The ripple effect
Life on the Valley's west side may be withering along with crops that farmers have left to die.
Clovis Unified fliers spark a furor
Clovis Unified has a new enrollment-boosting tactic: lure students from other Fresno-area districts using a flier that boasts of a "private school education for a public school price."
Ten in family escape post-Fourth Calwa fire
Investigators believe fireworks may have sparked two house fires Saturday in Fresno County, including one in Calwa where 10 family members escaped as flames consumed their home shortly after midnight.
Valley sales-tax revenues decline
There's more bad news for some Valley cities already struggling with super-tight budgets: In the first quarter of 2008, sales-tax revenues took a nose dive.
Sierra Forest wildfires wrangled
Two weeks after lightning sparked more than a dozen wildfires in the Sierra National Forest, firefighters fully contained the last one Saturday evening in southern Mariposa County.
How did the Valley light up the night?
Starbursts and window-rattling aerial bombs lit up the skies across the Valley as thousands turned out for Fourth of July pyrotechnic extravaganzas.
