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When Karon Penny learned in August that her best friend of over 40 years, Jeralynn Stout of Fresno, would be moving into hospice care with a terminal cancer diagnosis, she wanted to give her one final make-a-wish moment. Penny asked her longtime travel companion to pick anywhere in the world she wanted to go, fully expecting the two would set out on another cruise to Mexico. Stout’s answer was something different entirely — she wanted to meet California Chrome. Read comments

A car crash Friday evening at the intersection of Palm Avenue and Gettysburg Avenue left one driver with a possible broken neck, the California Highway Patrol said. Read comments

Sitting in a pizza parlor Friday afternoon, a longtime employee of Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino said she was “nervous.” Read comments

The Fresno Fire Department responded to two separate fires Friday morning, the first at 2361 S. Weller Ave. and the second at 2285 E. Lotus Ave., Fresno Fire spokesman Koby Johns said. Read comments

A big rig and pickup truck collided Friday night, sparking a fire near an overpass and leading to the temporary closure of the North Avenue exit of Highway 99 in Fresno. Read comments

The Friends of Clovis Pet Adoption Center fundraiser dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Miss Winkles Pet Adoption Center at Sierra and Temperance avenues in Clovis. The event will include silent auctions, food, entertainment and a pet fashion show. Clovis City Councilman Harry Armstrong will host a donation challenge. Read comments

A Fresno State student was recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis, university officials say in an email notification sent to students Thursday. Read comments

A 21-year-old woman sustained major injuries Wednesday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash near Orosi, the California Highway Patrol reported. Read comments

State authorities have fined two oil companies a total of $476,784 for illegally sending salty fluids and drilling wastes into unlined pits, including fluids from controversial hydraulic fracturing. Read comments

The Academic Senate of the UCSF-Fresno Medical Education Program is inviting the public to participate in the third Mini-Med School 101 series being offered in four sessions from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Oct. 20 to Nov. 10. Read comments