Firebaugh News

Two suspects committed a home invasion robbery around 2:30 Saturday morning. It happened on the 800 block of Dodderer in the city of Firebaugh.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is an environmentally risky oil production method of pumping under pressure large volumes of water, sand and chemicals underground to bubble to the surface heavy tar-like oil left in depleted oil wells and to reach deep deposits of oil and natural gas.

Lt. Kathy Curtice: "One of them was armed with a handgun the other was armed with an ax, the homeowner confronted one of the suspects with a sword and killed one of the suspects." According the to sheriff's office, it all happened around 2:30 Saturday morning on this stretch of Dodderer in Firebaugh.

The new jeweler is between Sur La Table and Panera Bread facing Blackstone Avenue.

There was a toll road over Pacheco Pass. In 1856, Andrew Firebaugh began to build and later operated the toll road.

Ruby Fresh's line of pomegranate arils paired with other salad ingredients is a finalist in the United Fresh Produce Association's annual new product awards competition.

Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, announced mobile office program dates and locations for the month of May, spokeswoman Anna Vetter said.

May is here and with any luck it will be a slower news month in Gilroy than April was.

A 21-year-old male, the third suspect connected to the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old Gilroy man April 3, has been arrested.