http://ci.clovis.ca.us/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&web=/news&page=890894e9-9b24-4966-b8f4-d12f4c02ba9d&wp=2de0db77-95b6-43b6-8d06-9efe695f0ddcNews, Announcements, and Press Releases for the City of Clovis in California60http://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/WatchtheRaceandWinPrizes.aspxThe Amgen Tour of California begins tomorrow! To celebrate the event, Clovis Amgen Tour of California local organizers are holding viewing parties from May 13th through the 15th until the race arrives in Old Town Clovis on May 16th. More...Mon, 14 May 2012 12:10:14 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/ResultsofZeroTolerance.aspxAs part of this month’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign, the Clovis Police Department offered “zero tolerance” to those texting or operating hand-held cell phones April 2nd through April 30th. More than half of the 183 drivers cited were for using cell phone or texting. More...Tue, 01 May 2012 12:11:55 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/TheBiggestAllBicycleEntry.aspxMore than 100 cyclists will don their club jerseys and pedal like crazy as part of this year’s 98th Annual Clovis Rodeo Parade. Members of the Fresno Cycling Club, the Central Valley Cycling Charitable Association known as Parker’s Team and Team Donate Life “Crystel’s Gift” will be participating. More...Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:32:31 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/DistractedDrivingDetailLeadstoShortPursuitandFelonyArrest.aspxAbout 10:15 this morning, a Clovis Police Traffic Officer was sitting at the intersection of Gettysburg and Winery, part of our month-long distracted driving detail, when all of a sudden a man driving a green car blew through the stop sign eastbound on Gettysburg at about 40 miles per hour. The officer was able to get the license plate number as he tried to pull over the car at Gettysburg and Helm. More...Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:35:49 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/DUIDriverLicenseCheck.aspxThe Clovis Police Department will hold a sobriety/driver license checkpoint tonight (4/5). It’s part of the department’s on-going effort to get drunk drivers and unlicensed drivers off the road through a one-year California Office of Traffic Safety “Alcohol and Other Drugs Program” grant. This is the second checkpoint the grant has funded this year. More...Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:30:01 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/ClovisPoliceHoldZeroTolerance.aspxAs part of this month’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign, the Clovis Police Department is offering “zero tolerance” to those texting or operating hand-held cell phones now through April 30th. Drivers who break the law and place themselves and others in danger will be cited. The current minimum ticket cost is $159, with subsequent tickets costing at least $279. More...Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:33:00 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/ClovisEastHighSchoolStudents.aspxA Clovis East High School teenager will make a fatal and life-shattering choice tomorrow (3/21) in this year’s “Every 15 Minutes” scenario in a DUI collision with a parked vehicle on N. Leonard Avenue between Gettysburg and Ashlan Avenues. More...Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:05:12 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/ClovisPoliceLaunchDUITrafficGrant.aspxClovis Police are out in force to crack down on drunk drivers this year thanks to a nearly $93,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The department is kicking off the grant with a DUI checkpoint in Clovis on Thursday night, March 8th, beginning at 8 p.m. More...Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:50:02 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/HoststheMayorsBreakfast.aspxJoin the Clovis Community Foundation, Mayor Jose Flores, the City Council, business leaders and your friends for the annual Clovis Mayor’s Breakfast, celebrating Clovis’ Centennial anniversary, at the Clovis Veterans Memorial Building (5th and Hughes) on May 10th from 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. More...Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:35:26 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/CityofClovisFireChiefAppointed.aspxClovis City Manager Rob Woolley has announced the appointment of Lee Kraft as the new Fire Chief to become effective February 22, 2012 upon confirmation by the City Council. Kraft has served as Interim Fire Chief since the retirement of the City’s former Fire Chief, Rick Bennett in March 2011. More...Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:23:55 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/ClovisPoliceArrest2MenTiedto11VehicleBurglariesToday.aspxClovis Police this morning arrested 29-year-old Springer Blevins of Clovis and 22-year-old Steven Anderson of Fresno for a string of vehicle burglaries that began about 2 o’clock this morning in southwest Clovis. That’s when the pair started smashing windows on cars with valuables left inside. More...Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:51:11 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/FresnoManCurrentlyJailedforClovisMurder.aspxTwenty-year-old Tyrone Parker of Fresno is currently being held in the Fresno County Jail for the murder of 33-year-old Dewayne Young on March 20th of last year. As you may recall, Young’s body was found in the middle of the street in the 3000 block of Ezie. He had been shot multiple times. More...Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:44:23 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/SPECIALANNOUNCEMENTONTHECLOVISLEGOFTHEAMGENTOUROFCALIFORNIA.aspxHear from the local experts and join us for the latest update regarding the Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 Finish in Clovis in May. Mayor Jose Flores, City Council Members, Local Technical Director Mike Shuemake, Local Organizing Committee Chair Greg Newman and members of the local cycling community. More...Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:31:49 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/SuspectisinCustodyFollowingFirstHomicideof2012inClovis.aspxA 22-year-old Clovis man is in police custody following the murder of a former friend of his in the suspect’s apartment yesterday. Clovis Police received a call from someone in the emergency room at Community Regional Medical Center just before 6 p.m. last evening asking officers to check the welfare of a man who lived at the Ashtree Apartments on Willow just north of Ashlan. More...Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:32:36 GMThttp://ci.clovis.ca.us/news/Pages/ManRobsBankoftheWestinClovisthisMorning.aspxUpdate... Suspect Arrested. Clovis Police received a phone call to report a robbery at the Bank of the West branch at 200 Shaw Avenue (between Minnewawa and DeWitt on the south side of Shaw) at 9:07 this morning. A bank employee told officers that a man showed a note demanding money. More...Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:37:49 GMT