REMINDER: Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday March 8th It’s time to spring forward again. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2:00 A.M., when clocks move ahead one hour. The change shifts an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening, giving us longer evenings — but it also means one less hour of sleep Saturday night.— Avenal Press

AVENAL, — Early this morning Two homes were damaged in a fire early Saturday morning that began at an abandoned property and quickly spread to neighboring structures, displacing six local residents. According to preliminary reports, the fire started in the abandoned homes backyard area in garage, on the 525 block of Kern Street. Flames quickly spread to the neighboring occupied home at 529 Kern St, causing severe structural damage. The neighboring house 529 was occupied at th