Firebaugh News

Disney, westerns, sports, movies and popular character lunch boxes are on display in the very small town of Firebaugh, California along a lonely stretch of Freeway 5. Right off the freeway and to the west is the typical scene of hotel, fast food places and gas station but the true find is in the Apricot Tree Restaurant.

The California Aqueduct, a.k.a. the Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct, carries water through the San Joaquin Valley near Firebaugh last July.

The California Department of Water Resources warned in a December report that 50% of the state's aging levees are not up to standard and up to $17 billion is needed in repairs and infrastructure investment.

An independent audit of the city of Maricopa's finances has raised doubts about the ability of the west Kern County city to continue to exist in its present form.

United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned separate indictments charging two men with being felons in possession of a firearm.