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Bethany Clough is a business reporter who covers retail and general assignment. Bethany previously worked in The Bee's South Valley bureau starting in May 2002, covering Tulare County. She has worked as a reporter covering the community of Seneca Falls in upstate New York for the Finger Lakes Times and as Habitat for Humanity Fresno's communications coordinator. Before coming to The Bee, she was an education reporter for Neighbors weekly newspaper.

Sanford Nax has covered business news at The Bee since 1988. He worked at newspapers in Mount Shasta, Chico, Lake County and Palm Springs before moving to The Bee. He covers transportation, real estate, economic development and general business news.

Tim Sheehan covers the city of Visalia. He has been at The Bee since January 2001, most recently serving as the South Valley bureau chief. Previously, he was editor of Fresno Neighbors, a zoned, weekly 85,000-circulation newspaper published by The Bee, for three years. From 1988 through 1990, he was a reporter covering local government and environmental issues for The Selma Enterprise and The Kingsburg Recorder. After a brief stint as a reporter covering environmental issues for The Hanford Sentinel in early 1991, he returned to serve as managing editor of The Enterprise and Recorder from mid-1991 to early 1998.

Robert Rodriguez is a business reporter covering agriculture. He has worked at The Bee since 1994. Previously, he was a reporter for the Albuquerque Journal for eight years.