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Domestic Violence Standoff Leads To Arrest

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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On Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at about 3am, Officers were dispatched to the Save Mart parking lot to meet with a victim of alleged domestic violence. Upon arriving, officers contacted the victim, who related that her boyfriend, and father of her two children, had physically attacked her after arguing with her. The victim said that…

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Residential Burglary Suspect Arrested

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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On Sunday, June 21, 2020, at approximately 12:51 PM, Coalinga Police Officers responded to a residence in the 200 block of North Second Street on a report of a burglary that occurred sometime during the night. During the investigation, Officers determined that forced entry was made to the home and a large flat screen television…

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Coalinga’s New Fire Chief

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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Gregory (Greg) DuPuis Welcome the City of Coalinga’s New Fire Chief The City of Coalinga is excited to welcome our new Fire Chief, Gregory (Greg) W. DuPuis! Chief DuPuis comes to the City of Coalinga from the City of Sanger, which has a very similarly structured Fire Department. Chief DuPuis began his fire career at…

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CHUSD Weighs Future

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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[From Coalinga Press Front Page] Coalinga Huron Unified School District, like most California school districts, is planning for a strange new future. At last week’s CHUSD Board meeting, Superintendent Lori Villanueva introduced preliminary plans for the 2020-2021 school year. Villanueva explained the process she andstaff used with surveys among teachers, other staff, students and parents…

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Back To School?

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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Editorial and Observation by Mary Blyth Jones, Coalinga Press Back to School? Sure. But on whose terms? Unlike most years, now that summer is officially here, students are not dancing in the streets with celebration. No bells rang to signal the ending of a year’s worth of education. No parents jubilantly gathered their children from…

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