South Taft News

In addition to false signatures, the petition has areas that should have been filled in with information but were left blank, Garcia said.

A gas-station owner hit with a $1.1 million fine for being too slow to upgrade or remove three underground storage tanks didn't get a fair shake from regulators, a three-judge panel at the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Fresno ruled.

Mayor Bobby Vega and Councilmen Ronnie Segovia and Roy Stegall voted Tuesday night to overturn the annexation, with a stamp of approval from City Attorney Sid Arismendez.

An attorney for the city said he will file a lawsuit this week asking the courts to decide if the controversial annexation of South Taft earlier this year was carried out legally.