Dr. Amerdeep Brar, CEO of Coalinga Medical Center (formerly known as Coalinga Regional medical Center), announced this morning that the facility will officially reopen on Thursday, December 3, 2020 and 10 AM. The California Department of Public Health contacted Brar Wednesday morning with the much anticipated approval for the facility to reopen. After its closure…
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Fresno County back To Purple
Fresno County, along with Kings and Merced, has been moved back to the more restrictive purple tier of Covid-19 danger. The move was largely a result of positivity rates and new cases in those counties. All but 17 counties of the 58 counties in California are assigned to the purple tier. The move was not…
Read MoreFresno Man Arrested With Loaded Gun
PRESS RELEASE Date : November 16, 2020For Immediate ReleaseContact Person : Darren Blevins, Chief of Police On November 16, 2020, at approximately 12:15 am Coalinga Police Officer’s Ybarra his K-9 partner Eli and Officer Cano, conducted a traffic stop, in the 200 block of E Elm Avenue. Officers stopped a 2019 black Ford Fusion for expired registration.…
Read MoreCar Chase leads to Arrest, Recovery of Stolen Gun
On October 22nd, 2020, just before midnight, Coalinga Police Officers attempted to stop a subject in a vehicle in the alleyway between Coolidge and Polk Street. The man was wanted due to an earlier report that the individual had been brandishing a weapon. The man, 26-year-old Coalinga resident Edgar Cervantes, failed to stop and led…
Read MoreFirearm Seized In Traffic Stop
On Saturday, October 17, 2020, around 4 PM, officers conducted a traffic stop in the Walgreens parking lot. Officers contacted 24-year old Jose Consepsion Pineda Velasques of Morgan Hill and 21-year old Nicholas Noel Juarez of Gilroy. Both were also found to have ties to the Norteno Criminal Street gang. During the traffic stop, a…
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