Federal education officials on Tuesday rejected California’s bid for $700 million in “Race to the Top” funding — a plan that Fresno-area school leaders helped launch. State school officials will receive a scorecard today showing why California’s application fell short. Ten proposals were approved; California finished 16th of 19 finalists. The state’s plan initially was [...]

A 2-year-old boy drowned late Tuesday afternoon in a backyard swimming pool in Clovis, authorities said. The boy was not breathing when police and firefighters arrived at the home on the 200 block of Dennis Drive shortly after 5:30 p.m., said Clovis police spokeswoman Janet Stoll-Lee. He was taken to Clovis Community Medical Center where [...]

An 18-year-old Friant man was hospitalized with major injuries after the car he was driving collided head-on with an SUV on Monday afternoon in north Fresno County. The California Highway Patrol said Rodd Threatt was southbound on Willow Avenue just before 5 p.m. in a Dodge Charger when he crossed a double yellow line near [...]

There were no signs of trauma to the body of a man found dead in his Clovis home Monday with his toddler daughter alive next to him, the Fresno County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday. The body of Jeremy Uhrig, 29, was found Monday morning in his duplex in the 700 block of Sunnyside Avenue. He [...]

A crying toddler girl was found Monday morning in a Clovis duplex bedroom that also held the body of her dead father. Police said the father, Jeremy Uhrig, 29, did not appear to have been shot or stabbed, and he bore no evidence of violent trauma. The Fresno County Coroner’s Office will determine the cause [...]

Clovis students went back to school Monday, and some of their parents may be returning to school, too. Traffic school. Clovis police officers issued 25 citations Monday, the start of a two-week traffic operation. Officer John Weaver said traffic officers will focus on Buchanan, Clovis East and Clovis high schools, and trouble spots near elementary [...]