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3 hrs ago | The Fresno Bee

Local: Study: Fresno ranks fifth nationally for suburban poverty

Across the United States and in the San Joaquin Valley, the number of poor people living in suburbs is growing faster than in urban cores -- the historic focus of anti-poverty efforts and social services.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Clovis, CA

Mon May 20, 2013

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Calif. winery fire prompts school evacuation

Fire officials in the Central Valley farming community of Reedley evacuated an elementary school after a winery next door to the school caught on fire.

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Related Topix: Sacramento, CA

Reno Gazette-Journal

Fresno homeowner kills robbery suspect with sword

From the first time he turned a wrench on a car in his native France more than 60 years ago, Marcel... FRESNO, Calif.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Firebaugh, CA

The Fresno Bee

Earth Log: Lanare residents lose nearby option to buy healthy drinking water

Folks in the southwest Fresno County town of Lanare avoid drinking arsenic-laced water from their taps.

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Related Topix: Lanare, CA, Riverdale, CA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sun May 19, 2013

The Fresno Bee

2-alarm fire doused at central Fresno tortilla factory

A two-alarm commercial fire at La Tapatia Tortilleria in central Fresno late Sunday morning was contained quickly by Fresno firefighters, limiting the damage to less than $1,000, the Fresno Fire Department said.

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Related Topix: Fire, Fresno, CA

CBS 47

Mendota Power Plant Fire

Fresno County fire crews battled a fire in Mendota that sent a lot of smoke into the air.

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Related Topix: Mendota, CA

Sat May 18, 2013

CBS 47

Prather Wildfire

Two of them broke out Friday. Around one this Friday a fire broke out near southbound Interstate 5 in Castaic.

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Related Topix: Prather, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Frazier Park, CA, Kern County, CA

The Fresno Bee

Updates: Robbery suspect arrested after high-speed chase from Fresno to Tulare County

A federal parolee wanted in connection with an armed robbery of a Bay Area bank was arrested Thursday evening after leading law-enforcement officers on a high-speed chase that started in central Fresno and ended in Tulare County.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Tulare County, CA, Traver, CA

Fri May 17, 2013

The Fresno Bee

Firefighters battling grass fires near Clovis, Auberry

Fresno County firefighters have contained one grass fire east of Clovis and are working on another that broke out Friday afternoon near Auberry.

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Related Topix: Auberry, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Clovis, CA

CBS 47

West Nile discovered in Fresno County

The Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District has notified the Fresno County Department of Public Health of the positive test results provided by the State's laboratory at UC Davis.

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Related Topix: West Nile Virus, Health, UC Davis, Tulare, CA

Thu May 16, 2013

KSEE-TV Fresno

Kai the Hitchhiker Wanted on Murder Charges in New Jersey

The man who rose to internet fame for an incident in Fresno has been arrested for murder in New Jersey.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA

The Fresno Bee

Local: Gov. Brown's budget proposal includes millions for Valley jobs

Gov. Jerry Brown's new budget proposal pours millions of dollars into California's welfare-to-work program, offering a boost for the Valley, where unemployment ranks among the highest in the state.

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Related Topix: Jerry Brown, US Governors, Fresno, CA

Wed May 15, 2013

Clovis Independent

Valley officials mostly approve of state budget proposal

Education leaders in the Valley are reacting mostly positively to Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposal, anticipating there will be an increase in state money for local schools.

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Related Topix: Jerry Brown, US Governors, Education Etc., Clovis, CA

The Fresno Bee

Updates: Gov. Jerry Brown names Fresno County probation chief to head revamped corrections board

Linda Penner, Fresno County's chief probation officer for the past seven years, was appointed Wednesday by Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Jerry Brown, San Benito County, CA

Tue May 14, 2013

CBS 47

California now included in IRS scandal

Like hundreds of other Tea Party rallies across the country, the one in Fresno in 2009 may have been targeted by the IRS.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA

KSEE-TV Fresno

CA May Revise Budget Released; $2.8 Million Surplus

Calfornia's finances appear to be in good shape. That's according to the May revise budget released Tuesday morning by Governor Jerry Brown.

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Related Topix: Jerry Brown, US Governors, Fresno, CA

KSEE-TV Fresno

Fresno Coin Gallery Gives Big Boost to Valley Schools

A big boost for valley schools as the annual Gold Buying Event sponsored by the Fresno Coin Gallery raised more than $72,000 dollars for the Fresno and Tulare County Offices of Education.

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Related Topix: Tulare County, CA, Fresno, CA

The Fresno Bee

Reedley-area woman charged with cruelty in care of horses

A felony warrant has been issued for a woman whose horses were taken from her Reedley-area property a year ago after authorities said the animals were neglected and malnourished.

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Related Topix: Reedley, CA

The Fresno Bee

Fresno Co. Sheriff Margaret Mims to join White House immigration briefing

Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims will join a White House briefing Tuesday on immigration reform, the Sheriff's Office said.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform

The Fresno Bee

Fresno Co. GOP uneasy over deal with Measure G looming

A contract between Measure G's political consultant and the Fresno County GOP has divided local Republicans, with some feeling it could lead to the same trouble that in 2009 earned the organization a fine from the state's political watchdog.

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Related Topix: US News, Fresno, CA