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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 07:37 am

Kings County News

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11 hrs ago | Sentinel Plus

Veterans Corner: Benefits before discharge date program

The Department of Veterans Affairs has established a new program at Naval Air Station Lemoore for all separating military personnel that will assist them in receiving VA disability benefits much faster.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US Military Prisons, Naval Air Station Lemoore, Lemoore, CA, Opinion

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Redwood City Daily News

Peninsula high in human development

San Carlos bills itself as the "City of Good Living," but a new national study shows that its neighbors up and down the Peninsula could well make the same claim.

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Related Topix: San Carlos, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Columbia University, Santa Clara County, CA, University of California System, UC Davis

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Sentinel Plus

Corcoran man, 27, facing sex charges after girl, 15, gives birth

A late June childbirth led to the arrest of a Corcoran man on Friday afternoon when it was revealed that he was carrying on a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Tulare Advance-Register

Parents held in Avenal case

The parents of two of the boys arrested in connection with the destruction of a Kings County school were themselves arrested Tuesday on suspicion of destroying evidence and aiding and abetting their sons.

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Related Topix: Avenal, CA, Computers

Tue Jul 15, 2008

KMPH-TV Fresno

Fair Economics in Kings County

David Uzzel, the owner of a fresh lemonade stand, said even with the economic slump he knew he'd be busy at the Kings County fair.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Suspect Soldiers: Is there a link between postwar stress and crime?

Catherine Casey, right, a police investigator with the Minneapolis Police Department, is shown with daughter Deanna, who was killed by a drunken driver, a former Marine with a criminal record who served in ...

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Related Topix: Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Life, Veteran Affairs

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Tulare Advance-Register

Arson blamed for $750,000 clubhouse fire

A fire that destroyed the clubhouse at the Kings County Country Club near Laton Monday night appears to have been started by an arsonist.

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Related Topix: Laton, CA

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Fresno Bee

Updates: Cause of country club fire still not known

Investigators have yet to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed the Kings Country Club near Laton, Kings County Fire Chief Jim Kilner said this morning.

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Related Topix: Laton, CA

Fri Jul 11, 2008

ABC30.com

Enlisted Man & Wife Accused of Murder

In the south Valley, a Navy enlisted man and his wife face murder charges in the death of the man's four year old daughter.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Lemoore, CA

Thu Jul 10, 2008

KMPH-TV Fresno

Lemoore Sailor and Wife Charged With Murder

A Lemoore sailor and his wife have been charged with the murder of his young daughter.

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Related Topix: Lemoore, CA

Wed Jul 09, 2008

FireFightingNews.com

$29 Million Awarded In Fatal Kings County Apartment Fire

In one of the largest wrongful death judgments in Kings County history, relatives of a young couple and three children who died in a devastating apartment fire won $29 million Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Hanford, CA, Lemoore, CA

KMPH-TV Fresno

Fire Breaks Out At South Valley Country Club

Kings County Fire Officials are looking into what caused an overnight fire to break out at the Kings County Country Club.

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Tue Jul 08, 2008

The KCRA Channel

Cattle Slaughtered To Curb Bovine TB

More than 1,000 cattle at risk of contracting bovine tuberculosis are being slaughtered in Fresno County, where the contagious lung disease has been found at three dairies.

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Related Topix: Fresno County, CA, Agriculture, Science, Tulare County, CA

Fresno Bee

Updates: Fire destroys Kings Country Club

The Kings Country Club, which was under renovation, was destroyed by fire Monday night, fire officials said this morning.

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Mon Jul 07, 2008

San Francisco Examiner

Three boys arrested in trashing of Avenal school

Three boys are in custody on suspicion of setting fire to an elementary school in Avenal and destroying about $250,000 worth of property.

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Related Topix: Avenal, CA, Sports

KMPH-TV Fresno

Valley Firefighters Aid in Santa Barbara Blaze

Fire officials are responding to a fire in Santa Barbara County and valley firefighters aren't sitting this one out.

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Related Topix: Santa Barbara Metro, Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Goleta, CA, Fresno Metro

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Tulare Advance-Register

for Newcomers

Here's a look at some of the July traditions in Tulare. The Kiwanis Club leads the community fireworks show on the evening of July 3 at the Tulare County Fairgrounds.

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Related Topix: Visalia Metro, Tulare, CA, Tulare County, CA, August, CA

Thu Jul 03, 2008

My Mother Lode

Some psych patients wait days in hospital ERs

When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Porterville Recorder

Smoke from fires taints Tulare County air

Shift: Air deemed unhealthy earlier today due to fine particle pollution. June 29, 2008 - 1:24PM By GLEN FAISON Smoke from California's hundreds of wildfires is continuing to affect the Valley's air quality.

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Related Topix: Tulare County, CA, San Joaquin County, CA, San Joaquin, CA, Merced, CA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Visalia Times-Delta

Cooling unit may have sparked fire near Tulare

A mechanical malfunction inside a cooling unit is being blamed for starting a fire that destroyed a home and damaged another west of Tulare on Monday afternoon, county fire officials said.

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Related Topix: Tulare, CA, Tulare County, CA

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