The next skirmish in the battle over same-sex marriage will be in Fresno, where supporters plan a large rally to kick off a campaign they hope will change minds — and votes. Their goal: to undo Proposition 8. In choosing Fresno, supporters of same-sex marriage are moving far from the supportive urban environs of San Francisco and West Hollywood, and coming to hostile territory.

Hundreds converged on Old Town Clovis for Friday evening’s kickoff of the 20th annual Farmers Market. The Business Organization of Old Town Clovis organizes the seasonal market, which will run every Friday evening through Sept. 11 along Pollasky Avenue. Pollasky is closed off to traffic from 3rd Street through 5th Street.

Four months after leaving office after two terms, former Fresno City Council Member Brian Calhoun returned to the council chambers this week to plant a seed.

As groups gather for barbecues and swim parties around the San Joaquin Valley today, the families of the more than 30 local soldiers, airmen and Marines killed in Iraq and Afghanistan will mark Memorial Day in far different ways.

The Fresno County Department of Public Health and the Central California Veterinary Medical Association will provide low-cost animal rabies vaccinations clinics in June.

The phone rang.Elizabeth Cox could tell from the caller ID that it was James Cliffe III — a man she had never spoken to, but who shared the same name as her biological father. A father she had never met. Was this he?With much hesitation, she answered.