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Hundreds line up for drive-through mass COVID vaccination site at Sierra Pacific KFSN Share: FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Traffic was backed up in northeast Fresno, and hundreds of people waited on foot on Thursday for COVID vaccines at a couple of mass distribution sites, as Fresno County shifts its vaccination effort into a new gear. "This means having some positivity in life, being able to look at the tunnel and saying there is light and it's coming closer," Sonia Niemotka, of Fresno. The state moved up the timeline for seniors, and private healthcare providers are helping to speed up vaccine ...

In-person classes for Clovis Unified secondary students pushed back again KFSN Share: CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- 7th to 12th-grade students in the Clovis Unified School district will have to wait even longer to return to their school campus. In-person instruction was supposed to be phased in on January 6th - then that date got pushed back two weeks because of new guidance from the Fresno County Health Department. Now that date is being delayed even further to at least February 1st. The district points to the lack of change in county-wide COVID data. It says it will have more updates in the comi...

Local school districts continue to give out free meals to students Fresno Unified staff members say they distribute roughly 40,000 meals a day. KFSN Share: Even during a normal school year, the demand for free meals is high. "All of our students eat for free in a normal school year because of the high poverty rate in the district so there's definitely a need," says FUSD food service director Amanda Harvey. The pandemic has only added to financial challenges for many families, which means the food may be needed now more than ever. "I think the need has increased with the recent stay-at-home o...

Clovis Unified School District delays bringing back secondary students KFSN Share: CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Empty parking lots and vacant campuses - not the scene Clovis Unified staff had planned for the day. "We were really disappointed to share news on New Year's Eve that we're making a modification," says Kelly Avants. Last-minute guidance from the Fresno County Health Department changed their starting plans. "They came to us with new guidance and we've always been committed to following the guidance that our local health officials have given to us, in which we hold on our next phase of ...

Children First: Special Education CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- It may be early, but when the school bus arrives, 7-year old Mason has a lot of excitement. His mom remembers the day students with special needs were allowed to go back for in-person learning in Clovis Unified. "He was so happy. The moment he saw his backpack and his lunchbox, any and everything like that, he was like, 'School bus? Go bus? School?'. And then he said his favorite teacher's name as one-to-one aid in and I said, 'Yeah bud we're going'. He said, 'OK' and this is at 6:30 in the morning," says his mom Julie.