Traver News

Local fire and law enforcement were kept busy patrolling for illegal fireworks over the holiday weekend, but officials reported fewer citations and fewer fireworks confiscations than in years past.

A Tulare County judge on Thursday sentenced a gang member from Traver to death -- for the slaying of another man in 2005.

A 22-year-old Traver man was sentenced to death today in connection with a gang-related drive-by murder of a farmworker.

Navdeep Nagra can't understand why her brother was fatally shot Saturday during an armed robbery at the convenience store south of Kingsburg where he worked.

Family members are mourning the loss of the South Valley man gunned down at his convenience store.

A Visalia man gunned down at his family's convenience store near Kingsburg on Saturday was engaged to be married in India later this year.

Tulare County Sheriff's Department deputies are investigating an incident in which a man claims he was attacked by an assailant armed with a hammer Friday afternoon.

HOLLISTER The California Air Resources Board this month fined Britz-Simplot Grower Solutions $16,500 for diesel-truck emission violations - including at a facility in Hollister - throughout its regional operations, according to a statement from the agency.

Portions of Highway 99 in Tulare County and Highway 198 in Kings County will be closed for construction part of the coming week, the California Department of Transportation reports.

Peace Center potluck set The South Valley Peace Center will hold a potluck and magic show with Uncle Bill and the Invisible Imp at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at The Quaker Meetinghouse, 17206 Avenue 296, Visalia.

Tulare County Sheriff's Department deputies and detectives are investigating the reported armed theft of a pickup truck just after 12:30 p.m. Friday near Traver, deputies reported.

Major changes at Ito Packing Co. Inc., Reedley, Calif., may be in the offing, possibly including a significant drop in the company's fruit volumes.

Two days of gang sweeps in Cutler, Orosi, Visalia, Goshen, New London and Traver led to 16 arrests over the New Year's holiday, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department reported today.

Samuel 'Sammy' Rivera was 18 when he shot at a van full of farm laborers four years ago near Traver, killing one of them.

A jury Tuesday will begin hearing arguments on whether Samuel 'Sammy' Rivera should be sentenced to death for shooting at a van full of farm workers more than four years ago, killing an occupant.

TRAVER - Celeste Argueta, 10, of Visalia had chosen her priorities at Saturday's festive Toys for Tots reception at Bravo Farms.