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Perhaps the Fresno City College theater should have been packed for the occassion; the Class #118 Basic Police Academy graduation ceremony. I don’t know, it just seems that the twenty-one cadets, who are officially ready for police duty today, even displaying holstered sidearms (no cartridges, of course), but ready to serve nonetheless, deserved a bigger send off.  After all, aren’t they ready [...]

Last night I covered Hanford High School’s graduation ceremony. As I drove there, I remembered when I got caught in the fog in Hanford during my very first week on the job. This time, I assumed the highlight of my trip to Hanford would not be weather – it would be the enormous bowl of [...]

Please visit the photo gallery to see more pictures  of the promotion celebration.   David Magaña will do just about anything to get a laugh out of his pre-school class at Kings Canyon Head Start in Fresno. After Magaña’s class of about 17 received their Certificates of Recognition promoting them to the kindergarten on Tuesday (May [...]

On Saturday afternoon, I covered the University of California, Merced’s first full graduation ceremony, which featured First Lady Michelle Obama as the keynote speaker. An hour or so before the ceremony began, I sent my family a text message from the media area: “I’m part of the White House Press Pool!” “Cool!” my parents and [...]