Farmington News

Share + Nov 11, 2009 8:21 am US/Pacific FARMINGTON Sixteen hundred tons of hay went up in flames Wednesday morning in San Joaquin County in a massive barn fire that is being monitored by five different fire agencies.

Firefighters say it will be several days before a barn ignited by a nearby hay fire is extinguished.

A barn fire in Farmington that destroyed thousands of dollars worth of hay early Wednesday was expected to continue burning for several days, according to San Joaquin County fire officials.

This election features a candidate who doesn't think he can win and an incumbent who says he'd happily give up his seat to a worthy replacement.

Thousands of homeowners in Stockton are dealing with what could be an expensive decision.

The Community Partnership for Families is hosting a fundraiser from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. today at Togo's Sandwiches, 1433 W. March Lane.

California farmers are expected to reap 415,000 tons of walnuts this fall, which would be the second largest crop on record.

I don't know when summer ends. The calendar says on Sept. 21, though that's debatable.

CAL Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras resources are on scene of a 50 acre grass fire in the community of Farmington.

California officials took rare action this weekend by shutting down two San Joaquin Valley farm labor companies after discovering alleged violations of requirements to provide shade and train workers to prevent heat stress.

STOCKTON, Calif. -- Three people are charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of pregnant 17-year-old field worker Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, who died of heat stroke two days after collapsing in a vineyard.

Seven-year-olds Matthew Brazil of Escalon and Gregory Guajardo of Linden knew each other pretty well but barely recognized each other when they met Friday at the Weststeyn Dairy in Farmington.

A program to recharge declining groundwater levels in eastern San Joaquin County is set to receive $835,000 from the federal economic stimulus package.

San Joaquin County District Attorney James P. Willett filed involuntary manslaughter charges today against former operators of Merced Farm Labor in the case of 17-year-old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, who died of a heat stroke May 16 two days after collapsing in a Farmington vineyard under the contractor's supervision.