Friday is National Child Care Provider Appreciation Day. Communities across the country are honoring their local child care work force, whose significance is often obscured by their relative invisibility in the community. Ironically, some 387 state-contracted child care providers in Kings County like Rodriguez are holding their breath for the state budget ax to fall instead [...] [...]

A new initiative to teach children ages 5 and under about fire and burn safety came to a close this week after firefighters had reached out to more than 400 local kids. The Hanford Fire Department visited every preschool in town over a two-month period to increase awareness about the dangers present in the home, said [...] [...]