Yes, We have Covid-19 Here

Editorial by Mary Blyth JonesCoalinga Press Last week we presented a graph (below) provided by Fresno County Department of Public Health. We also discussed the ramifications of what the graph showed. Not wanting to cause panic, I reported the line provided by FCDPH: Four or fewer cases means that it could be anything from four…

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Huron Has 1 Case of “C-19”

What it Means For Coalinga An informational editorial by Mary Blyth Jones Anyone who has dealt with the Fresno County Department of Public Health knows that prying information from them is like trying to get … well, like trying to get a pack of toilet paper these days. But this evening, Huron Police Department released…

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K9 Eli Scores A Hit On Heroin

K9 Officer “ELI” Locates Heroin During A Vehicle Search On Monday March 30, 2020 at approximately 8:36 pm, Officer Ybarra and his partner K-9 Eli, responded to Keck Park on the report of a suspicious black Honda Accord parked in the parking lot. Officer Ybarra arrived onscene and located the vehicle. Ybarra contacted the male…

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Letter To Coalinga From Mayor Lander

CITY OF COALINGA The Sunny Side of the Valley April 6, 2020Letter Online as PDF.  Dear Community Members,  On Sunday, April 5, 2020, the City of Coalinga was provided with a screenshot of a Facebook post by Huron’s Mayor regarding a guest who attended a wedding in Huron on March 28, 2020 who has tested positive…

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Micro Burst Shreds Parts of Coalinga Roof

Shortly after 2:30 PM, on Saturday, April 4, Coalinga resident Raymond Garza who was sitting in the front yard of his home on South Coalinga Street noticed the wind shifting and becoming stronger. “Pollen was blowing like crazy and everything was blowing pretty hard.” As he watched, a mini-tornado swirled onto the home across the…

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