HANFORD – Community members and their children, along with hospital and city leaders, were the first to break ground to begin construction on the new $40 million Adventist Health / Family Birth Center at a Groundbreaking Ceremony on Oct. 10. The 49,000-square-foot center, which will provide obstetrics and delivery services for Kings County families, will [...]

FRESNO — Fresno entrepreneur and philanthropist Darius Assemi, president of Granville Homes, will be honored with the Fresno State Alumni Association’s Top Dog Distinguished Alumnus Award for 2013 during the Top Dog Alumni Awards Gala, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 at the Save Mart Center. The annual event is part of the university’s Homecoming Week [...]

Born and raised in Fresno County on her family’s raisin and winegrape farming operation, Megan developed a strong understanding and passion for the agriculture industry at a very young age. She is a proud graduate of California State University, Fresno, where she majored in agriculture communications, with emphasis in public relations, and was a member [...]

Tacie Gamoian serves as an account manager at Decipher Inc., a comprehensive market research services firm. As an account manager, Gamoian stands as the point of contact for clients and is chiefly responsible for all aspects related to managing marketing research projects. In addition to her role at Decipher Inc., Tacie serves as the current marketing [...]

FRESNO – The Fresno Chamber of Commerce and Baker, Peterson & Franklin, CPA, LLP announced the Agriculturalist and Ag Business of the Year this morning at The Big Fresno Fair. The 2013 Agriculturalist of the Year is Supervisor John P. “Phil” Larson of the Fresno County board of supervisors, a lifelong resident and farmer in [...]

Blake Taylor wakes you up each weekday by anchoring Fresno’s Morning News (6 a.m. -9 a.m.) on NewsTalk 580 KMJ.  He also serves as KMJ’s news director and assistant program director. This 38-year-old New Mexico native came to Fresno in 2007 after spending the previous five years programming KERN in Bakersfield.  Prior to that Taylor [...]

Joanna Odabashian is the wife of Matthew Odabashian, and their children are Kelly and Lauren. Her family is her greatest accomplishment. In 2006, Odabashian changed the course of her life. She resigned from a teaching job and joined her family’s real estate business. She became a realtor in 2007. She worked side by side with [...]

Gretchen Moore arrived in Fresno in 2012 by way of Cleveland, Ohio. She is a fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The fellowship program is one component of the White House Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) program, a federal initiative that aims to strengthen neighborhoods, cities, and regions by enhancing the [...]

SELMA – Board-certified and fellowship-trained neurologist Dr. Michael Medeiros has joined Adventist Health / Physicians Network to care for patients in Selma. Specializing in the treatment of seizures, headaches, neuropathies, strokes and multiple sclerosis, Dr. Medeiros cares for patients at 1142 Rose Ave., Suite C, in Selma. Dr. Medeiros, who grew up in Laton and [...]

Jody Ketcheside has lived in Fresno for 20 years.  She has a  bachelor’s of science degree in criminology with a victimology option, and has been  working with homeless populations, including chronically homeless,  homeless youth, homeless families, and survivors of human trafficking for 14 years. Ketcheside began working with at risk youth in group homes, moved [...]

CLOVIS – The event where “business is done” has undergone a rebranding. The Clovis Advantage Trade Show, a premiere networking event put on by the Clovis Chamber of Commerce twice a year, is now being called Clovis Fall Fest and Business Resource Fair, and will be held Thursday, Oct. 17 from 4 – 7 p.m. [...]

Robert “Beto” Mejia is currently an employee of the Mendota Unified School District in Mendota, California where he plays an integral role in the high school athletic football program. He received his bachelor’s of science degree in pre-physical therapy from California State University, Fresno in May 2005 and is currently pursuing a master’s degree and [...]

Amanda Williams was born and raised in northern California.  After graduating from Del Norte High School in Crescent City, CA, she studied in Brazil for a year, which developed in her a passion for travel, languages and a better understanding of the world around her.   After several years of travel and schooling, Williams met her [...]

FRESNO – Michelle Ganci, professor of animal science for the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Fresno State, received the California Poultry Federation’s Golden Rooster Award. The award is the highest honor given by the federation and was presented to Ganci at its annual conference, Sept. 19 in Monterey, Calif. “I have to [...]

CHICAGO, Oct. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — How will the job market shape up for the remainder of 2013?  It will look a lot like last year.  One in four employers (25 percent) plan to add full-time, permanent headcount in the fourth quarter, relatively unchanged from Q4 2012 (26 percent).  Industries expected to outpace the national average for [...]

FRESNO – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today, in the culmination of a 19-month proceeding, approved two new PG&E rates especially designed to attract jobs to California.  An unprecedented 40 California cities and counties (the Local Government Parties or LGP) who have supported PG&E throughout this process applaud the CPUC for this decision. “For [...]

FRESNO-  The Redline Cup Finals comes to Woodward Park BMX on October 4-6th with non-stop BMX action.  The Redline Cup Series consists of riders counting a racer’s two best scores from the Redline Cup Series, plus scores from Saturday and Sunday at any Redline Cup Finals event (East, Central or West). Riders can also earn [...]

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — CEOs held more optimistic expectations for gains by their own firms in the Q3 2013 Vistage CEO Confidence Index Survey, even though they held less favorable views about the overall economic environment. Despite the debates about federal spending and the debt ceiling as well as prospective changes in monetary policies [...]

CLOVIS – Clovis True Value, a new hardware store in Clovis, has announced its grand opening on Oct. 18 thru Oct. 20, 2013.  This new hardware store is located at 1890 Shaw Avenue, just east of Fowler. The 12,600-square-foot interior design reflects retail best practices and offers shoppers a compelling shopping environment complete with an [...]

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading residential property information, analytics and services provider, today released its August CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®) report. Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 12.4 percent on a year-over-year basis in August 2013 compared to August 2012. This change represents the 18th consecutive monthly year-over-year increase in home prices nationally. On [...]