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Briefs: Scalded infant in fair condition
Clovis police are seeking charges against the parents of a 7-week-old girl after her father allegedly scalded her while giving her a bath and her mother refused to immediately seek help for the baby.
Calif. budget cuts keep M.D.s from work
State-ordered furloughs ordered at the California state medical board have resulted in a logjam of physician license applications, physicians say.
Newly elected councilor robbed at watch party
This week, Jim Boren and Bill McEwen speak with special guest Mayor-elect Ashley Swearengin about her transition team, as well as her priorities when she takes office.
Deal with Safeway a boon for Hanford firm
In less than a week, unionized workers at two Arizona grocery store chains may be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and cutting meat.
Hanford HIV clinic open till July
The public health clinic in Hanford is taking steps to end its successful HIV treatment program by the end of October, and the program's 40 or so patients will have to go elsewhere for treatment -- most likely to Fresno.
Jim Boren: 'Family Feud,' Valley-style
If the Florez and Parra families didn't hate each other so much, next year's legislative elections in the San Joaquin Valley would be boring.
CBS47 Friday Afternoon News Update
Get the Latest CBS47 News Update from Friday Afternoon, November 6th. Family and friends of a Merced soldier killed in Iraq will be saying their final good byes this weekend.
Family feud for the 30th district
For political junkies, the race for a South Valley Assembly seat has it all -- a long-standing feud, campaign cash pouring in and an unpredictable finish.
Valley's sales-tax revenue takes pronounced nose dive
Sales-tax revenues in the central San Joaquin Valley fell sharply in the second quarter of this year, marking some of the worst declines in decades and posing scary budget threats for local government.
Pete Parra's 'yes' launches dream match
The dream political matchup of Fran Florez versus Pete Parra for state Assembly turned real Tuesday with Parra announcing he's definitely running in the 30th District Democratic primary next year.
Suspect Confesses to Missing Hanford Man's Murder, Leads Deputies to Body
The family of 65-year-old Robert Lee Adams made an emotional plea to the public last August.
Local: Fresno officer fatally shoots driver
Three Fresno police officers shot and wounded a man Monday morning after he fired several rounds into a southeast Fresno church and then stood in an intersection waving a handgun at officers, police said.
Man who threw feces in CA courtroom gets 31 years
A man who sneaked a bag of his feces into a San Diego courtroom during his trial, smeared it on his lawyer and threw it at jurors has been sentenced to 31 years in prison.
Local: Funeral Thursday for Armona Marine
A funeral service for Lance Cpl. Alfonso Ochoa Jr., the 20-year-old Marine from Armona killed in Afghanistan, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Reformed Church in Hanford.
Local Assemblyman may not seek re-election
The race for the valley's 30th district assembly seat could get very interesting in 2010.
Mother of Hanford H1N1 Victim Speaks Out
On the day Adrian Gonzalez was born, the odds were against him. "They told me he would last three hours, not even through the day," Martina Villarreal, Adrian's mother said.
Kings County toxic waste dump gets okay to expand
HANFORD, Calif. a " Kings County planners have approved the expansion of a hazardous waste facility in Kettleman City, even as state health officials continue weighing the project's possible impacts.The facility is one of the largest hazardous waste dumps in the country, and a large employer in the county's rural reaches near Interstate 5.Monday, ...
A retired Kings County woman has died of complications from the swine flu, the first swine-flu-related death in the county, health officials said Wednesday.