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Kettleman City, California is located in Kings County. Zip codes in Kettleman City, CA include 93239. More Kettleman City information.

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Sunday Nov 22 | Fresno Bee

Local: Kettleman City parents want inquiry into birth defects

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.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Fresno Bee

Minn. man allegedly assaults worker with backhoe

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

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

CBS 47

Kings County toxic waste dump gets okay to expand

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, ...

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

Fresno Bee

Kings Co. planners approve landfill expansion

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.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

Fresno Bee

EDITORIAL: Let Waste Management expand Kettleman site

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.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

ABC30.com

Hazardous Waste Dump Expansion Controversy

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.

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Sat Oct 03, 2009

New America Media

Family Divided Over Landfill

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

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

Fresno Bee

Man accused of using horse to assault officer

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

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Sun Sep 27, 2009

News.ncmonline.com

Three Generations Fight Landfill

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.

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Wed Sep 23, 2009

KMJ-AM Fresno

Kettleman City Man Arrested for Sex Assault

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.

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Tue Sep 22, 2009

KMPH-TV Fresno

Kettleman City Man Arrested; Faces 23 Sex Crime Charges

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

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Fresno Bee

Kettleman City man charged in child assaults

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

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Mon Sep 21, 2009

Fresno Bee

Updates: Kings Co. man charged in child assaults

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.

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Thu Sep 03, 2009

CentralValley.com

Water district sells farm water to SoCal for $73 million

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

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Tue Jul 21, 2009

Indybay.org

Authorities Attempt to Shut Down Indymedia for 'Coordination of Rebellion' in Greece

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

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Sun Jul 19, 2009

Indybay.org

John Brown Childs on Education, Race, Inspiration, and Cooperation

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.

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Fri Jul 17, 2009

KMPH-TV Fresno

Special Report: Toxic Neighbors?

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

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Mon Jul 13, 2009

KMJ-AM Fresno

Kings County Asked to Declare Emergency

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

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Sat Jul 11, 2009

Popsugar.com

Central Valley Disconnect: Rich Land, Poor Nutrition

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

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CBS 47

Valley Community Wants Answers About Birth Defects

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 ...

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