ACCURATE & RELEVANT LOCAL NEWS
A high speed chase following the shooting of a Merced County Sheriff’s Sergeant ended near Jayne and I-5. The chase involved multiple agencies on the ground and in the air. Two dozen vehicles were involved and speeds reached 100 miles per hour. The person arrested was 51-year-old Guadalupe Lopez Herrera. Herrera has been identified as…
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A ten year-old girl,(Name removed), was struck Tuesday afternoon at 4:07 PM as she and her older sister crossed Elm Street at the four-way stop at Fifth Street. The adult sister of the victim was holding hands with her as the two crossed the street from the Hong Kong Restaurant towards the corner where Dr.…
Read MoreHighway Patrol officers are still investigating a crash that killed Stephen Joseph “Joe” Silva who was walking a pedestrian in Fresno County, just east of Coalinga. It happened just before 9 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 33 near Lost Hills Road, just east of Merced Avenue. According to the CHP, the Silva was apparently walking in…
Read MoreFor the past year, commercial vehicles have been parking wherever they can find a place to park, from the old K-Mart parking lot to the fields north of Phelps Avenue and even in residential districts. There is a City Ordinance regarding commercial parking within the city limits. I want to inform the community and all commercial vehicle owners…
Read MoreDate: August 14, 2019 Prepared By/Contact Person: (I)Lieutenant Sean Young The Coalinga Police Department, with the assistance of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Crisis Response Team, executed a search warrant in the City of Avenal yesterday on a known narcotics dealer. The Avenal resident, Juan Carlos Alonzo, was known to have been supplying narcotics to numerous…
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