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Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announces an innovative partnership with gateway communities designed to enhance visits to the Yosemite region and reduce traffic congestion. Each of the four primary gateways to the park, along Highways 120 east and west, Highway 41, and Highway 140, has designed a program tailored …

The city of Fresno issued a voluntary shelter in place order Wednesday to go into effect Thursday at midnight. Residents are being asked to leave their homes for essential services only. The long list of essential services includes grocery stores, medical care, transportation, banks, pharmacies and farming. Residents who do …

Steel tycoon and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie built libraries all over the U.S. with at least 14 of them in the Central Valley. Today, only a handful of those original buildings remain. One of them is in Hanford. There’s now a museum inside, but its future may be at risk. Last …

Ethan Chatagnier is a Fresno State graduate, and he’s just added to his Central Valley connections by making Fresno and Highway 99 the setting for two of the stories in his new book, “ Warnings from the Future . ” Across a total of ten short stories, Chatagnier writes about …

Cereal giant Kellogg issued a massive recall of its Honey Smacks cereal Thursday night on salmonella concerns as the FDA and CDC began investigating a coast-to-coast outbreak. The Centers for … Click to Continue »

A preliminary hearing Wednesday for the murder trial of Firebaugh resident Ashley Sanders in Merced County was continued after issues arose with some of the witnesses. Sanders, 25, has pleaded … Click to Continue »

Heavy rains over the past two days have wreaked havoc on Mariposa County, damaging homes, cutting emergency phone lines and closing roads, some of which were completely wiped out by … Click to Continue »

A Kern County Superior Court Judge has issued a ruling in favor of a Bakersfield bakery owner in a LGBT civil rights lawsuit. Judge David Lampe sided with Cathy Miller, owner of Tastries Bakery, who refused to sell a cake to a lesbian couple. Eileen and Mireya Rodriguez-Del Rio filed …

When a Republican congressman in July tried to strip the 2018 defense spending bill of its requirement to plan for global warming and rising sea level threats, a group of … Click to Continue »

It didn’t take long for the bridge work that began this week in Merced to rile residents who say they expect traffic to overflow down their street. The city is … Click to Continue »

The Madera County Sheriff’s Office has issued a “pre- evacuation advisory” to portions of Madera County affected by increased discharges from Bass Lake. “Please be aware of rising water levels … Click to Continue »

The Merced LGBT Community Center will close, according to its staff, who cited difficulty in funding the center and keeping it staffed. The announcement was made Monday on a blog … Click to Continue »

Guadalupe Aleman attended Ready to Lead program in Washington D.C. Trip highlighted issues affecting Hispanics and encouraged young people to be leaders For Aleman, the trip was her first time out of state and an educational experience … Click to Continue »