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Suspect in fatal stabbing in Clovis identified
A man arrested in a fatal stabbing last weekend in Clovis was identified today. Casildo Varbarin, 22, of Clovis, was taken into custody early Saturday after officers went to an apartment complex on Willow Avenue just north of Ashlan Avenue about 11 p.m. Friday and found a man who had been stabbed to death. Police [...]
Amid increasing partisanship, Valleycrats are dying off
The Valleycrat is an endangered species. A storied Central Valley political hybrid, the moderate-to-conservative Valleycrat stressed regional loyalty first and foremost. Party labels were secondary. Bipartisan cooperation was commonplace, particularly on farm and water issues. Cross-party personal relationships were warm or at least respectful. Now? Not so much. “That’s gone from both parties; there’s no [...]
Valley students match wits at Academic Decathlon
University High School senior Ethan Peterson was psyched and ready to go minutes before the Super Quiz portion of the Fresno County Academic Decathlon on Saturday. “I’m feeling really good,” Ethan, 17, said. Then he yelled, “I feel pumped.” Ethan’s enthusiasm captured the pep-rallylike atmosphere as he and other participants entered the packed gymnasium at [...]
Molestation allegations against Clovis teacher dismay Hmong
In the Hmong community, teachers are considered role models, somebody to look up to and trust. They’re somebody like Neng Yang, a longtime teacher whose wife recently was promoted to school principal, who comes from a good family and who has a nice home in an upper-middle class Clovis neighborhood. So Yang’s arrest on Jan. [...]
Valley news of the week — Jan. 29-Feb. 4
Lost funding What happened: Fresno Unified School District’s failure to meet standardized test score requirements will cost the district more than $2 million in state funding next year, according to county and school district officials. Sequoia, Tehipite and Yosemite middle schools and Lane Elementary School missed test score targets and will be cut off from [...]
Suspect says dispute over girlfriend led to fatal stabbing in Clovis
A 22-year-old man was arrested in the stabbing death Friday of another man at the suspect’s Clovis apartment, police said Saturday. The suspect, whose name has not been released, told police he and the victim argued over the suspect’s girlfriend after a night of clubbing with friends. Clovis police received a call about 6 p.m. [...]
