Earlimart News

A homicide suspect who was shot and killed by law enforcement in San Bernardino has been identified as a Central California resident.

The tough water year Gamdur Gill was expecting is getting worse. Gill, who grows almonds and grapes on his farms south of Earlimart, heard the news last week that spring and summer water allotments for him and other farmers who get their water from the Friant-Kern Canal were being cut -- again.

On Tuesday, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors is expected to approving moving back the closure of the Earlimart and Kennedy Meadows Transfer Stations to July 31.

Officials with the Tulare County Sheriff's Department are investigating a fire that occurred Monday morning in the small south county community of Earlimart.

On Friday, authorities say a woman interrupted a burglary in progress in the 900 block of First Street in Wasco.