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Porterville, California is located in Tulare County. Zip codes in Porterville, CA include 93257, and 93258. More Porterville information.

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12 hrs ago | Porterville Recorder

Crime Blotter 05/30/12

Information below is provided to The Recorder by the Porterville Police Department.

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16 hrs ago | Porterville Recorder

Unique group to perform Friday

Music on Main Street offers another Spring Concert Series event Friday. Talented, professional musicians from the Jacobs School of Music, at the University of Indiana, will perform.

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Thu May 31, 2012

Porterville Recorder

Public apology

Editor, Shame on you, Rick Elkins and Publisher Paula Patton. You owe Councilman Brian Ward a public apology.

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Porterville Recorder

Council endorsements

They are wary when they have options in places not opposed to equal rights for their employees and their families.

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Porterville Recorder

Luau on tap for community counseling center

Tickets are now on sale for a Hawaiian Luau to be held at 6:30 p.m. July 28 at Nuckol's Ranch, 13144 Road 216.

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Wed May 30, 2012

The Fresno Bee

Ex-fire marshal faces child porn charge

A retired battalion chief and fire marshal in Porterville has been charged with two felony counts of possessing child pornography.

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Merced Sun-Star

Hitting horse with sledgehammer was euthanize try

PORTERVILLE, Calif. -- The owner of a 27-year-old horse that could no longer stand says the horse was hit in the head with a sledgehammer in an attempt to euthanize the animal.

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Porterville Recorder

SCCA seniors honored during awards night

Seth Serdynski, who holds a 4.1 GPA, is Summit Charter Collegiate Academy's No. 1 Valedictorian.

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Visalia Times-Delta

Fourth arrest made in Strathmore homicide investigation

A Porterville man was taken into custody Monday morning, making him the fourth person arrested in connection with the homicide of Jorge Luis Nunez Ayon.

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Tue May 29, 2012

Porterville Recorder

Candidates discuss city's direction

As a build-up to the June 5 Porterville City Council election, The Recorder submitted five questions to each of the 11 candidates.

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Porterville Recorder

Five injured in Highway 65 crash Saturday

Five people were injured and four others escaped injury in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 65 south of Avenue 80 Saturday night, the California Highway Patrol reported.

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Porterville Recorder

Citizens take shots at shooting range

City officials, civic leaders and others got to take their shots Friday at the new Porterville Police Shooting Range southwest of the Porterville Fairgrounds.

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Mon May 28, 2012

The Fresno Bee

4th person held in Tulare Co. homicide

A fourth person was arrested Monday in connection with the homicide of Jorge Luis Nunez Ayon in Porterville in March, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

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KSEE-TV Fresno

Valley Men Arrested on Animal Cruelty Charges

Two Porterville men are behind bars on animal cruelty charges after sheriff's deputies say the two were caught abusing a horse.

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

2 arrested on suspicion of beating horse

Tulare County Sheriff's officials say 59-year-old Maximo Rodriguez and 50-year-old Martin Padilla were taken into custody on Sunday in Porterville after deputies responded to reports of a horse being hit in the head with a sledgehammer.

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Porterville Recorder

Thank You from Rotary

Editor, A big thank you to SVDH, all the different vendors, Granite High School and Monache high school students, and people of Porterville and surrounding communities for their support and participation in Porterville Breakfast Rotary 11th annual Cancer Run, held at Granite Hills High School on Saturday May 5. Your giving and participation is what ... (more)

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Porterville Recorder

Memorial Day: A time to pause and reflect

The Issue Memorial Day 2012. Our View We honor all those who have fallen in the line of duty and those they left behind.

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Sun May 27, 2012

The Fresno Bee

Local: 11 seek three seats on Porterville City Council

At least one new member of the Porterville City Council is certain after the June 5 election because incumbent Ron Irish is not seeking re-election. Eleven candidates are running for three seats.

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The Fresno Bee

Updates: 2 held in sledgehammer beating of Porterville horse

Two men were arrested in Porterville Sunday on suspicion of beating a horse with a sledgehammer, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.

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Porterville Recorder

Two things

Editor, First, Patsy St is in need of repairs. People turn on our street when the Newcomb Ave stop light is on red.

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