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Hundreds pay respects to slain Mendota boy
MENDOTA -- Hundreds of family members, friends and neighbors gathered Sunday evening to bid 4-year-old Alex Christopher Mercado goodbye.
The city of Clovis this winter will install decorative poles and make the 70-year-old "Gateway to the Sierras" sign more secure.
Clovis is a city that embraces its past, its building facades, its light poles and especially its art deco sign -- complete with grammatical error -- that arches over Clovis Avenue.
Michael Gill of Martinez runs along the barricade Sunday as he approaches the full marathon finish line during the Eye-Q Two Cities Marathon & Half.
Three months of training paid off for Jesus Campos with his first marathon victory -- and three months' rent.
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Go! Play! Win! Pick who you think is going to win each week during the football season and compete against other fans for prizes.
How important is tradition? Moms talk about holiday traditions past and present.The San Joaquin River’s first pulse of restoration water — moving slowly about 45 miles downstream of Friant Dam — soon may hit a temporary block. Except this barrier is legal, not physical.
The apartments along Lowe Avenue in southeast Fresno sound like a good deal. For about $600 a month you can get two bedrooms, and bad credit won't keep you out.
SACRAMENTO — Valley farmers scored big wins in the package of water bills state lawmakers passed Wednesday, but most of the benefits are years away — if they come at all.
In a recession, it seems, people eat more tortillas and stop buying bouquets for their sweethearts. Tortilla-makers landed on a recent top-10 list of best-performing privately held companies, and florists landed in the bottom 10.
A looming balloon payment is the driving force behind secretive stadium lease renegotiations that promise to dramatically change the troubled relationship between the Fresno Grizzlies and City Hall.
The Crime Map charts the time and location of reported felonies in the city of Fresno. You also can search a neighborhood for crime reports, and track the frequency of crime types over a chosen period of time.
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