Saturday Night Stabbing

Frank Porraz, a Norwalk resident, was stabbed on the 100 block of Ivy on Saturday September 21, at approximately 8:15 PM. Coalinga Police Officers responded to the report of the stabbing and found 48-year-old Porraz in a chair with a three centimeter stab wound to his left abdomen. This translates to just over an inch…

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A Message To The Residents of Coalinga

We at American Advanced Management Group (Coalinga Medical Center) have seen the comments and heard statements made regarding the status of Coalinga Regional Medical Center. These comments at first were disheartening to hear and see, while our team is putting in countless of hours and extreme effort to get this facility back to serving the…

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Hospital Experiences Growing Pains

AAMG Response: Dear Coalinga Residents… By Mary Blyth Jones Coalinga Press   Coalinga’s Hospital continues to move toward re-opening. A promising preview was presented at the CRMC August Board meeting, however there have been a few milestone items which still needed attention. A hearing had been scheduled with the bankruptcy court on September 12 to…

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Shots Bring on High Speed Chase

Just after 12:30 AM Thursday, September 12,the Coalinga Police Department answered a report of shots fired in the area Keck Park and S. Princeton Street. A resident had phoned in the report. It took only 11 seconds for the first officer to arrive at the scene after being notified by dispatch. As he arrived, the…

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Girl Struck By SUV

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.…

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