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21-year-old held in bizarre kidnapping
... the woman forced the gear shift into park and the truck came to a stop in the center median on I-5 south of Kettleman City. The woman escaped and waved down a woman driving northbound, who picked up the victim and sped away. A sheriff's deputy later ... Comment?
Kettleman City asks: Why so many birth defects?
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Reporting from Kettleman City, Calif. - When environmental activists began a survey of birth defects in this small migrant farming town halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the results were alarming. Comment?
Landfill Growth Meeting in Hanford
The public is welcome at a meeting in Hanford on Monday where the Kings County Board of Supervisors will discuss the controversial Waste Management permit.Waste Management wants to double the size of its landfill near Kettleman City. Comment?
Infant deaths, cleft palates raise concern about toxic landfill in San Joaquin Valley
A mystery has settled on Kettleman City, a small San Joaquin Valley migrant farming community off Interstate 5 that's halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Comment?
What's hurting babies in Kettleman City?
... Untangling one factor from another to find a cause can be nearly impossible, they say. The debate in Kettleman City has taken on fresh urgency as a hearing approaches on whether to allow an expansion of the Waste Management landfill three miles ... Comment?
Kettleman City parents want inquiry into birth defects
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... Rodriguez, pictured with his father, Ivan Rodriguez, was born in 2008 with a cleft palate. Street names in Kettleman City pay tribute to the influence of the oil industry surrounding it, but basic needs such as sidewalks have gone unmet. Magdalena ... Comment?
Local: Kettleman City parents want inquiry into birth defects
... Rodriguez, pictured with his father, Ivan Rodriguez, was born in 2008 with a cleft palate. Street names in Kettleman City pay tribute to the influence of the oil industry surrounding it, but basic needs such as sidewalks have gone unmet. Magdalena ... Comment?
Minn. man allegedly assaults worker with backhoe
... booked into Fresno County Jail on suspicion of assault and robbery. The victim's condition was not available. Kettleman City man charged in child assaults Kettleman City man charged in child assaults A Kettleman City man was arrested Sunday and ... Comment?
The landfill in Kettleman City will double in size. In a unanimous vote last night, the Kings County Planning Commission decided to give Waste Management the green light to expand. Comment?
Kings County Planning Commission Approves Landfill Expansion
Kings County Planning Commissioners have approved the expansion of a hazardous waste landfill near Kettleman City. Comment?
Kings County toxic waste dump gets OK to expand
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. Comment?
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, ... Comment?
Kings Co. planners approve landfill expansion
... address most, if not all, of the concerns about the proposed expansion of the Waste Management landfill near Kettleman City that were raised by opponents during a five-hour public hearing Monday night. About 500 people attended Monday's emotionally ... Comment?
Updates: Kings Co. panel OKs landfill expansion
... address most, if not all, of the concerns about the proposed expansion of the Waste Management landfill near Kettleman City that were raised by opponents during a five-hour public hearing Monday night. About 500 people attended Monday's emotionally ... Comment?
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. Comment?
Local: Kings Co. staff will study waste landfill
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. Comment?
Public Hearing Gets Heated Over Hazardous Waste Site
Waste Management bussed in employees from Tulare and Lemoore but some wonder what they know about the environmental impact report and the affect the facility has on Kettleman City.While Waste Management had the money to bus in workers, creating a sea of support, families who live in Kettleman City relied on passion to voice their concerns.While the ... Comment?
Kings County Landfill Expansion Project Draws Controversy
Public outcry, over a proposed expansion of a hazardous landfill just outside Kettleman City, residents and environmentalists claim chemicals from the site may be a cause of recent birth defects and deaths. Comment?
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. Comment?
Editor's Note: This is the third of a three-part series about Kettleman City's environmental justice movement. Comment?