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California Restaurant Month hits Madera County

Details: Published on 01/02/2013 - 1:32 pm

Several Yosemite area restaurants are stepping up their marketing this month as the Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau helps to promote California Restaurant Month.

Movie subscription plan saves Oakhurst theater

Details: Published on 01/02/2013 - 11:26 am

The effort of three childhood friends paid off in the last hours of 2012 as Oakhurst movie theater The Met Cinema reached its 3,000 membership goal to save the beloved establishment.

Visalia road work to close 198 off-ramp

Details: Published on 12/31/2012 - 2:05 pm

The Highway 198 off-ramp to Plaza Drive in Visalia will be closed starting Thursday for about 21 days while construction crews make improvements to the ramp.

Farm Bill extension would prevent milk price spike

Details: Published on 12/31/2012 - 1:11 pm

Top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 Farm Bill that expired in October, a move that could head off possible doubling of milk prices in January.

COS Tulare ag and tech center opening Jan. 7

Details: Published on 12/31/2012 - 1:11 pm

College of the Sequoias' new educational center will open to students on Jan. 7 with a walking tour on Jan. 9 of the first phase of the entire $82 million project.

New natural foods chain coming to Fresno

Details: Published on 12/31/2012 - 12:29 pm

Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market — an organic and natural foods supermarket competing in the same space as Whole Foods — will open a new 35,000 square-foot store in North Fresno by May.

Verizon adds new Valley cell sites

Details: Published on 12/28/2012 - 2:45 pm

Verizon Wireless recently added four new cell sites in Fresno County to improve download speeds and increase its coverage area.

CAR: Distressed home sales up in Fresno, nearby counties

Details: Published on 12/28/2012 - 2:26 pm

California Association of Realtors reports that Fresno County distressed home sales – including bank-owned homes and short sales – grew slightly in November after a steady decline over the past year.