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For more than two years, a darting, hunting and thriving colony of feral cats -- 50 strong with their kittens -- had been the main occupants of the former Hacienda Hotel at Clinton Avenue and Highway 99.
Coroner IDs two men in homicide
The San Mateo County Coroner's Office released the names Thursday of two people killed in an apparent home robbery.
Local: Ten in family escape post-Fourth house fire
There was no spike in bad air in the Valley in the wake of Independence Day fireworks, a spokesman for the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District said Saturday.
Local: Officer innocent in stun gun case
A federal jury Thursday found a former Parlier police officer innocent of violating a school administrator's civil rights when he shocked him with a stun gun at a school board meeting in March 2006.
Updates: Elderly Reedley woman dies after car hits big rig
A 94-year-old Reedley woman was killed Tuesday when the car she was driving collided with a big rig on Dinuba Avenue just east of Parlier, the California Highway Patrol reported this morning.
The grading contractor of the El Capitan High School site, G St., and Morse Road, last night was given until 8 a.m. Monday to complete the job or face loss of its $17,877 contract.
Orosi woman reports kidnapping
Two men accused of offering a woman a ride to her home in Orosi and instead driving her to Parlier in Fresno County have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping.
Woman kidnapped after accepting ride home
An Orosi woman accepted a ride home from two men Sunday night from an establishment in Sultana but was taken to Parlier instead, according to the Tulare County Sheriff's Department.
Press Release: Strikeforce 'Melendez vs. Thomson' on June 27th
Lightweight Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wonder Nam Phan will attempt to hand knockout artist Billy Evangelista the first loss of his career during Strikeforce's "Melendez vs.
“Today, we're tasting mandarins that have been stored for seven weeks”
A new laboratory at the Kearney Research and Extension Center in Parlier is helping researchers mix science with people's senses -- especially taste -- to come up with fruit that shoppers are more likely to ... via Fresno Bee
Saturday for madres, Sunday for moms
“I'll buy her roses and give her hugs and kisses”
This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Friday May 09 2008. It was last updated at 15:45 on May 09 2008. via Guardian Unlimited
Homicide investigation in Parlier
Fresno county sheriff's deputies were called to a shooting in Parlier Thursday night. via KSEE-TV Fresno
California awaits sizable stone fruit crop
“We're forecasting the volume of the three crops will be 56.6 million cartons”
PARLIER, Calif. - Despite reports of weather damage to Washington, South Carolina and Georgia stone fruit crops, California grower-shippers will be able to fill all the gaps, according to the California Tree ... via Packer
“I'll always be the perpetual skeptic”
Life at Uncle Harry's restaurant Harry Horasanian, 73, never felt the need to travel. via Fresno Bee
Local: Hispanics to march as debate simmers
“We should not expect the march to solve our problem”
Valley Hispanics will march for immigrant rights today in downtown Fresno for the third year in a row. via Fresno Bee
Pair accused of stealing car, evading arrest in Dinuba
A high-speed chase in a stolen car ended in a crash in Dinuba on Saturday. According to the Dinuba Police Department, officers attempted to stop the car on the 900 block of North Euclid for speeding. via Tulare Advance-Register
County Fire Spreads Gift of Life
“We team up and hand out fire safety information and smoke detectors, if someone doesn't have one”
The Fresno County Fire Department received a huge donation that is already helping them save lives. via KMPH-TV Fresno
Local: Volunteers give big in Fresno Co. communities
Hundreds of volunteers inspired by "Oprah's Big Give" spent Saturday trying to make life safer for families in several Fresno County communities. via Fresno Bee
Recycling increases in Visalia
“Some of the cities are very proactive, like San Francisco and Visalia”
BY HILLARY S. MEEKS * hmeeks@visalia.gannett.com * April 19, 2008 Rhonda Ceballos is such an avid recycler, she sometimes grabs bottles and cans out of her friends' trash containers. via Tulare Advance-Register
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“Our research shows there is some confusion”
Too soft? Too firm? California peach farmers aim to get it right There's finally something you can do about biting into a bad peach. via ScrippsNews