Valley News

Lance Walheim gives tips for how to garden smarter during a drought.

There’s a fashion, food and music event this Friday in downtown Visalia. It’s the 2015 Downtown Expo and Car Show and it’s all benefiting breast cancer research. The event runs from 5:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. on Friday. Tickets are $ 10 each and children 12 and under are free. Teresa Sardina was …

Folks in Madera County are getting ready to kick off the Chowchilla Fair. CBS47’s Gaby Rodriguez got to preview the event Thursday morning.  For more information on event details you can click here to visit their website.  MADERA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDSTHURSDAY-SUNDAYOPENING CEREMONIES AT 3:00 P.M. TICKETS: $ 8 ADULTS / $ …

Mark Standriff with the City of Fresno sat down with Stefani and Evan to discuss Mayor Ashley Swearengin’s newest effort, "Restore Fresno."

Clovis Unified School District leaders say vandalism and graffiti plague their school campuses on a regular basis and they need the public’s help to put a stop to it. Resources are having to be budgeted by the school district for custodians to paint over graffiti and make repairs.   The latest …

A Marine returns home from a six-month deployment (his sixth) to surprise his sons at their little league baseball game. He surprised them by switching places with the regular umpire while the coach distracted one of the sons, who was first up to bat. Watch the KSEE 24 story: http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/story/d/story/marine-surprise-homecoming-at-sons-little-league-g/74356/EtOC3Ox8BUS39qTN0oVygg

Eight-year-old Michael Solomon and his little league teammates have made it to the playoffs. They’re warming up and getting ready for a big moment. But a win won’t be the big moment of the night. On the field, the crowd is cheering because the national anthem has been sung. Soon, they’ll be …

Fresno police plan to step up patrols along one of the city’s busiest streets. Chief Jerry Dyer says he will have a team of officers focus patrols on Blackstone avenue near Dakota. The area has the scene of recent shootings. Fresno police routinely patrol Blackstone because criminals like to use …

Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin unveiled a plan to revitalize some of Fresno’s blighted neighborhoods in a plan called Restore Fresno Wednesday. "We’ve seen in the City of Fresno over the last 20, 25 years the blight line which once was McKinley Avenue back in the 1980’s is now Herndon Avenue," …

Ian Kielty heard about the shooting through a panicked call from his wife."She thought it could’ve been me," Kielty said. Kielty says his wife woke up around 3:00 Wednesday morning to shots outside their home."There was like 30 cop cars, undercover, unmarked, black and white, everything," Kielty said. But only one of …

Great news for the kid in all of us.An anonymous donor has pledged to give $ 200,000 to help re-open Fresno’s Storyland and Playland parks.But there’s still work to be done.The community will need to match that amount for the gift with a matching amount to get the ball rolling.Scott …

Louanne Kruse is extremely close to her own family, but her life likely depends on the kindness of a stranger.  The 58-year-old grandmother has Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and auto immune disorder that is destroying her liver.  Over the years the disease has taken a visable toll on her health, and it …