Kettleman City News

Five babies with cleft palates or other grave disabilities were born over a 15-month span in this small farming community off Interstate 5. Three died.

Three men are in custody after a man was badly beaten and robbed late Monday in central Fresno, police said.

HANFORD, Calif. a " Kings County planners have approved the expansion of a hazardous waste facility in Kettleman City, even as state health officials continue weighing the project's possible impacts.The facility is one of the largest hazardous waste dumps in the country, and a large employer in the county's rural reaches near Interstate 5.Monday, ...

Kings County staff will research questions and concerns raised by opponents of the proposed expansion of a hazardous waste landfill and try to provide answers for planning commissioners before their next meeting Oct.

The Kings County Planning Commission listened Monday night to both sides of a controversial proposal to expand the Waste Management hazardous waste landfill near Kettleman City.

The protestors came because they fear toxic substances from the dump could be responsible for what they believe is a cluster of babies born with cleft palates in the small town of Kettleman City, a few miles from the site.

Editor's Note: This is the third of a three-part series about Kettleman City's environmental justice movement.

A 53-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon -- a horse.

KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif. -- This small, dusty community, commonly known as little more than the halfway point on Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles -- and a great place to grab an In-N-Out Burger -- is an unlikely place to give birth to the grassroots environmental justice movement.

The Kings County Sheriff's Office announced on Monday the arrest of a Kettleman City man on nearly three-dozen counts of sexual assaults on children.

Kings County Sheriff's Detectives arrested 40 year old Salvador Garcia of Kettleman City.

Tulare County sheriff's detectives are investigating the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 7-year-old girl in Orosi.

A Kettleman City man was arrested Sunday and charged with sexual assaults on multiple children dating back about a decade, the Kings County Sheriff's Office reported today.

Maybe the dustup over building dams in California to help with the farm-water crisis is overblown.

In Greece, a period of widespread state repression and brutality followed the rebellion of December 2008.

John Brown Childs, a UCSC professor emeritus, author, scholar and educator, joined the Teachers for Class War radio show on Free Radio Santa Cruz for an hour of discussion on July 13th.

The small town of Kettleman City is less than four miles away from a 1,600 acre landfill for household and hazardous waste.

Kings County officials were asked on Wednesday to declare a health emergency and a moratorium against some industries.

California's Central Valley produces many of the fruits and vegetables consumed in America.

A Valley community is battling environmental concerns and heartbreaking tragedy and they say they've got proof that no one wants to see.Families in Kettleman City say a spike in birth defects shows something in their town is causing health problems and now they want answers from the government.The families rallied on Wednesday and one by one, they ...