More than six percent of Californians have now contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began, but in one San Joaquin Valley county, the case rate is almost twice as high. According to county and state data, 18,110 people in Kings County have contracted COVID-19 since March , a total that’s equivalent …
Read More »Fresno ICU Nurse Reflects On Nine Months Of Treating COVID Patients
Amy Arlund, a registered nurse who works in the ICU at Kaiser Fresno Medical Center, spoke with Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock in May about the loss of one of her colleagues to COVID-19. With ICU capacities in the Valley now at the breaking point, Schock checked back in with …
Read More »Californians Have Passed Nine Water Bonds In A Row, So Why Not Proposition 3?
This year’s ballot included a lot of bonds, but one of the most expensive ones had to do with water. Proposition 3 would have authorized nearly $ 9 billion for water projects. Early ballot counts showed it passing in Fresno County, but failing across the rest of the state. Sacramento …
Read More »Nine nabbed in Merced human trafficking sting, police say
A joint effort in Merced nabbed two alleged human traffickers and seven alleged johns in a recent prostitution sting, according to police. Two Merced police units, the Disruptive Area Response … Click to Continue »
Read More »Her son’s murder nine years ago remains unsolved. This is what she’s doing about it.
Pete Duarte kept looking up as he read the accomplishments of Michael Riley Saturday, evoking memories of his good friend who was gunned down in 2008. “He taught me a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Her son’s murder nine years ago remains unsolved. This is what she’s doing about it.
Pete Duarte kept looking up as he read the accomplishments of Michael Riley Saturday, evoking memories of his good friend who was gunned down in 2008. “He taught me a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater man stabbed with screwdriver nine times, police say
A family argument ended late Friday when one man stabbed another with a screwdriver nine times, the Atwater Police Department reported. However, none of the injuries appeared to be lift … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dos Palos gang member sentenced to nine years in homicide case
Defendant Sysco L. Lopez may have been defending himself Luis David Leon, 17, was shot and killed Feb. 15, 2015, in Dos Palos Witnesses refused to cooperate with investigators, authorities say … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced tallies nine straight months of new manufacturing jobs
March unemployment rate fell 1 percent compared with March 2015 Manufacturing and government sectors added 2,100 total jobs County jobless rate still more than double the state average … Click to Continue »
Read More »Nine Families in Goshen Get the Keys to the New Homes They Built
Nine families in Goshen received the keys to their new homes on Friday – the houses they built themselves from the bottom up. The homes were built through the Visalia non-profit organization Self-Help Enterprises. The families constructed the houses as a down payment, and now all they have to …
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