The number of inmates at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga who have been infected by Valley fever has increased in the last year, contrary to a recent Fresno County grand jury report.

Residents across the Central Valley woke up to thick fog Wednesday morning. A dense fog advisory was issued until 10 a.m. for the Central and Southern parts of the San Joaquin Valley.

A Chowchilla man and three of his passengers were injured late Wednesday night when his 1998 Ford truck drove into an irrigation ditch in Fresno County.

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Community Food Bank in Fresno supplies food to thousands of local families each month.

The Fresno County Grand Jury praised a Valley prison on Monday. The grand jury's latest report said the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga has made improvements in medical care for inmates.

Nestled between rolling foothills and big blue skies Coalinga is a small community with big city needs.

Ashley Swearengin sees Fresno as it is today, and as it could be. She sees doors that have opened for new opportunities and said she is ready to lead the city into the future.

The number of cases of Valley fever at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga has decreased significantly, according to a report released Monday by the Fresno County grand jury.

Underused community prisons in Coalinga, Delano, Shafter and elsewhere should be filled with state inmates to save California taxpayers money, the Fresno County grand jury says.

Our governor recently signed an emergency spending bill for more than $8 billion for rapid prison expansions to avert a federal judge's mandate to ease prison overcrowding or California would face the early release of potentially thousands of prisoners.

The festering conflict among members of Sanger's City Council appears to be getting worse.

Fresno Fire crews were called to Highway 198, just east of the Fresno Monterey county line in Coalinga Thursday night for reports of a car over the highway.

The Fresno County Fire Rescue Team is rescuing two people after a vehicle went over the side of Highway 198 about one mile east of the Fresno-Monterey county line, said Fresno County Fire spokesman John Dominguez.

Rain and wind pounded the Valley again Wednesday, causing power outages and some damage, while snow blanketed the Sierra.

The West Hills Community College District is cashing in on the recession. The Coalinga-based college is getting $3-million in federal grant money to help pay for retraining jobless workers in Fresno and Kings counties.

Candidates for Coalinga City Council say they hope to focus on bringing businesses and jobs to town and make improvements to the limited water supply to help the southwest Fresno County town prosper.

The Bureau of Land Management wants to close yet another ATV offroading area, the Clear Creek OHV Park.

MTSU football has added four junior college transfers as mid-term signees in hopes of continuing its success after a 10-win season and New Orleans Bowl victory.

In the nearly three decades that Mayor Ramon Dominguez has served on the City Council in this farmworker town, he has fought bitterly with political opponents and battled accusations of corruption and intimidation.