The Amgen Tour of California motors through Tuolumne County into Fresno County on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.  The California Highway Patrol will be managing road closures along the race course to provide safety and security to the race participants as well as to the public.  Stage #4 of the 2012 AMGEN Tour of California will begin in Sonora and pass through the communities of Mariposa and Oakhurst before finishing in downtown Clovis.

Please be prepared for closures at the following locations (times are not exact and may be modified):

Tamela Ryatt and Karen Johnston of Ryatt Johnston Gallery invite the public to their 3rd annual open house on Saturday & Sunday, May 12th & 13th from 10 am to 4 pm.

Location: 22140 Frontier Road, Clovis, CA 93619 (cross street; Auberry Road, 2 miles north of Table Mountain Casino)

Join Ryatt and Johnston as they present their photography, sculptures and feature the paintings by Fresno’s newest artist, Bibi Bielat. The open house also showcases a gorgeous succulent garden, walking trails and sitting areas with breathtaking views of Table Mountain and the surrounding foothills.

Ducks and geese don't stand a chance when they explore beyond a Northwest Fresno ponding basin. Locals who live in the area will tell you that a stretch of Barstow Avenue between Valentine and Brawley is a shortcut where people tend to speed.

Wildlife lover Diana Alvarez says various birds who make the ponding basin their home don't always stay behind the fence. "They just don't slow down. They run over the ducks and they don't look back. On various occasions I've gotten out of the car to move over an injured duck."

Alvarez loves wildlife and she says it breaks her heart that drivers don't yield for wandering ducks and geese. "Every morning I used to drive through here. It is a shortcut and I'd rather just drive and have to wait at the lights than to drive by and have to see another dead duck."