By Tim Foster, CEO – Golden State YMCA The YMCA Camps on Sequoia Lake have served children and families since the early 1900s. Millions of dollars and millions of volunteer hours have been invested into these facilities and into the programs provided. Ask someone who has been there and they will tell you it is [...]

A Fresno man was arrested after allegedly robbing a southeast Fresno liquor store Wednesday morning, then kicking a Fresno police officer and a homeless man. Fresno police Sgt. Mark Hudson described the incident: The 27-year-old man stole a 24-ounce bottle of beer at a liquor store at Ventura Avenue and First Street around 11 a.m., [...]

Memorial ride in honor of cyclist Saturday A memorial bike ride for Crystel Stanford, the 29-year-old cyclist who died following a crash during last weekend’s Eye-Q Fresno Classic Century, has been organized for Saturday morning. The 30-mile memorial ride will depart Clovis East High (2940 N. Leonard Ave., Clovis) at 8 a.m. from the east [...]

Box scores from Central Section baseball playoff games as reported to The Fresno Bee: BASEBALL BOX SCORES CENTRAL SECTION PLAYOFFS DIVISION I Buchanan 5, Clovis 1 Clovis (23-9) 100 000 0 — 1 2 3 Buchanan (29-2) 100 220 x — 5 5 0 WP: Seth Moranda (12-1, CG, 7K, 2BB). LP: Michael Fain (8-2, [...]

Seth Moranda won again as a pitcher – No. 33 for his career. Buchanan High won again as a team – No. 29 for the season. The Bears won for the fourth time against Clovis – state-ranked for much of the season. So Buchanan has won the Tri-River Athletic Conference title and is top-ranked in [...]

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