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Monday Jun 29 | Fresno Bee

Updates: Fire chars brush near Avenal

A fire Monday afternoon near Avenal scorched about 60 acres of brush, Kings County Fire Department officials said.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

CBS 47

CBS47 Friday Afternoon News Update

Get the Latest CBS47 News Update from Friday Afternoon, June 26th. People gathered with heavy hearts in the Kings County city of Avenal today where a rosary was held for U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Soto.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Bakersfield Californian

Bakersfield-born soldier escorts his brother's body home from Iraq

Visitation services will be held Friday, June 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 428 E. Kern St., Avenal.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

KGET-TV

Services set for former Kern soldier killed in Iraq

The body of a Kern County native killed in action in Iraq was scheduled to be returned to Bakersfield Thursday morning.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

League of California Cities

67 Cities Decry the State's Illegal Budget Proposals and Support...

There are an additional 30 cities poised to take this same action in coming weeks with many more expected.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Las Cruces Sun-News

Fort Bliss soldier is killed by bomb in Iraq

A Fort Bliss soldier was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Sgt. Joshua Soto, 25, of Avenal, Calif., was serving at Tallil Air Base during his third tour of duty in Iraq, his family told the Fresno Bee.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Fresno Bee

Updates: Soldier from Avenal killed in Iraq

An Avenal man serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

ABC30.com

Valley Soldier Killed By Roadside Bomb in Iraq

A soldier from Avenal has died in Iraq. It was Army Sergeant Joshua Soto's third tour.

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Fri May 29, 2009

K&N Racing News

On Fire 4 God Racing Team Competes at the Sand Drag Summer Nationals

The National Sand Drag Association 2009 Summer Nationals kicked off in Avenal, California and The On-Fire 4 God Test of Faith Sand Drag Quad Race Team was there.

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Tue May 05, 2009

KMPH-TV Fresno

Search Continues For Inmate Who Escaped From Avenal Prison

Avenal State Prison officials continue to search for an inmate who escaped from the facility early Monday morning.

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Sun May 03, 2009

Tulare Advance-Register

Tulare County growth rate at 1.8%

Woodlake's small-town atmosphere and new, inexpensive apartments explain its 4.1 percent growth the largest of any Tulare County city from 2007 to 2008, Woodlake officials say.

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Fri May 01, 2009

SanLuisObispo.com

Phil Dirkx: Not another prison, not here in Paso

A headline in the April 14 Tribune said, 'Paso prison project gets rolling again.' When completed, it will house at least 1,500 prisoners on the former site of what some Roblans will always call the Boys School.

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Fri Apr 24, 2009

American Chronicle

It is a black day. Letters ignored. Matthew Cate appointed anyway.

It is a black day. Although many citizens with a loved one in prison faxed in details about CDCr Agency Secretary Matthew Cate's deliberate indifference that has resulted in irreparable harm to prison inmates, the Senate Rules Committee confirmed him anyway.

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Sat Apr 18, 2009

RecordNET

Thousands rally after four days of marching for Valley farmers

Turn on the pumps, the people cried again and again. Turn on the pumps. "Agua, agua!" Thousands of farmers, laborers and others dependent on San Joaquin Valley agriculture pleaded for the state and federal governments on Friday to crank the Delta spigot and send water south to their fields.

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Tue Mar 17, 2009

Forbes Autos

How Elite Environmentalists Impoverish Blue-Collar Americans

The great Central Valley of California has never been an easy place. Dry and almost uninhabitable by nature, the state's engineering marvels brought water down from the north and the high Sierra, turning ...

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Sun Mar 15, 2009

Holtville Tribune

Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments: Arthur Carter, Andrew Chesley, Sidney Craighead, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Michael Nelson, Richard Ortega, Robert Pacheco, David ...

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Fri Mar 13, 2009

Fresno Bee

Search of Avenal prison workers finds contraband - 10:59 pm Thu

An unannounced search of employees at Avenal State Prison has turned up an assortment of contraband, including pocketknives, pliers, scissors -- and a crack pipe.

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Sun Mar 01, 2009

Fresno Bee

News briefs - 11:36 pm Fri

Woman in wheelchair saved after being hit by big rig Firefighters freed a woman and her wheelchair from beneath a big-rig truck after she was struck near Herndon and Blackstone avenues Friday night.

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Fri Feb 27, 2009

Fresno Bee

Updates:

An Avenal man was arrested on a manslaughter charge after a fatal collision south of Lemoore.

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Tue Jan 27, 2009

Fresno Bee

Authorities seek man that escaped traffic stop in Avenal

A man wanted on suspicion of burglary and possession of stolen property remains at large after escaping during a traffic stop in Avenal on Sunday.

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