FRESNO – Reza Beheshti was a nursing student at Fresno State, during which time he worked in different departments at different hospitals.  He found himself drawn to the emergency department the most, because of its fast-paced and hands-on work. Upon graduating from Fresno State in 2009, he began working in the Emergency Department at Community [...]

 FRESNO – The 2013 Big Fresno Fair Exhibits Handbook is now available for the 2013 Fair, which runs October 2 – 14. All individuals desiring to participate competitively as a Big Fresno Fair exhibitor – such as 4-H and FFA members, bakers, craftsmen, cooks, gardeners, seamstresses, quilters, painters, photographers and others – can pick up [...]

OAKHURST – Community Medical Center-Oakhurst has added diagnostic ultrasound to its services for the mountain communities near Yosemite National Park. The urgent care center, open seven days a week, now has the latest in ultrasound technology and an experienced sonographer available by appointment. “This will save local people the time, money and expense of driving [...]

On this Memorial Day, while enjoying the company of friends and family, let’s not forget the fallen men and women in the Armed Forces who have made the celebration of this day possible.  They are not just names without faces.  They are our mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles, cousins and friends [...]

TULARE – Dr. Parmod Kumar with Tulare Regional Medical Center is originally from Jalandhar, India and entered medical school at age 16, inspired by attacks of Pakistani forces on his hometown.  His mother took him to a hospital to do volunteer work, and he eventually became acclimated to working with the sick and injured. Dr. [...]

FRESNO – Sources say that the stabbing homicide victim near The Hashtag cafe in the Tower District has been identified as local filmmaker Eric Catlapp. Catlapp operated The Filmmakers Workshop, and was also a member of the Community Media Access Collaborative in downtown Fresno. He moved to Fresno just 2 years ago from Southern California.  [...]

FRESNO – As part of the celebration of 15 years of the Susan G. Komen Central Valley Race for the Cure on October 26, 15 of the most recognizable and influential people throughout the race’s history will be recognized as “15 Faces for 15 Races.” The 15 individuals are still being selected, and each will [...]

MENDOTA – Dr. Rogelio Thompson had braces in high school, and decided he wanted to become a dentist after he was unharmed during dental treatment and wanted to treat people in the same manner. Dr. Thompson is originally from Colon, Panama and graduated from the UCSF School of Dentistry in 1992.  While in school, he [...]

FRESNO - The Fresno Monsters organization has announced it will host a team in the Western States Hockey League for the 2013-2014 season.  The team will play 21 home games at Gateway Ice Center.  Earlier this month Gateway Ice Center explained in a press release that the ice rink will remain open through April 2014. Fresno-native [...]

CLOVIS - The Clovis Community Hospital Guild has raised $825,000 for Clovis Community Medical Center since it was first formed in 1954. The Guild is made up of about 50 volunteers that raise money in different capacities.  Its foremost way of helping fund the hospital is through the gift shop, which is located on-site near the [...]

FISH CAMP – A long-running trail race will once again take place just outside Yosemite National Park as the 24th Annual Shadow of the Giants 50K run is set for June 8. Started by Baz Hawley 1990, an avid trail runner for decades, the race takes place just outside of the park and incorporates some [...]

FRESNO – The Economic Development Corporation serving Fresno County has announced the recent hire of Juanita Stevenson, who joins the agency as corporate locations c0ordinator. Stevenson, a former anchor and reporter for KFSN-TV ABC 30, brings a wealth of media and community relations experience to her new position, which involves marketing the region to maximize [...]

FRESNO – The California State University Board of Trustees has named Dr. Joseph I. Castro the new president of California State University, Fresno, replacing former president Dr. John D. Welty. Castro has been vice chancellor, student academic affairs of the University of California, San Francisco. “It is incredibly humbling that the CSU Trustees have appointed [...]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced the SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative, a commitment by its top national, regional and community lenders to collectively increase their lending activity to veterans by five percent per year for the next 5 years. Oftentimes, veterans face challenges in raising capital or have trouble receiving a conventional [...]

FRESNO – Mark Zamora began his career as an EMT shortly after graduating high school.  Over the past seven years, he has been a paramedic for American Ambulance, participating on the STAR Rescue Team, Swift Water Rescue Team, and Fresno Police Department SWAT Team.  Zamora was also a flight paramedic for Skylife Air Ambulance. In [...]

TULARE – Workstations on Wheels, used at Tulare Regional Medical Center, are basically mobile workstations that offer quicker responses for patients’ care.  The wireless mobile technology increases the amount of time clinicians and nursing staff can spend with patients, and improves the quality of care while adding to patient safety. Previously, hospital staff had to [...]

FRESNO – Fresno State’s Mediator Mentors program will thank 1,240 student mediators for their service to Central Valley schools at the Fresno Grizzlies baseball game, 7:05 p.m. June 1 at Chukchansi Park in downtown Fresno. The Grizzlies will wear special, Star Wars-themed jerseys that will be auctioned off after the game to benefit Mediator Mentors, [...]

ARMONK, N.Y., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new software to help organizations extend crucial business applications running on System z mainframes to web, cloud and mobile environments. The software’s performance improvements will enable companies to significantly reduce operating costs while helping businesses seamlessly and efficiently extend services for support of [...]

REEDLEY – It was a childhood moment when Melba Bergthold’s family doctor told her she would be a good nurse that got the idea of someday entering the profession churning in her mind. “So that was my goal from the time I was a little girl,” Bergthold said. She was born in Long Beach, Calif. [...]

VISALIA – Public officials, industry stakeholders, and local tourism representatives will congregate on May 23 at Rawhide Stadium’s Hall of Fame Club for the first ‘State of the Industry’ tourism event, hosted by the Sequoia Tourism Council. The breakfast marks the first time in many years that Tulare County will welcome a representative from Visit [...]