Archive for February 7th, 2010

Visalia crews will begin installing landscape curbs and irrigation pipe along the south side of Center Avenue between Bridge Street and Church Street today. Read comments »

A man suspected of throwing Molotov cocktails at two San Diego police stations, a school, a house and a truck has been arrested in Riverside County after a freeway chase. »

A man suspected of throwing Molotov cocktails at two San Diego police stations, a school, a house and a truck has been arrested in Riverside County after a freeway chase. »

The body of a homicide victim discovered Wednesday near Snelling has been identified as 28-year-old Jose Melendrez of Woodland, Merced County sheriff's investigators said. Read comments »

Residents evacuated from foothill communities deluged by weekend mudslides north of Los Angeles were allowed to return home Sunday as crews moved debris and started clearing catch basins in anticipation of more rain later in the week. »

A Jan. 1 electricity-rate increase by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. may not feel like much now. Read comments »

The number of workers cheated out of their wages has surged in the recession -- and now prosecutors and investigators are gearing up to go after unscrupulous employers. Read comments »

SACRAMENTO -- Community health clinics and rural hospitals in the Valley both struggle to attract doctors -- but they are on opposite sides of legislation that seeks to fix the problem. Read comments »

Fourteen Fresno County judges are up for re-election in June, but only one of them appears to have competition. Read comments »

This is Bulldog Country, or so the bumper stickers say. »

Some UC Merced researchers have been taking the slogan "Think globally, act locally" to heart. Read comments »

SACRAMENTO -- University of California regents, meeting Thursday in San Francisco, approved $3.1 million in performance-based payments for 38 executives at the system's five UC hospitals throughout the state. Read comments »

The body of a homicide victim discovered Wednesday near Snelling has been identified as 28-year-old Jose Melendrez of Woodland, Merced County Sheriff's investigators said today. »

The body of a homicide victim discovered Wednesday near Snelling has been identified as 28-year-old Jose Melendrez of Woodland, Merced County Sheriff's investigators said today. »

San Bruno police are warning residents about a series of daytime burglaries in the community. »