Officials from Habitat for Humanity Fresno County hosted a surprise announcement Saturday for three families that have been selected to receive Habitat homes. The homes will start going up in late February as part of a 24-unit subdivision in Clovis called Rialto Ranch. The land was provided by the Clovis Community Development Agency.

A 49-year-old Clovis man was arrested in connection with a New Year’s Eve hit-and-run crash on Highway 101 that injured a San Luis Obispo police officer. Police said Monday that California Highway Patrol officers arrested Wade Evin Hamby, 49, on Saturday. At 6:15 a.m. Dec. 31, San Luis Obispo police Sgt. Jeff Booth was rear-ended [...]

Valley residents who lost their houses in the housing bust are buying homes again — and more are expected to join them. Despite fears that they couldn’t buy a house again for seven years after a foreclosure or short sale, some families are back in the market after just three years. For those residents, it [...]

Talk by politicians about tighter gun control laws and bans on assault weapons had hobbyists flocking to a gun show Saturday at the Fresno Fairgrounds to buy firearms and ammunition, which they said are becoming more expensive and scarce. “Supply and demand,” said Brent Lysdahl, 25, of Clovis. “Even online, you can’t buy ammunition.” People [...]

A petition with 350 signatures from disgruntled Bullard area parents was given to Fresno Unified trustees Wednesday night. The petition was the outcome of a meeting held Tuesday night at Bullard High, which drew about 500 people with concerns about northwest schools, including overcrowding and discipline problems at the high school. The petition demands the [...]

Win a pair of tickets to see The Rat Pack, a symphonic celebration, presented by the Fresno Philharmonic, Feb. 9 at the Saroyan Theatre. Celebrate the songs of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin in the second of the Fresno Harmonic’s Fresno Pops series.