Danika Heatherly spent her entire childhood in Visalia, and after graduating high school she attended Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.  She earned a degree in journalism and marketing in 2010, and then moved back to Visalia to join the Visalia Convention and Visitors Bureau as a visitors service assistant.  Shortly after, she became the manager [...]

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – TheGroceryGame.com, the largest source for grocery coupons and savings tips online, today offered insights into the national food crisis and how consumers can combat rising meat costs. While the USDA currently projects a 3-4 percent increase in meat prices for this year; The Grocery Game, which closely monitors prices on a daily basis, with an [...]

Christopher Stetsko is a Fresno native, and attended Edison Computech High School, where he was on the wrestling team and involved in student government.  He later enrolled in Reedley College, where he played football and continued his involvement in student government.  After Reedley College he enlisted in the Marine Corps., and served in active duty [...]

SEATTLE, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — According to a new World Vision study, conducted online earlier this month by Harris Interactive on behalf of World Vision, more than half of teens (56%) say social media sites (Facebook, Twitter) have made them more aware of the needs of others. This is a huge increase from 2011, [...]

FRESNO – A retired school librarian made history with her knee on Feb. 11, by undergoing the first partial knee replacement in the U.S. with NavioPFS™ orthopedic surgical technology. Dr. Kevin Lester, an orthopedic surgeon at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, took about 10 minutes to meticulously carve away just the end portion of [...]

FRESNO – Air service development at Fresno Yosemite International Airport continues to grow as Frontier Airlines announces plans to provide non-stop service from Fresno to Denver, Colorado beginning in May.  The airline will provide flights three times a week. In today’s aviation climate airlines are focused on their financial health, which translates into how they [...]

FRESNO – The Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno County is currently running a year-long campaign that will help change the lives of the 6,000 youth it serves in its 17 clubs located in and around the Fresno area. The 13 for $13 in 2013 program is searching for 1,300 people who are willing to [...]

Chelsi Johnston is a Visalia native who attended Redwood High School and participated in activities such as mock trial and was a member of the Spanish Club, Drama Club, and Future Homemakers of America.  While attending California State University, Fresno, Johnston interned for Assembly Leader Mike Villines and Congressman George Radanovich.  After obtaining a bachelor’s [...]

CHERRY HILL, N.J., and PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Nearly half of small businesses expect their financial health to improve in 2013 and are confident that sales will increase over 2012, according to a new survey released today by TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®. The survey also found that nearly one-third of small business respondents plan [...]

NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index (Index) declined again in January for the third consecutive month.  The Index tracks consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending[i]. “The Index is down primarily due to slowing  increases of new home prices,” said Patricia Buckley, director, economic policy and analysis [...]

Leigh Burnside spent most of her childhood in the Fresno area, and attended Bullard High School, where she was a student athlete and played soccer.  She later enrolled at Stanford University and was a features writer for The Stanford Daily, and during her junior year she studied abroad in Paris, France for six months.  Around [...]

REEDLEY – At its January meeting, The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges took action to remove the warning status and reaffirm the accreditation of Reedley College. The Accrediting Commission reached its decision after a review of the institution’s Follow up Report and the report of the evaluation [...]

FRESNO – The Fresno Regional Foundation (FRF) is accepting applications for its 2013 Youth Grant Cycle and will be granting $206,000 to youth-serving organizations. Of this amount, $105,000 will be earmarked specifically for Dinuba, Cutler-Orosi, Orange Cove, and Reedley for youth and education. The grant amount range is $5,000 to $25,000. In addition, $10,000 will be [...]

Jarrod Lyman studied broadcast journalism at Northern Arizona University, and left after a couple of years to report the news at a network of radio stations in his hometown of Lake Havasu City in Arizona.  Several years later he got into his first tourism promotions and destination marketing organization, the Lake Havasu Convention and Visitors [...]

 OAKHURST - The California Carver’s Guild, along with the Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau and Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce have announced the 6th Annual Oakhurst Woodcarver’s Rendezvous will take place April 14 through 21. The event will once again be held at the Oakhurst Community center. “This special week of carving is guaranteed to be fun [...]

FRESNO –  Mayor Ashley Swearengin today said she has directed City Manager Mark Scott to implement a “deeper layoff plan” over the next two weeks to address financial challenges faced by the City because of a delay in implementing a residential solid waste franchise. Mayor Swearengin made her remarks in response to a determination by [...]

CLOVIS – Jared Eben of Clovis is currently one of 52 baseball fans competing for a spot in the 2013 MLB Fan Cave. All of the applicants submitted videos of themselves in a contest where the top 30 participants earn a trip to the MLB Fan Cave and earn the distinction of being a “Cave [...]

Daniel Castro is a transplant to Fresno.  Growing up in the rough neighborhood of East Los Angeles, he focused heavily on academics and earned admittance into M.I.T. in Boston.  While there, Castro earned a bachelor’s and master’s in engineering and computer science.  He then was accepted into the prestigious UC Berkeley School of Law, where [...]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A national survey of women business owners (WBOs) conducted by Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWWW) and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) found a pervasive sense of economic optimism, including a prediction by most WBOs (85 percent) that more women will become entrepreneurs in 2013 than in [...]

Christina Musson is a native of Fresno, and graduated from Edison Computech School in 1999.  She then went to college at New York State University and its Tisch School of the Arts, studying musical theater.  A severe case of stage fright led her to pursue another career, this time in journalism. Her first job after [...]