Two dogs mauled a housekeeper this morning as she cleaned windows at a home in northwest Fresno, police said. The English bull terriers, owned by the home’s residents, pulled the Clovis woman off a step stool and attacked her shortly before 10 a.m in the 6700 block of North Van Ness Avenue. The woman sustained [...]

Authorities in Fresno and Madera counties have arrested 81 people on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the last week, officials said Friday. There will be several DUI checkpoints set up in Fresno and Selma this weekend as part of a campaign by local law enforcement agencies to crack down [...]

Cash-strapped Valley communities are getting millions of dollars in state grants to help them carry out projects to meet new pollution laws. The grants were the first issued through the Strategic Growth Council, a Sacramento-based state agency. A major emphasis of the council is meeting new state pollution rules. California is the first state to [...]

Sweeping furloughs have prompted many local cities and counties to take all of next week off. With the exceptions of fire and police and a few other essential services, the cities of Fresno and Clovis, as well as Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties, have told their employees to take an extra-long holiday break. Since employees [...]

When it was over, having defeated host school Hoover High 60-46 for the Holiday Invitational Tournament title Wednesday night, Clovis North coach Rob Streeter dug deep into his pocket of modesty: “We’ve got a few pieces.” A warning to the Central Section Division II playoff field in two months — there are more than a [...]

GIRLS BASKETBALL Sydnee Fipps scored 28 points, but Yosemite was outscored 14-8 in overtime as it lost 69-63 to Royal-Simi Valley at the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions. Florida signee Carlie Needles, a 5-7 point guard, scored 34 points as ThunderRidge of Colorado beat Clovis West 75-45 at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix. [...]