Hanford News

The Gottschalks stores at Manchester Center in Fresno and the Hanford Mall are scheduled to close Sunday.

LEMOORE Police searching for clues in the Debbie Hawk case have once again focused on her ex-husband's possible activities on computers, this time at the Lemoore church he attends.

An 18-year-old Clovis man was arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, police said.

A Clovis man sought for failure to appear in court after his fifth arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence was arrested Tuesday afternoon.

After two days of record-breaking heat -- with temperatures as much as 21 degrees above normal -- Fresno will swelter through one more hot day before an expected cool-down by Friday.

Tracking dogs and more than 20 people, including search-and-rescue teams searched a 2-mile stretch of the Colorado River for three days, looking for a former Tri-Citian who fell out of a raft Saturday.

Anchor Blue, a retailer specializing in casual clothing and accessories for teens and young adults, announced it is closing 46 of its poorest performing stores, but the Visalia store is being spared.

Anchor Blue, a specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories for the teenage and young adult markets with 177 stores across 12 states, is closing 46 underperforming stores as part of its overall restructuring plan.

The iPhone 3G S goes on sale at AT&T stores, including in Bakersfield, on Friday.

Forever 21, a women's clothing retailer, will pay $8.5 million to buy the Gottschalks property at the San Luis Obispo Promenade and $142,672 more for the bankrupt company's unexpired lease here, according to U.S. District Bankruptcy Court documents.

When the wind blasted open the door on her mobile home last week, Donna Douglas thought of the monster tornado in the "Wizard of Oz." "I was expecting to see the witch flying by," said Douglas of Orosi.

Tuesday was closing day for hundreds of Chrysler dealerships involved in the company's bankruptcy reorganization.

A 41-year-old Hanford man was killed about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when his 1997 Ford Taurus collided with a utility pole on Houston Avenue east of 12th Avenue near Hanford, the California Highway Patrol said.

Frank Bobby Soto, 41, of Hanford faces 30 years to life in prison for failing to register as a sex offender after a jury in Kings County last week found him guilty.

Residents awoke Friday morning to thunder and lightning across the Central Valley.

Students at Hanford High School will attempt to collect their diplomas for the second time on Wednesday, after a storm cut short last week's first graduation.

The Auntie Anne's pretzel shop that opened Saturday in Fashion Fair mall is the company's 1,000th store.

An "above-average" storm the blanketed the area on Thursday night peaked here in Porterville.

Some students at a South Valley School had their graduation cut short thanks to Thursday night's thunder storm.

Central Section championships are being decided today in softball. Check back for updates and see Friday's Bee for more details.