A Fresno driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a fatal collision Sunday west of Fresno, the California Highway Patrol said. The CHP said Michael Freeman, 23, was westbound on McKinley Avenue about 3:30 p.m. when he collided with a Nissan Frontier southbound on Highway 145. The 76-year-old man driving the [...]

The chances that the boss could be a woman are rising. About one-third of new jobs expected to be created over the next eight years are predicted to be at small businesses owned by women, according to a report issued this month. The New York-based Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute report called its projection [...]

With laptop computers and smart phones increasingly becoming basic appendages for many people, businesses and cities are scrambling to offer more ways to access the Internet for free. Dozens, and perhaps hundreds, of sites in the Valley — coffee houses, restaurants, hotels, bookstores, libraries and even cities — now offer free Wi-Fi, or wireless Internet [...]

Campaign finance violators who missed financial disclosure deadlines have racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in late fines – money that would go to the state’s cash-strapped general fund. Hundreds of donors and campaign committees had failed to pay a total of $888,730 in late fines as of mid-November, according to records obtained by [...]

5:40 p.m: About an inch and half of hail fell in Clovis near Highway 168 and Herndon Avenue about 4 p.m. today, causing slick roadways and a series of minor traffic accidents on the freeway. 4:10 p.m: Highway 41 from Highway 33 to Highway 46 closed this morning because of a mudslide, reopened this afternoon, [...]

Benefit dinners for the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund will be at the Rio Grill Brazilian Steakhouse locations in Clovis on Wednesday and in Visalia on Thursday. Dinner times are 5:30 to 7 p.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m. at both locations. The dinner costs $23.95 and reservations are recommended. For information, call the [...]