The Legislature narrowly passed two bills Monday that will enable the state to obtain $761 million in federal subsidies to help thousands of uninsured Californians obtain health insurance, but the program will reach only a fraction of those who have been denied coverage. The state Senate passed the bills, which now go to Gov. Arnold [...]

Kasey Kahl tried everything from singing serenades to getting a tattoo to win the heart of Ali Fedotowsky on ABC’s “The Bachelorette.” Those efforts fell short, and he was eliminated last week. Kahl’s efforts became comedy fodder for television shows and online sites. Terms like crazy, weird, strange and creepy have been used to describe [...]

12:15 p.m.: Loyal Savaria, 78, who apparently walked away from his home the 2500 block of Barstow Avenue sometime before7 a.m., is being reunited with his daughter in Clovis tonight. A family friend was able to contact Savaria on his cell phone about 7:30 p.m. and learned he was near the intersection of Adams and [...]

More Clovis Unified students are going to summer school this year without being in a classroom. The district, which was forced to slash 38% of its summer school budget, enrolled more students in independent study and online classes this summer. In addition, this is the first year that the district’s online school was available for [...]

When Max Zapata of Clovis donated a kidney to a complete stranger a year ago, he had no idea his selfless act would set off a cross-country chain of organ donations. On Friday’s first anniversary of the organ donation, Zapata, 51, and the recipient of his kidney, Laura Amador, 28, of Stockton, counted at least [...]

Achievements Dr. John R. Nelson, cardiologist at the California Cardiovascular Institute in Fresno, was elected to the board of directors of the National Lipid Association. Natasha A. Sisneros of HealthCare California was certified as Home Care Coding Specialist-Diagnosis (HCS-D). PacWest Alliance Insurance Services achieved Gold Key designation. Fresno County member agencies are: Clovis Insurance, KNPZ [...]