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Traffic Stop Nets Gang Member And A Gun

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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Gang Member Arrested for Firearms Charges On Sunday, May 17, 2020, at approximately 10:30 PM, Coalinga Police Officers initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle for expired registration. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Coalinga resident, Gracie Pulido. Pulido was found to be unlicensed and was issued a citation for driving without a…

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All Coalinga Business: ESSENTIAL

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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Coalinga city council declared all of its businesses essential, which allows all of them to re-open and offer their services to the community. Some call it defiance, (of California’s Governor Newsom) while others see the move as looking toward survival for the community which already had many shuttered businesses prior to Covid-19 putting a greater…

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Commercial Vehicle Parking Within City Limits To Be Enforced Again

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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Since the 23rd of March, the City of Coalinga stopped enforcing RV / Trailer / Motorhome parking within the City Limits to assist with COVID-19 issues. With things beginning to open back up, the City will begin to enforce the Municipal Parking violations beginning July 1, 2020. This temporary stay does not allow commercial vehicles…

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Coalinga Press Partners With Fresno County DPH

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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Coalinga Press is excited to announce their new partnership with Fresno County Department of Public Health. This began when Mary Jones heard about a project in which volunteers were revitalizing masks on which the elastic bands had deteriorated to the point the masks were useless. “We have thousands of these masks,” said a representative who…

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East Valley Street Shooting

By: Mary Blyth Jones
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On Friday, May 8, 2020, at about 9:30 pm, Officers responded to the report a shooting in the 400 block of East Valley. Upon arriving, Officers contacted two juvenile victims who said they were walking home from a party when a dark colored sedan pulled up next to them with the windows rolled down. As…

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