Visalia

Man Shot; Deputy Wounded in Visalia Attack - KMPH-TV Fresno (CA)

NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | yesterday

By Clint Olivier & Laura Fabian - July 25, 2008 A small crowd gathers across the street from the home where police say a man attacked and wounded a Tulare County Sheriff's Deputy. Relatives identify that man as 50 year-old Melvin Nicks. "I was told that he refused to do what the police officer asked him to do," Maxine McCommick said. Investigators say two Tulare County Sheriff's Deputies

Standoff

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

A California League game between Modesto and Visalia was postponed Thursday night when a sheriff's deputy was stabbed during a nearby eviction that prompted a standoff.

Visalia to Put $68m into Sewage Treatment Plant

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

By Tim Sheehan, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Jul. 20--VISALIA -- It's easy to take modern plumbing for granted -- just flush the toilet and there goes the waste.

The Griddle: In other disturbing A ball action

Baseball Toaster (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

A California League game between Modesto and Visalia was postponed Thursday after a Tulare County sheriff's deputy was stabbed trying to serve an eviction notice at a home a block away from the Visalia Stadium.

Valley Commerce Bancorp Reports Earnings for Second Quarter 2008

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

VISALIA, Calif., July 22 -- Valley Commerce Bancorp (OTC Bulletin Board: VCBP), a bank holding company and the parent company of Valley Business Bank, today announced unaudited consolidated net income of $536,000 or

Cuff ‘Em: Minor League Game Halted After Standoff, Hal Mumme Has Personnel Issues & Kirk Ferentz Defends Himself

Busted Coverage (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

“Cuff ‘Em” is a daily look at who’s in trouble with the law. It’s our hope to limit this to 5 sports-related morons, but it can be modified at our discretion or if there is a sudden outbreak of superior stupidity. This is quite possibly a first in minor league baseball. A game in Visalia, California was postponed after police responded to a standoff with a nut case who stabbed a sheriff . It...

Regional Digest: Sacramento start for Amgen Tour

Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

For the first time, cyclists will cross the Golden Gate Bridge, during the third stage from Sausalito to Santa Cruz. The 2009 race includes eight new cities: Davis, Santa Cruz, Merced, Clovis, Visalia, Paso Robles, Rancho Bernardo and Escondido. The 2009 race will be expanded to cover more than 800 miles.

• City of San Jose, California: San Jose Announced as Host City for Expanded 2009 Amgen Tour of California - Market Wire

City of San Jose, California: San Jose Announced as Host City for Expanded 2009 Amgen Tour of California

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

... been selected for the 2009 race include eight new locales -- Davis, Santa Cruz, Merced, Clovis, Visalia, Paso Robles, Rancho Bernardo and Escondido -- that will join Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Sausalito, San Jose, Modesto, Solvang, Santa Clarita and Pasadena as host cities along the route. "San Jose is honored to host the Amgen Tour of California every year since its inception," said San Jose...

Experts warn California faces water catastrophe

Ag Alert (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

... chair Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Santa Fe Springs, and Reps. Jim Costa, D-Fresno; Devin Nunes, R-Visalia; and George Radanovich, R-Mariposa; that the state will end its water year Oct. 1 at 58 percent below normal precipitation, "but more disturbing is that we will end the year with the lowest water carryover in four decades." "The drought and water supply problems in California are severe...

Valley Commerce Bancorp Reports Earnings for Second Quarter 2008

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

VISALIA, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Valley Commerce Bancorp (OTC Bulletin Board: VCBP), a bank holding company and the parent company of Valley Business Bank, today announced unaudited consolidated net income of $536,000 or $.22 per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, compared to $671,000 or $.26 per diluted share for the same period of 2007, representing a 15% decrease...

Former regional boss says Centex stiffed him on bonus, fired him when he complained

Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

... in April.He was replaced by Mike Wyatt, head of Centex's Central Valley division, based in Visalia.The legal action offers an inside look at compensation practices of one of the nation's top publicly traded home builders. It also shows how those practices evolved to become less dependent on sales and earnings as the housing market began to slow.Centex ranked third for new home sales in the...

Tiny school's last class still gathers

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

... through 8 from the central and southern Kenton County communities of Ryland Heights, Taylor Mill, Visalia and Morning View in the early to mid-20th century, Miller said. In 1961, the school closed, and its students transferred to Kenton County Schools’ Ryland Heights Elementary.“The first year, we had 600 people. We have a little better than 200 people now. Some have died off, and a lot...

SF Authorities Help 3 More ILLEGAL Alien Drug Dealers Escape

One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

3 more juvenile migrant drug dealers escape Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Three more juvenile illegal immigrant drug dealers sent by San Francisco to group homes hundreds of miles from the city have escaped, prompting juvenile probation officials to try to bring back the only youth remaining at such a center. The two latest escapees left an undisclosed group home in Visalia...