FRESNO - Kaiser Permanente announced a $90,000 investment to support a public awareness campaign to reduce the stigma around mental illness and encourage students in the Madera Unified School District and pregnant women to seek treatment if needed. The grant is being awarded to Camarena Health – the largest healthcare provider in Madera County – and is expected to serve 2,500 high school students and 750 pregnant women accessing care in their health center.
“There are personal and social stigmas attached to accessing mental health services,” said Christine Howland, Chief Operating Officer for Camarena Health. “This money will allow us to implement an awareness campaign and break down some of those stigmas and negative perceptions.”
TULARE - The International Agri-Center® and World Ag Expo® and the Central Valley Toyota Dealers presented a check in the amount of $80,000 to Valley Children's Hospital during the hospital's All Guild Picnic at the Belmont Country Club on May 23, in Fresno, California. 
FRESNO - Annemarie Schwanz and Patricio Galindo were awarded the University’s top academic honors at Fresno State’s 107th Commencement Saturday, May 19, at the Save Mart Center.Schwanz and Galindo were chosen from a group of nine Deans' Graduate Medalists and nine Undergraduate Deans' Medalists.
SELMA - In May 2018, the Selma Health Care District granted the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation $16,142.00 to bring the Fire Firefighters in Safety Education (F.I.S.E.) Program, a program that teaches fire safety and burn prevention to preschool and elementary school students, to the City of Selma. 
FRESNO - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Brandi Marshall, 41, of Fresno to four years and three months in prison, and Daniel Barrios Jr., 37, of Fresno to two years and seven months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and conspiracy to launder money in connection with their embezzlement of money from a Fresno business, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
