FRESNO – Despite having some of the state’s highest levels of poverty and poor health outcomes, the San Joaquin Valley receives less public health funding from state and federal sources than other California counties with similar populations, according to a new report from the San Joaquin Valley Public Health Consortium. The report is the first [...]

NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Data through August 2013, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that the 10-City and 20-City Composites increased 12.8% year-over-year. Compared to July 2013, the annual growth rates accelerated for both Composites and 14 cities. On a monthly basis, the [...]

NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — How much damage did the government shutdown do to Americans’ attitudes on the economy? Unfortunately, maybe a lot – and now the question becomes, will these attitudes become a new reality or will they settle down in a month or two? For the President, things haven’t changed that much month over [...]

FRESNO – The City of Fresno has announced plans for this year’s “Bike Through History” on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to noon.  The event will feature a 7-mile round-trip ride with an emphasis on Fresno’s historic neighborhoods. Bike Through (Neighborhood) History is co-sponsored by the City of Fresno, Fresno County Bicycle Coalition, the Cal [...]

After graduating from Tranquillity High School, Jennifer Alcorta attended California State University, Bakersfield on a softball scholarship.  The beginning of her junior year she transferred to California State University, Fresno to focus more on academics and graduating.  After Fresno State she enrolled in an EMT course through American Ambulance, and upon completion entered the Fresno [...]

Courtney Bautista is a lifelong Fresnan who graduated from San Joaquin Memorial High School and California State University, Fresno with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication and journalism. In 2004, she landed a job as a reporter for The Twin City Times, a newspaper covering the rural areas of Easton, Caruthers and Riverdale. She was [...]

FRESNO – For the 18th consecutive year, Valley residents chose Saint Agnes Medical Center as their Consumer Choice Award winner. Saint Agnes is one of 277 hospitals nationwide to receive the 2013/14 award for overall quality and image, and is among an elite group of only 37 hospitals to receive the distinction 18 years in [...]

Ashley De Young, vice president of marketing for De Young Properties, represents the third generation to work in her family’s homebuilding business, continuing a 70-year family tradition of affordable, quality craftsmanship, earth-friendly homebuilding. De Young joined the De Young Properties team in 2011 and serves as vice president of marketing. In this role, she manages [...]

A product of Clovis Unified schools and graduate of California State University, Fresno, Tal Eslick began his career in politics as a Congressional intern in Washington, D.C. Eslick currently serves as chief of staff for Congressman David G. Valadao (Hanford-21), after serving as chief of staff to Valadao in the California State Assembly and district [...]

Brittany McMahan was born and raised in Visalia, California.  After graduating from high school, she moved to Southern California where she attended Biola University and received her bachelor of arts degree in sociology. After college, McMahan moved back to Visalia where she soon found herself working as a sales and visitor services assistant at the [...]

VISALIA – Generosity and grandeur are combined as the Visalia Chamber of Commerce presents “The Giving Tree” – the 33rd Annual Christmas Tree Auction– set to kick off Friday, Dec. 6, at the Visalia Convention Center. Hosted by the Visalia Chamber, the Christmas Tree Auction has become a local holiday tradition. Each year more than [...]

Alex Villa was raised in Lemoore, California with his older sister, both raised by their mother.  After graduating from Lemoore High School, he continued his education at Fresno State. While pursuing a degree in business administration, Villa began an internship with the City of Fresno, which shortly developed into a full-time six-year opportunity that allowed [...]

FRESNO – Fresno’s Leading Young Professionals (FLYP), a young professional nonprofit founded in 2005 to attract and retain young professionals in the greater Fresno area who are committed to professional and civic leadership giving them a reason to stay in this region,  has announced the 2013 key community members and businesses who will be honored [...]

Action News Anchor Christine Park co-anchors Midday at 11a.m. with Jason Oliveira and Live at 4 p.m. with Graciela Moreno. She is also the consumer reporter for Action News. She has won six regional Emmy awards for her news reporting and anchoring. Park’s reporting career has also taken her flying with the Blue Angels, to [...]

FRESNO – Many of the top young business professionals are readying themselves for “40 Under 40″ The Ultimate Networking Event, presented by Business Street Online and honoring the Class of 2013, coming to the Holiday Inn Fresno Downtown on Thursday, Nov. 7. There are still tickets available to the event, and can be purchased by [...]

Justin Poore graduated from the University of La Verne in 2002 with a bachelor’s of science degree in accounting, and played for the university’s nationally ranked golf team.  After graduating, he began his career as a financial advisor.  In 2004, he moved to Fresno with his wife, who is native to the Fresno area.  In [...]

Miles A. Harris, Esq., is a Samaritan for justice and equality.  He has stated time and again that he believes every client has a right to be represented by exceptional counsel and not be forced to settle for just competent or adequate representation due to income and/or background.   Harris takes on cases for clients that [...]

FRESNO – A gift from Wells Fargo will help grow the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) operated by Children’s at Saint Agnes Medical Center to an eight-bed level III NICU, treating more critically ill babies. This is the second year that Wells Fargo has elected to support the NICU, allowing a higher level of care to [...]

FRESNO – Susan G. Komen Central Valley is inviting all local residents to limber up and participate in the 15th annual Susan G. Komen Central Valley Race for the Cure, a fundraiser taking place at Fresno State this Saturday, Oct. 26 that allows Komen to continue its mission of battling breast cancer. Thousands will gather [...]

REEDLEY – Pulitzer Prize award winning author Jane Smiley will speak at the Reedley College Forum Hall this Thursday at 7 p.m. Smiley is a novelist and essayist.  Her novel “A Thousand Acres” won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992, and her novel “The All True Travels and Adventures [...]