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Central Valley Honor Flights Embarks on Seventh Journey

Dozens of local veterans from our greatest generation are once again headed to the nation’s capitol. The seventh Central Valley Honor Flight left from the Fresno airport Tuesday morning, headed to Washington, D.C. During the next few days, the 67 veterans will visit several monuments including the World War II …

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25-year-old man killed in Central Fresno

At 10 Wednesday night Fresno Police responded to a call of shots fired in the 400 block of San Pablo near Belmont and Blackstone in Central Fresno.   When investigators arrived they found a 25 year old man lying in a breezeway near an apartment complex. First responders say he …

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Central Valley Deals With Triple Digit Heat

Temperatures soared in the Central Valley Monday, making it the hottest day of the year in many Valley cities. Fresno hit 106, while Clovis hit 108 degrees. The severe temperatures caused a strain to some transformers in some Fresno and Clovis areas, knocking out power to about 3,000 people around …

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Central Unified School District

For students like Julianna Vellutini, summer time means free time, a reason why she enjoys using the high schools library. "I know i’m a really big reader and the county library is pretty far away from where i live so it’s nice to be able to come somewhere close", says …

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Central Valley firefighters and residents watch storms

Residents in the Central Valley pulled out their camera phones to capture a rare scene in California. Rain and even hail fell from the sky Thursday afternoon and evening. Firefighters are encouraged by the rain because it provides some temporary relief from the dry drought conditions, but it will take …

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Pulitzer awarded for reporting on Central Valley drought

Diana Marcum, an LA Times writer, has been awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Her piece on the California drought, beat out a Boston Globe article on a rare whale and a New Yorker recreation of a young man’s imprisonment. "Scene from California’s Dust Bowl" covered farming issues …

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Plan to Bring Smart & Final to Central Fresno Dead

A plan to bring a major shopping center to central Fresno is now dead. The project would’ve brought a Smart & Final store along with other shops to the corner of Blackstone and Clinton Avenues. Fresno City councilman Clint Olivier, who represents the area, says this shopping center could’ve brought …

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