Three or four men escaped Wednesday afternoon with money and jewelry after a home-invasion robbery southeast of Buchanan High School in Clovis, a police spokeswoman said. The men, at least two of whom had handguns, entered a home in the 200 block of Jordan Avenue about 3 p.m., said Janet Stoll-Lee, Clovis police spokeswoman. One [...]

Clovis Unified School District officials are facing a $28 million budget deficit — and some hard choices. District officials had already cut about $13 million from the upcoming year’s budget when they thought the deficit would total about $19.8 million. But in the last two months, proposed cuts by the governor and state legislature widened [...]

Tim McDonald has resigned as football coach at Edison High, where he starred as a player and, last fall, led the Tigers to the Central Section Division II championship. A USC All-American and six-time NFL Pro Bowler as a player, McDonald scheduled high-caliber opposition while going 58-24-2 in seven years with the Tigers, including 10-4 [...]

BOYS SOCCER Mario Diaz’s three goals powered second-seeded Dinuba past No. 3 Madera South 3-2 and into the Division III final. Christian Cuevas’ goal sent No. 2 Woodlake into the D-V final with a 1-0 win over No. 3 Parlier. BOYS SOCCER SCORES CENTRAL SECTION SEMIFINALS DIVISION I Centennial 0, Buchanan 0 (Centennial wins 5-3 [...]

Highlights and box scores from boys Central Section basketball playoffs as reported to The Fresno Bee: BOYS BASKETBALL After averaging six points in the regular season, Derek Walters had 28 as seventh-seeded Clovis West ousted defending section Division I champion and 10th-seeded Edison 67-56 in a D-I first-round game. Twelfth-seeded Washington beat No. 5 Clovis [...]

Box scores from Central Section baseball games as reported to The Fresno Bee: BASEBALL BOX SCORES NONLEAGUE Fresno Christian 22, Orange Cove 0 Orange Cove C (1-0) 000 0 — 0 0 3 F. Christian (1-0) 749 2 — 22 14 0 WP: Stowe Empereur (1-0) LP: T. Murdoch (0-1). FC, Aaron Hedrick 3-3, 2 [...]