Archives: December, 2011
No Sears or Kmart stores are closing in Valley
Sears Holding Co. on Thursday released a list of 79 Sears and Kmart stores it plans to close, and none are in the central San Joaquin Valley. That was good news to several small Valley cities that depend on the company’s stores for shopping opportunities — and sales tax revenues. The list, however, is not [...]
Girls tennis second team, honorable mention
SECOND TEAM ALEXIS ABDULIAN School: Clovis North Grade: Junior She’s qualified because: Helped lead Clovis North to its second straight Central Section Division II championship, earning point at No. 1 singles in 7-2 win over Sanger. All-Tri-River Athletic Conference pick went 19-16 overall. KRISTEN LAMPE School: Clovis West Grade: Senior She’s qualified because: Helped Golden [...]
2011 Girls Tennis All-Star Team
Claire Jaramishian School: Bullard Grade: Senior She’s qualified because: Capped a perfect season (16-0 in singles, 6-0 in doubles) by teaming with Pookie Gonzalez to defeat defending champions Kathryn Ashford and Megan Lee of Buchanan 6-3, 6-2 for the Central Section individual doubles championship. Jaramishian, the County/Metro Athletic Conference Player of the Year, scored key [...]
Winter sports highlights 12/30
BOYS BASKETBALL Tournament MVP Will Nelson poured in 32 points and Mt. Whitney bolted to a 12-point halftime lead en route to coasting past El Diamante 62-36 for its first Polly Wilhelmsen Invitational championship in 21 years and ninth overall. Freshman Brian King scored 21 points, including Roosevelt’s final seven, in a 63-62 overtime victory [...]
Starved Fresno County horses recovering
Cases against owners going through courts. By Robert Rodriguez – The Fresno Bee The neglected and malnourished horses recently found at two farms in Fresno County are recovering and doing well, an animal control official said Thursday. The 30 horses that were found last week on farms in Clovis and near Riverdale are being cared [...]
Valley’s air under siege from fireplace soot
Don’t take a deep breath in Clovis and Fresno this holiday season if you smell fireplace smoke. The Valley’s haze has become a nasty brew of soot and debris twice the federal health standard. And it’s getting worse. Nature and the economy have created a perfect storm of dirty air — the worst December bout [...]
