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Former Hacienda's feline squatters

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:24:49 PDT

For more than two years, a darting, hunting and thriving colony of feral cats -- 50 strong with their kittens -- had been the main occupants of the former Hacienda Hotel at Clinton Avenue and Highway 99.

Johnson-Klein takes minor league job

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:45:05 PDT

Stacy Johnson-Klein, the former Fresno State women's basketball coach who sued the university for sex discrimination and won, is back in basketball.

FDA lifts salmonella warning, gives OK on tomatoes

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:23:29 PDT

WASHINGTON -- It's OK to eat all kinds of tomatoes again, the U.S. government declared Thursday -- lifting its salmonella warning on the summer favorites amid signs that the record outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing.

14-year sentence in child porn case

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:48:29 PDT

Ron Vaughn Jr., who was convicted on three felony child pornography charges, will spend more than a decade locked up in federal prison.

Valley leaders face challenge in Legislature budget talks

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:23:29 PDT

SACRAMENTO -- They rose to power as fiscal conservatives and have mounted an aggressive media strategy to push their message.

Clovis man set the stage -- for music and theater acts

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:08:30 PDT

Jerry Garcia, legendary leader of the Grateful Dead rock band, needed a ride in San Francisco, and his stage manager, David E. Murphy, pulled up at the right moment in Murphy's Rolls Royce.

Local briefs

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:48:29 PDT

Mendota students honored for U.S. title

News briefs

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:48:29 PDT

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Around the Valley

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:08:30 PDT

School shopping spree set

Worse than Appalachia

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:04:47 PDT

WASHINGTON -- Poverty, poor health and low graduation rates have put the San Joaquin Valley's 20th Congressional District dead last in a new national scorecard that ranks the well-being of residents.