Firebaugh News Archives

The state Board of Education on Thursday unanimously rejected a proposal by southwest Clovis residents to shift from Fresno Unified School District to Clovis Unified School District.

Two local agencies will hold a hearing tonight to discuss whether Oro Loma Elementary School should remain a part of the Dos Palos-Oro Loma school district in Merced County, or be transferred to the Firebaugh-Las Deltas School District in Fresno County.

The San Joaquin Valley cantaloupe and honeydew deals will likely wind down in the first half of October, with similar season-end volumes as last year expected, grower-shippers said.

Six people were injured Thursday when a van collided with a tractor pulling a harvester on Nees Avenue east of Douglas Avenue just west of Firebaugh.

John Muir, Clarence King, Royal Robbins. The history of Sierra Nevada mountaineering and rock climbing is filled with legendary names and legendary feats.

Federal standards, however, don't paint as optimistic a picture. By DANIELLE GAINES Dgaines@mercedsun-star.com In the eyes of the state, Merced County schools' report cards are improving.

A food drive in one valley town, devastated by the drought, drew hundreds of volunteers today.

The economic crisis may be hitting all social sectors, but it's wreaking havoc among agriculture workers who already must overcome low salaries and reduced work hours.

As a teen-ager, David Mas Masumoto rejected the farming life in which he had grown up in this small community.