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Kings County (California)

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    Dec 8, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Kettleman City asks: Why so many birth defects?

    When environmental activists began a survey of birth defects in this small migrant farming town halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the results were alarming.
    When environmental activists began a survey of birth defects in this small migrant farming town halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the results were alarming. Approximately 20 babies were born here during the 14 months beginning in September...

    Tags: Environmental Pollution, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hazardous Materials, San Francisco

    2. Apr 1, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Grieving Kettleman City mothers tackle a toxic waste dump

    On a rainy afternoon in a cramped trailer, the five homemakers listened as state officials with clipboards asked personal questions: Did they or their husbands smoke, drink or take illicit drugs? Had they been exposed to pesticides or other toxic substances in the United States or Mexico? Do their families have histories of birth defects?
    On a rainy afternoon in a cramped trailer, the five homemakers listened as state officials with clipboards asked personal questions: Did they or their husbands smoke, drink or take illicit drugs? Had they been exposed to pesticides or other toxic...

    Tags: San Francisco, Health and Safety at Work, Photography, Waste Management Incorporated, Illnesses

    3. Feb 28, 2011 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  3. Man, 72, Killed in Meat-Grinder Accident

    HANFORD -- Inspectors are investigating an accident at a meat processing plant that resulted in the death of a 72-year-old worker.
    KTLA News
    HANFORD -- Inspectors are investigating an accident at a meat processing plant that resulted in the death of a 72-year-old worker. It happened early Monday at Central Valley Meat Co. in Kings County. The man, identified as 72 year old Leopoldo...

    Tags: KTLA, Employees, Health and Safety at Work, Accidental Death

    4. Jan 17, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  4. Path of high-speed rail worries California farmers

     FRESNO, Calif. — California’s ambitious plan for high-speed trains is drawing sharp criticism from San Joaquin Valley farmers who fear the project would carve their property into useless pieces, disrupt their work and drive down land values....

    Tags: Road Transportation, Fresno, Transportation, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Fresno County

    5. Jun 16, 2011 |Story| KTXL-LTV

  5. Phillip Garrido Transferred to Same Prison as Manson

    Phillip Garrido will serve his sentence in the same state prison as where Charles Manson is currently staying.
    FOX40 News
    Phillip Garrido will serve his sentence in the same state prison as where Charles Manson is currently staying. Phillip and Nancy Garrido reached plea agreements with prosecutors and earlier this month were sentenced for the kidnapping and assault of...

    Tags: Punishment, Mass Media, Phil Spector, Charles Manson, Prisons

    6. Jun 16, 2011 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  6. Phillip Garrido Transferred to Same Prison Unit as Charles Manson

    PLACERVILLE, Calif. (KTLA) -- Phillip and Nancy Garrido have started serving sentences in separate California prisons for their roles in the abduction and rape of Jaycee Dugard.
    KTLA News
    PLACERVILLE, Calif. (KTLA) -- Phillip and Nancy Garrido have started serving sentences in separate California prisons for their roles in the abduction and rape of Jaycee Dugard. The married couple held Dugard captive for 18 years. They pleaded guilty to...

    Tags: South Lake Tahoe (El Dorado, California), Kidnapping, Punishment, Juvenile Delinquency, Charles Manson

    7. Sep 24, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Construction to start on California's largest solar photovoltaic plant

    L.A. Times Tech Blog
    NRG Solar, owner of California’s largest operating photovoltaic power plant, is about to one-up itself with construction that starts this month on an even larger installation in the Central Valley. The 45-megawatt project, planned for Kings County, will...
    8. Sep 24, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  8. California's largest solar photovoltaic plant to start construction

    Greenspace
    Southern California has gotten the bulk of the solar industry’s attention lately as a group of solar thermal projects weave their way through state regulatory agencies. But photovoltaic activity is about to kick up farther north as a project set......
    9. Nov 30, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  9. EPA fines Kettleman City waste dump over PCB contamination

    Greenspace
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday levied a $300,000 fine against a toxic waste dump near a Central California farming community plagued by birth defects for failing to properly manage carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs....
    10. Feb 2, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Disputed power plant for San Joaquin Valley clears hurdle

    Greenspace
    Should all new power plants install the "best available technology" to control pollution? Not necessarily, the Obama administration said on Tuesday, reversing a long-held policy. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, battling an industry lawsuit, told...
    11. Aug 31, 2010 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  11. Man Accused of Torturing Girlfriend Over Facebook Post

    HANFORD, Calif. -- A man jealous over a message on his girlfriend's Facebook page tortured and imprisoned her for four days while their children were in the house.
    KTLA News
    HANFORD, Calif. -- A man jealous over a message on his girlfriend's Facebook page tortured and imprisoned her for four days while their children were in the house. Kings County sheriff's deputies arrested 36-year-old Anthony Lozano at his Hanford home...

    Tags: Physical Conditions, KTLA, Facebook, Abusive Behavior, Hair and Nails

    12. Jan 27, 2010 |Story| KTXL-LTV

  12. EPA Investigating Rash of Birth Defects in California Town

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will investigate a cluster of birth defects in a central California town near the largest toxic-waste dump in the West.
    LATimes.com
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will investigate a cluster of birth defects in a central California town near the largest toxic-waste dump in the West. Jared Blumenfeld of the EPA says Kettleman City is vulnerable because of the dump and...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Authority, Los Angeles Times