Barbershops and Salons Allowed To Reopen

It’s time to make an appointment with the person who cuts your hair! Fresno County announced on May 26 that barbershops and salons have permission to reopen. A document has been provided to set rules and guidelines for those businesses to follow. As soon as local shops prove and affirm compliance to these requirements, they…

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Coalinga Press Partners With Fresno County DPH

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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Hospital Plans Dead

[Edit note: When American Advanced Management Group contracted to take over Coalinga Regional Medical Center, due to the facility’s bankruptcy, one of the first things they did was to file a new name: Coalinga Medical Center. They filed “Doing Business as” Coalinga Regional Medical Center to maintain the title of the hospital. This is why…

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Huron Requires Masks

At Monday’s Huron City Council meeting, the council approved Resolution 2020-2084 which requires all individuals in Huron to wear masks when in public. Fines for failing to do so range from none upon the first warning to $1,000 at the other end of the spectrum. Huron currently has 14 cases of Covid-19 in the community…

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Drugs and Patients’ Private Info Found During Search

Coalinga Police Department and the DEA Tactical Diversion Squad served a search warrant in the 600 block of W. Lucille Avenue. Coalinga Police Officers and DEA Agents served the search warrant and made entry into the residence at which time they began to search. During the search, officers located 22-year-old Coalinga resident, Chelsea Peralta and…

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