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Downtown Fresno at Fresno Street and Van Ness Avenue in June 1924. The Pacific Southwest building, in the background, was under construction. Fresno's skyline took shape along Fulton Street as author William Saroyan was a restless adolescent.

Saroyan's Fresno

City of the 1910s, '20s defined much of the author's later work.

William Saroyan was born 100 years ago into a Fresno poised on the brink of dramatic change.

Downtown was transformed during his adolescence as a skyline took shape along Fulton Street. Fashion, travel and electricity all swept past vestiges of the 19th century into a faster, more modern lifestyle.

By Don Mayhew / The Fresno Bee

04:46:48 AM Sunday, May 11, 2008

Learning to flyThings look different from an airplane.

By Diana Marcum / The Fresno Bee

11:17:51 PM Saturday, May 10, 2008

Scientists plan to bury CO2 in Kern CountyScientists plan to pump 1 million tons of greenhouse gas more than a mile beneath a Kern County power plant in one of the nation's largest experiments to slow global warming.

By Mark Grossi / The Fresno Bee

11:42:18 PM Saturday, May 10, 2008

Valley stations listed in filingFresno's KMPH, Channel 26, and KFRE, Channel 59, are among 13 television stations owned by the Visalia-based Pappas Telecasting Companies involved in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing Friday.

By Rick Bentley / The Fresno Bee

11:12:52 PM Saturday, May 10, 2008

Repair shops hustle as bad fuel percolatesRepairs on automotive fuel systems kept service centers and car dealerships busy Saturday after bad fuel was delivered to more than a dozen area gasoline stations.

By Denny Boyles / The Fresno Bee

11:17:51 PM Saturday, May 10, 2008

No money to keep Hall of Records in 'historic' shapeFresno's historic Hall of Records, the downtown nerve center of county government, is an art deco architectural gem that also happens to be an old structure in need of continuous upkeep.

By John Ellis / The Fresno Bee

11:12:52 PM Saturday, May 10, 2008

Choirs shine at SaroyanTheodore Kuchar's season-ending choral extravaganzas have been consistently filled with energy and inspiration. What's better than hundreds of good singers belting out "Carmina Burana" or Verdi's "Requiem"?

By George Warren / Special To The Bee

11:12:51 PM Saturday, May 10, 2008

Local briefsMail carriers collect food in annual drive

11:12:52 PM Saturday, May 10, 2008

News briefsPolice

11:12:51 PM Saturday, May 10, 2008

Around the ValleySecurity Officer Academy

11:12:51 PM Saturday, May 10, 2008

Cowboy tricks

11:29:01 PM Friday, May 9, 2008

Budget delay seen as political

12:22:11 AM Saturday, May 10, 2008