Rural Kings County has seen a large spike in COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks. The majority of those cases can be traced back to the Central Valley Meat Company in Hanford. As of Wednesday, Kings County reported 211 cases of the coronavirus; 138 of them are connected to …
Read More »New Residential Facility To Address Gaps In Fresno’s Mental Health Treatment
Mental health care is a constant need here in the San Joaquin Valley, especially for those who can’t afford to go elsewhere—and for those whose symptoms are tough enough to require some treatment but not hospitalization. Last week, Fresno County opened a new crisis residential facility to house those who …
Read More »To Sort Up To 35 Tons Of Recyclables A Day, This Bakersfield Facility Relies On A Unique Labor Force
On the campus of the Bakersfield ARC, employees can work in a number of places, but one of the noisiest is the material recovery facility. It’s where about half of the city’s recycling is sorted by material. “On a daily average, we do anywhere from 28 to 35 tons a …
Read More »How did this 88-year-old Merced woman disappear – again – from her care facility?
New questions emerged Friday as the search continued for an 88-year-old Merced woman who apparently walked away from her senior-care facility a day earlier. Beverly Flores was reported missing at … Click to Continue »
Read More »$31 million mental health facility now open in Merced
Abandoned since 2010, the crumbling former Merced County Hospital is now the Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Center following a grand opening Friday, April 20, 2018. The director talked about what that means. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fresno City Council Approves Incentive Deal For Gap Inc. E-Commerce Facility
The Fresno City Council has approved a tax incentive deal with retailer Gap Inc. that would move the company’s e-commerce fulfilment center to Fresno. City officials say the deal could result in as many as 500 new jobs. The thirty year deal rebates the company $ 15,000 for every full-time …
Read More »New Developments In KVPR’s Investigation Of Downtown Fresno ICE Facility
Last week we brought you an investigative story about a secretive building in downtown Fresno that’s being used to process individuals coming into custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE . There’s no sign on the building, its address is not listed on the agency’s website, and immigration attorneys …
Read More »ICE Responds To KVPR Investigative Report On Fresno Facility
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is responding today to Valley Public Radio’s reporting about the agency’s presence and practices at a facility in downtown Fresno. In that report, we described an unmarked, under-the-radar Fresno facility that processes and detains individuals coming into ICE custody . We also reported …
Read More »Bakersfield Hospital Welcomes Patients From Ventura Facility Destroyed By Blaze
The fire that flared up overnight in Ventura County has scorched 50,000 acres so far and burned at least 150 structures. Among those destroyed were buildings at a psychiatric hospital, which is now sending some of its patients to the San Joaquin Valley. Photos from the Thomas Fire on Tuesday …
Read More »Machinery at Delhi Foster Farms facility catches fire
A small fire erupted at the Foster Farms facility in Delhi before noon on Sunday, Merced County-CalFire officials reported. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Storage facility in Winton catches fire
A storage facility in Winton caught fire on Wednesday Aug. 23, 2017, Merced County Fire officials reported. Seven out of the 44 storage units at Town and Country Mini-Storage on Winton Way were damaged by the fire. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »Storage facility in Winton catches fire
A storage facility in Winton caught on fire Wednesday afternoon resulting in hundreds of dollars of damages, CalFire-Merced County officials reported. Firefighters were called at 3:36 p.m. to Town and … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘No plans’ to evacuate Mariposa jail as Detwiler Fire moves away from facility
There was “no need” to evacuate the Mariposa County Detention Facility on Thursday, officials said, as the Detwiler Fire swelled to one of the largest wildfires burning in California, despite … Click to Continue »
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