation for part of the Rogue Festival and caught a couple of shows at the tail end of the festival. Then, when I came back to work, I got caught up in the crush of upcoming...read more »

Free Italian ices and the week in food

Here's your weekly recap of The Bee's reports on food. (For free Italian ices, check out Saturday's special.) Last Sunday, our very own Mike Oz gave a rundown of his favorite tacos on Flavors of the Valley. Featured were La...read more »

Flights to Hawaii from Fresno?

Could Fresnans soon be able to hop a plane from Fresno Yosemite Airport direct to Hawaii? We won't know for a while, but Allegiant Air's parent company announced recently that it bought six Boeing 757-200 aircraft. The planes can...read more »

Help coming for struggling home borrowers?

Help could be on the way later this year for unemployed or struggling homeowners who are having trouble keeping up with their house payments. California's Housing Finance Agency is expected to receive almost $700 million from the federal government. It's the largest chunk among among five states that will share about $1.5 billion from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.read more »

Valley mortgage foreclosure, delinquency rates still climbing

Foreclosure rates among Valley homeowners with mortgages continued to creep upward in January, as the proportion of borrowers who are 90 days or more behind in their payments grows. First American CoreLogic, a real-estate research firm, reports that almost 4% of mortgage loans in Fresno County were in foreclosure in January. That's up by about 1.5 percentage points from a year ago. In the meantime, more than 13% of mortgage borrowers are three months past due in their payments -- that's up from about 8% a year ago.read more »