Looking southward from its last remaining Texas habitat, the endangered ocelot faces a deadly gauntlet if it is to cross the Rio Grande and reach its ancestral tribemates. Decimated by … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos tagger was spray painting a wall, police say. Now he’s been sentenced
A 20-year-old Los Banos man was sentenced to jail time and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to several acts of vandalism, the Merced County District Attorney’s Office said … Click to Continue »
Read More »He was tagging a Los Banos wall. Now he’s charged with a felony
A 20-year-old Los Banos man has been accused of felony vandalism in relation to multiple incidents of graffiti or other damage, according to the Merced County District Attorney’s Office. Sebastian … Click to Continue »
Read More »2 dead after car crashes into cement wall in Atwater
Two people died in a two-car collision in Atwater Saturday afternoon. The crash occurred at about 2:23 p.m. at the intersection of Juniper Avenue and Valley Street, Atwater Police Sgt. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Pickup truck crashes into roadway wall on Highway 99 in Atwater
A Sacramento woman crashed her pickup truck into a sound wall along southbound Highway 99 after clipping a semi truck trailer while trying to change lanes so she could exit at Applegate Road in Atwater. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Pickup truck crashes into roadway wall on Highway 99 in Atwater
A woman from Sacramento crashed her Chevrolet pickup truck into a sound wall along southbound Highway 99 on Wednesday morning after she clipped the trailer of a semi-truck while changing … Click to Continue »
Read More »Wall Fire (Butte County)
Wall Fire Incident Information: Last Updated: July 09, 2017 9:00 am Date/Time Started: July 07, 2017 2:52 pm Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Butte County Fire County: Butte County Location: Chinese Wall Rd, 5 miles north of Bangor Acres Burned – Containment: 4,400 acres – 17% contained Structures Threatened: 750 Structures …
Read More »Pine Flat: Over Capacity But Not Over The Wall
Thanks to the rapidly melting snowpack, Pine Flat Reservoir on the Kings River east of Fresno is now expected to exceed 100% of its capacity. But water managers aren’t too worried. Due in part to the extreme heat, estimates of the snowmelt flowing into the Pine Flat Lake were off …
Read More »Mexican Breadwinners Fear Paying For Trump’s Border Wall
Fifty-year-old Teresa Gomez moved to the United States as a young woman with one goal: to support her aging mother in Mexico. For decades, Gomez has sent her mother a third of every paycheck. She organizes merchandise and attends customers at a Barrio Logan grocery store. Her mother has heart …
Read More »Los Banos Miano students build wall of kindness to combat bullying
Students at R.M. Miano Elementary School built a great wall of their own last week, one founded on kindess. The school marked last week as Kindness Week, which had students … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fire erupts inside wall of Visalia home due to faulty wiring
Faulty wiring is being blamed for a smoldering fire burning inside a house wall early Sunday in Visalia. Battalion Chief Darrin Hughes said firefighters were called out to a multifamily … Click to Continue »
Read More »Slow and steady: Czech climber’s free ascent of Dawn Wall sets record
Adam Ondra, a 23-year-old from the Czech Republic who is considered by some to be the world’s best climber, thought he might cruise up the Dawn Wall of El Capitan. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man steers girlfriend’s car into concrete wall, police say
A 41-year-old Merced man was arrested Thursday, accused of deliberately causing a car to crash into a concrete wall in Atwater while he was arguing with his girlfriend, Atwater police … Click to Continue »
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