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Fresno County News

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2 hrs ago | Fresno Bee

Updates: One reported dead in accident near Orange Cove

California Highway Patrol officers are investigating a traffic accident in which one person reportedly died this morning near Orange Cove.

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Related Topix: Orange Cove, CA, Tulare County, CA

10 hrs ago | Fresno Bee

Updates: Officials identify Huron girl who drowned at park pool

The 10-year-old Huron girl who died Wednesday in a drowning incident at the community's Chestnut Park Public Pool, was identified this morning as Janet Ramirez.

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Related Topix: Huron, CA, Coalinga, CA

Thu Jul 24, 2008

ABC30.com

Wrongful Death Lawsuit against St. Agnes Medical Center

It was suppose to be a simple procedure at Saint Agnes Hospital, but a local family claims they lost their loved one to a nasty infection.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, MRSA, Health

The Modesto Bee

Firefighters suspected of arson released

Prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to charge two volunteer firefighters who were held on suspicion of arson.

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Related Topix: Hanford, CA, Natural Disasters, Fire, Wildfire, Laton, CA

Chico Enterprise-Record

Expert warns wheat residue too valuable to lose

Times are good for wheat farmers, but they should resist the urge to harvest their crop residue and sell it for ethanol production, a federal researcher says.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro

Sacramento Bee

Farm workers rally for Schwarzenegger water plan

Chanting "agua, agua, agua," busloads of farm workers joined Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Capitol today to demand that lawmakers spend state money on dams and canals to ease a growing water crisis.

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Related Topix: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Firebaugh, CA

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Fresno Bee

Updates: 41,000 pot plants from Sierra Nat'l Forest destroyed

More than 41,000 marijuana plants, with an estimated street value of $168 million, were destroyed after they were found in several gardens in rugged terrain in Sierra National Forest, a Fresno County sheriff's ...

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Fresno Bee

Updates: Woman killed in Kerman crash identified

The Fresno County Coroner's Office this morning made public the name of the woman killed Tuesday morning when a car she was in collided with a van on Highway 145 south of Kerman.

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Related Topix: Kerman, CA, Madera, CA, San Joaquin, CA

KFSN

Midas Shops under Criminal Investigation

Midas shops employees from the Central Valley all the way up to the Bay Area are being accused of charging customers for repair work that wasn't needed and in some cases wasn't even done.

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Related Topix: Clovis, CA

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Fresno Bee

Updates: Volunteer firemen suspects in arson string

Two members of the Laton Volunteer Fire Department have been arrested in connection with over 30 fires in Fresno and Kings counties, including a fire early this month that destroyed the Kings Country Club just ...

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Related Topix: Laton, CA, Kings County, CA, Natural Disasters, Fire, Wildfire

Fresno Bee

Updates: Man killed by tractor identified

The man who died when a tractor he was operating flipped on top of him in Sanger has been identified as Mark Johnson, according to the Fresno County Coroners Office.

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Related Topix: Sanger, CA, Piedra, CA

Mon Jul 21, 2008

KRCA-TV Burbank

Assessor: Value Of Valley Homes Plummet

The good news for 46,500 Fresno County homeowners is that their property tax bills are now a lot less.

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Related Topix: San Joaquin, CA, Madera County, CA, Kings County, CA

Fresno Bee

Updates: Man stabbed to death is identified

A man stabbed to death in southwest Fresno on Saturday night has been identified as Rene Colin, 35, of Fresno, the Fresno County Coroner's Office said this morning.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Fresno Bee

Migrant ed program helps fight heat danger

California labor department and education officials want to help educate the state's migrant farmworkers to protect themselves from the heat.

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The Record

Leads being pursued in clubhouse fire

There's not much left of the Kings Country Club clubhouse building that burned down July 7 in a suspected case of arson.

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Related Topix: Kings County, CA, Laton, CA, Hanford, CA

Sat Jul 19, 2008

The Record

Dropout rate data displeases educators

California's Department of Education released Wednesday the newest data available for high school dropout rates.

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Related Topix: Tulare County, CA, Corcoran, CA, Armona, CA

The Modesto Bee

Fourth possible heat-related death investigated

State labor officials are investigating if high heat caused the death of a farmworker in Kingsburg last week in what could be the fourth heat-related death in the fields this summer.

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Related Topix: Kingsburg, CA, Selma, CA

Fresno Bee

Updates: Shooting victims dies, murder charges to be sought

A man shot Wednesday in the parking lot of Denny's restaurant in north Fresno died this morning at Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno police reported.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Fresno Bee

Updates: Former Fresno detective sentenced on federal child porn charges

Former Fresno County sheriff's detective Ron Vaughn Jr. was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison on child pornography charges.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro, Federal Prisons, Clovis, CA

Customer Interaction Solutions

Valley leaders face challenge in Legislature budget talks

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jul. 18--SACRAMENTO -- They rose to power as fiscal conservatives and have mounted an aggressive media strategy to push their message.

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Related Topix: Clovis, CA, University of California System, Los Angeles (California State University System), California State University System, UC Los Angeles, Fresno, CA, Fresno (California State University System)

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