Fresenius Medical Care North America will host an open house Tuesday to celebrate its new dialysis clinic in northeast Fresno. The event will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at 6737 N. Willow Ave., Suite 101. Nurses and staff will be available to discuss services and treatment options. Tours of the facility will be given, [...]

McKinley Grove Road opened Friday, allowing public access to Wishon Reservoir to mark the start of boating and fishing season, Sierra National Forest officials announced. McKinley Grove Road access starts east of Dinkey Creek. The road closes annually in December and re-opens in April depending on weather and road conditions. Access to parking, campgrounds and [...]

A straight-A Fresno City College student was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for his role in a fatal drunken-driving crash that killed an elderly Fresno man last year. Michael Freeman, 24, said he was sorry for killing Don Paul Lucas, 76, and apologized to Lucas’ family in Fresno County Superior Court. Freeman’s attorney, [...]

Five men possessing gang paraphernalia in violation of their parole were arrested Friday in Clovis, a police spokeswoman said. The gang paraphernalia included hats and clothing. The five were arrested during a search of 13 recently paroled gang members. The Fresno Bee

Filming on the low-budget feature film drama “Lost on Purpose,” from Woodlake brothers Ian and Eshom Nelms, begins in and around Tulare County on Sunday. “Lost on Purpose” tells the story of five renegade ranch hands who work on a San Joaquin Valley dairy farm. They must fight for their jobs, and each other, when [...]

Robert Cota Garcia, 61, of Tulare, faces 87 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty this week of attempted rape, forcible sexual penetration by a foreign object and assault with intent to commit a sex crime during a burglary. Garcia, an ex-convict, has two felony convictions under the Three Strikes law. [...]