Across the United States and in the San Joaquin Valley, the number of poor people living in suburbs is growing faster than in urban cores — the historic focus of anti-poverty efforts and social services. Researchers from the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, on Monday released a new book, “Confronting Suburban Poverty in [...]

A trial for former Central High boys basketball coach Loren LeBeau is set for Aug. 6 in Fresno County Superior Court. LeBeau, who is suspected of a fatal hit-and-run DUI along a crossing of the Sugar Pine Trail near Clovis West High School, was in court Thursday and in compliance with requirements to attend Alcoholics [...]

Angelina Jolie’s disclosure that she had her breasts removed to prevent cancer was welcome news Tuesday to a Clovis woman who had a similar procedure a year ago and hopes the headlines help other women facing the disease. “It’s good to feel you are not alone,” said Clovis resident Jenny Fernandez, who had the same [...]

Question: What is the history of Lorraine Collett Petersen, who posed for the Sun-Maid Raisin box? – Lucille Van Orman, Fresno Answer: Lorraine Collett Petersen was picked to pose for the original Sun-Maid girl logo after a Sun-Maid executive saw her wearing her mother’s red bonnet and drying her long dark curls in the sun [...]

Corp. Lonnie Amerjan of the Clovis Police Department crime lab showed sixth-graders around during the annual Chief for a Day tour of the Clovis Police Department on Thursday. Amerjan even showed the recently found bones of a dog. The students were taught the importance of making sure the bones were not human in the recovery [...]

Win two tickets to see Brit Pink Floyd presents P-U-L-S-E 2013 at William Saroyan Theatre. When: Saturday, May 25 at 8 p.m. “Having performed to over a half a million fans around the world since its first show in Liverpool, England in January 2011, the world’s greatest Pink Floyd show, Brit Floyd, returns to North [...]