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With no car and a 7-year-old son who suffers from severe asthma and other respiratory problems, Rachelle Howell depends on the neighborhood school for much more than educating her child.

Nearly three years ago, a citizens task force wrote a report called "Choosing Our Future" that identified shortcomings within the Fresno Unified School District.

Clean-shaven, just 25 years old and wearing desert camouflage, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Albert Garcia looked ready for combat as he walked with colleagues from an aviation unit.

Resounding voter support for Selma's public safety tax last week is an encouraging sign, say city officials in Reedley and Sanger -- two towns that will put similar measures before their residents in February.

Valley residents should expect fog this morning as the result of a fall storm that moved quickly over the Valley on Sunday, bringing 0.09 of an inch of rain to Fresno and a small amount of snow to Yosemite National Park, the National Weather Service reported.

Nine years ago, Running Horse developer Tom O'Meara sat down with Anthony and Margaret Mello at their dining room table and offered the retired couple a deal.

Houys and havatk. Hope and faith.
For the family of Air Force Capt. Ara Mooradian, those Armenian words symbolize the decades-long search for answers about what happened to the 27-year-old whose plane was shot down over North Korea more than 55 years ago.

In an effort to stop a political shift in a region where Republicans have made steady gains, hundreds of Valley Democrats converged Saturday in Fresno for the first Central California Democratic Convention.

Most World War II veterans were in their 60s or 70s when today's high school students were born. But the veterans once were teenagers, too, and that has helped turn Veterans Day into a special day for students in Michael Hinton's honors world history class at Madera High School.

Attending a service at a place of worship is a special time for worshippers -- an experience that is often rooted in rituals and traditions that embody the religion.

Need volunteers? The Fresno Bee once again wants to connect you with local people who are willing to help.

Vacations are supposed to be fun. But the idea of standing in line at the airport for hours to go through security checks -- only to get on a flight that has been delayed -- sounds about as much fun as a weekend in a maximum-security prison.

When it comes to summer vacations, many people make Yosemite National Park, with its sheer granite cliffs, thundering waterfalls and endless forests, their destination. But the park, which encompasses almost 1,200 square miles in the Sierra Nevada, can be just as breathtaking in winter.

The Center for Multicultural Cooperation will honor central San Joaquin Valley military veterans Sunday with a program of short documentary films created to capture the experiences of veterans who served their country in past wars.

Quilts have been an important fabric of many lives through the centuries. They have kept many families warm through cold winter nights. At times, they have become treasured heirlooms because of the countless hours and painstaking details their creators have put into them.

Get ready for more sticker shock from your food bill. The costs of flour, pasta, breads, crackers and the like are rising.

Need volunteers? The Fresno Bee once again wants to connect you with local people who are willing to help.

For a growing number of avid Valley cyclists, the fixie is in.