Clovis sisters Brianne and Kaitlyn Turnbull were part of the SyndiCops Junior Dance Twirl Team that won the junior small dance twirl team national title at the U.S. National Baton Twirling Championships this month at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Brianne, 14, will be a freshman at Buchanan High School. Kaitlyn, 13, is entering the [...]

A little country at the winery 7 p.m. Saturday / ApCal Winery, 32749 Avenue 7, Madera / $10 / (559) 674-9463 If you missed country star-in-the-making Karla Davis in the central San Joaquin Valley earlier this month, don’t make the same mistake twice. Davis – the 2009 winner of prestigious national competition the Texaco Country [...]

The California Highway Patrol arrested a Dinuba man Wednesday on suspicion of felony hit-and-run in an accident on that killed two prominent Selma High School student-athletes. Anthony Charles Shepherd, 34, was not at fault in the accident on Monday that killed Anthony Caro and Jesse Lujan, both 17, but he was arrested for allegedly leaving [...]

A roster of familiar local faces, international names and up-and-coming students will greet audiences at the 12th annual California Opera Association summer arts and education festival. Here’s a rundown: The premise: Under the artistic direction of Edna Garabedian, Fresno’s acclaimed diva, California Opera embarks on an ambitious multiweek schedule of training and public performances for [...]

A new city park is opening Friday in Clovis. The city will hold a grand opening for the 4-acre Pasa Tiempo Park at Barstow and DeWolf avenues beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The park, which includes play equipment, picnic areas and bathrooms, cost $1 million to build. By Marc Benjamin / The Fresno Bee

Jazz saxophonist Matt Tuttle is back in Fresno – and he wants everybody to know. Tuttle learned and played music at both Clovis West and Fresno City College before getting gigs as a cruise ship musician and in Las Vegas. These days, he’s a music teacher and he’s put out a new CD dedicated to [...]