Longtime KFTV (Channel 21.1) reporter Reina Cardenas recently moved into the anchor chair for the local Spanish-language television station’s 6 and 11 p.m. news. She says she thinks about her father, Agustin, whenever she does a news story. “I remember when I was a kid, he always wanted to watch the news and we wanted [...]

Three San Joaquin Valley girls were honored as finalists of the GOT MILK? Girl Scouts photo contest at their Central California South annual meeting Feb. 2 in Hanford. Brooke Branaugh, 5, of Clovis; Amaya Johnson-Wood, 7, of Bakersfield; and Jordan Kozuki, 12, of Fresno are among the 24 finalists from California who will receive a [...]

Students in a third-grade classroom at Dry Creek Elementary School in Clovis are learning the value in giving to others. In December, the 28 students in Alicynne Chaney’s class made 130 sandwiches to take to the Poverello House in Fresno during the holidays, using what they’ve learned in class to figure out how many ingredients [...]

Lanes on two major roads in Clovis will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday for utility work by Pacific Gas & Electric. One northbound lane of Sunnyside Avenue will close between Magill and Boston avenues for utility work north of Herndon Avenue. One southbound lane of Fowler Avenue will be closed between [...]

Firebaugh’s city manager is leaving amid a ballooning deficit that the City Council is debating how to contain. City Manager Laura Weyant said Tuesday that she resigned because of the town’s financial struggles and a disagreement with City Council members on how to close the gap. Weyant, who was city manager for about 16 months, [...]

Police got a call from a resident near Gibson and McKelvy avenues about 6:30 a.m. who saw two men in dark jackets near the community mailboxes. A second call to police dispatchers said they had moved to Stuart and Mc-Kelvy avenues, where officers arrested them. A search of their car revealed mail in the back [...]