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Nurses on 48 hour strike in Fresno

Hundreds of nurses are on a 48 hour strike in Fresno. They walked off the job Tuesday morning from Kaiser Permanente, joining 18,000 Kaiser nurses statewide. All of them are members of the California Nurses Association, a union at odds with the hospital over contract issues. Kaiser says the strike isn’t …

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Veterans honored across the valley

Table Mountain Casino presented a check for $10,000 to the Veterans Memorial Museum. Seven hundred flags were placed at the gravesites of veterans at the Dinuba Cemetery.  In Clovis veterans helped their brothers in arms with a the annual breakfast fundraiser. The Hubbard Baro Golf Tournament took place at Fort …

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95th Annual Fresno Veteran's Parade

Veterans Day celebrations kicked off across the valley and as usual the Fresno Veteran’s Day Parade drew an incredible crowd. The 95th annual parade started at Tulare and P Street and stretched through downtown Fresno, ending at Chukchansi park. It’s the largest Veteran’s Day Parade on the west coast honoring …

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Chukchansi faction leader injured in jail

Tex McDonald, the leader of one faction of the Chukchansi tribe, has been injured in jail. According to his lawyer, McDonald was involved in some sort of fight at the jail. McDonald may have a broken jaw and has a large gash on his neck, but was not hospitalized. McDonald …

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Kaiser nurses strike continues

Nurses are on strike at various Kaiser hospitals in the state. “We got to think about the patients, and so that’s why we are out here. We’re out here for our patients,” said a nurse on the scene. The nurses are demanding better protection, more training and better staffing under …

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Police Impersonators Rob Two in Visalia

The search continues for two suspects who posed as police officers in Visalia.They robbed a pair of men early Sunday morning. It happened around 3:30 in the morning at County Center and Walnut. The victims were driving when they saw blue and red emergency lights behind them. They thought it …

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