The first real warmth arrived in the San Joaquin Valley. So did the first federal ozone violation.

Smog and taxes. They both seem pretty certain to get headlines in mid-April around here.

The first violation was in Arvin, which is the Valley's hot spot. That was Saturday.

Today, three monitors showed a federal violation: Arvin, Visalia and Clovis.

Fresno tied a 59-year-old heat record and had a state violation, which means the city's reading was not as high as the other three cities mentioned.