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Archives: August, 2010

Aug 30, 2010, 8:41am

17-year-old boy shot at party in Clovis

A 17-year-old boy was shot at a party early Sunday near Gettysburg Park at Burl and Indianapolis avenues, according to Clovis police. The teen was shot shortly after 3 a.m., with the bullet hitting his upper arm and torso. He lives at the home on the 2900 block of Armstrong Avenue where the large party [...]

Aug 30, 2010, 8:41am

‘Glee’ Emmy nomination a team effort

LOS ANGELES — Television is a cooperative medium where writers, directors, costume designers, makeup artists, hair stylists, musical directors, choreographers, lighting experts and an army of others focus on one objective: to make the artist look and sound as good as possible. In the case of a show like “Glee,” songs must be recorded, dance [...]

Aug 30, 2010, 8:41am

Clovis ‘Gateway to the Sierras’ sign is back

While Clovis residents slept early Friday, workers were returning the 70-year-old “Gateway to the Sierras” sign to its rightful place. Workers were out at 4 a.m. reinstalling the 400-pound sign above Clovis Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets. The 13-foot-wide sign was cleaned and refurbished while workers installed two steel support poles on the east [...]

Aug 27, 2010, 12:21am

Recovering with music: Clovis woman’s single hits the airwaves.

It’s hard to pinpoint when Heather Layne’s life began to fall apart. On the surface, she looked fine. She had been a co-valedictorian in high school. But she was also involved in a mentally and physically abusive relationship with a man 10 years older than she was. While everyone expected great things from her, she [...]

Aug 25, 2010, 8:31am

Ever-changing NYL hopes to make mark

It’s been a generation, 1972 to be exact, since a North Yosemite League football team won a Central Section championship. That year, McLane High, willed by the greatest quartet of athletic teammates in school history — Rod Kraft, Larry Mucker, Steve Angelich and Sam Donabedian — defeated Foothill 19-12 in the Yosemite Division championship at [...]

Aug 25, 2010, 8:31am

Centennial, Buchanan ranked in state top 25

Centennial and Buchanan have made Cal-Hi Sports’ preseason top 25 in football. Centennial, which returns USC-bound quarterback Cody Kessler and several other accomplished players from a 9-5 team that finished second to Bullard in the Central section Division I playoffs, is ranked No. 18. Buchanan, upset last year as an unbeaten and No. 1 seed [...]

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