Recently added articles from The Porterville Recorder (Porterville, CA):
Chammout sentencing delayed for one day: Case: Suspect faces up to 10 years in prison.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: KARA D. MACHADO Oct. 10--More than 15 family members were present during Tuesday's scheduled sentencing of Talal Ali "Ted" Chammout on federal weapons charges. However, the sentencing was continued, once again, until mid-morning Wednesday so that prosecutors ...
One victim in Friday night shooting dies.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: BY KARA D. MACHADO Oct. 10--Porterville police on Tuesday continued to investigate a weekend shooting that left one man dead. Two men were shot during the incident, which police believe is gang-related. Police were called out to Olive Avenue and G ...
Man arrested for domestic violence.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--A fight broke between a Tulare County Sheriff's deputy five men in a Terra Bella residence after a woman reported that she was assaulted by her boyfriend. The incident took place at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a information from the Tulare County Sheriff's ...
BRIEF: Stolen chain saw returned.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--During the last week of September at an unknown time, a chain saw was stolen from a Porterville residence and later recovered. According to a Tulare County Sheriff's Department news release, Gwen Pena reported the loss Monday, stating that a family member took the saw, ...
Skinhead released by police: Lodor: Man will not be charged with any crimes.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: SARAH ELIZABETH VILLICANA Oct. 10--Porterville's most vocal advocate of the white skinhead movement was not charged with any crimes in relation to skinhead fliers found outside David Horowitz Jewelers. Jeffrey David Lodor, 27, was arrested Thursday after ...
Supes throw out proposal for Allensworth buffer zone.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: SARAH ELIZABETH VILLICANA Oct. 10--The Tulare County Board of Supervisors agreed to toss out a proposed ordinance that would have prohibited development near Col. Allensworth State Historical Park. The board was to consider a 45-day moratorium on special-use ...
BRIEF: Porterville Optimist Club met Oct. 4.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--The Porterville Optimist club met from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 4 at Rosa's Restaurant. Julia Rose Padilla, a junior at Porterville High School, was selected to attend the State Hoby conference in Thousand Oaks. From that group, she was chosen to represent southern California at the ...
Obituaries.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--The Porterville Recorder, Calif., Obituaries Irene Chinti Wilkinson, a resident of Springville, passed away in Palo Alto on October 7, 2007. She was born in Sacramento, California on October 9, 1948. She was 58. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, October ...
BRIEF: Porterville Quilters Club meets Oct. 18.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--The Porterville Quilters monthly meeting will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 18 at the Santa Fe Depot, 280 N. Fourth St. The program will feature a trunk showing by Rob Appell of The Cotton Ball in Morrow Bay. Rob blends his love for the ocean with his work as a textile artist and designer to ...
BRIEF: Drug arrest made in Porterville.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Tulare County Sheriff's Department deputies, at 5 a.m. Friday, stopped a Porterville woman who appeared to be unstable in the area of Date Avenue and Success Drive. Deputies discovered that Margaret Strohbin of Porterville was allegedly under the influence of a ...
Pupils' work pays off with pizza party: Booklets: Sales effort nets $5,400 for Monte Vista.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: ALEX K.W. SCHULTZ Oct. 2--Twenty-five pupils from Monte Vista Elementary School received royal treatment last Wednesday morning for their philanthropic efforts to benefit the school. The youngsters were picked up in the school's parking lot shortly after 11 ...
Courthouse repaired, reopened: Fix: Fractured trusses receive temporary fix.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: BY KARA D. MACHADO Oct. 2--It was business as usual at the Porterville division of the Tulare County Superior Court on Monday, just a few days after the site was evacuated because of fractured trusses. Hal Cypert, Tulare County Resource Management Agency ...
Quick work by firefighters saves business: Fire: Body shop suffers about $500 in damage.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: BY KARA D. MACHADO Oct. 2--A local body shop escaped serious damage Monday when a fire started in foliage located behind the building. Had the fire consumed Milinich Body Works, located in the 600 block of North Sunnyside Street, it likely could have spread to ...
Police arrest four sex offenders: Weekend: Checks were made on 60 local offenders.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: BY KARA D. MACHADO Oct. 2--Four people were arrested over the weekend during a sex offender compliance check. In addition, two others are wanted for failure to be in compliance with sex-offender registration requirements, Porterville Police Department Sgt ....
Museum to hold annual yard sale: Event: Sale to have something for all ages.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: ESTHER AVILA Oct. 2--From electronics to sports equipment and from clothes, toys, and books to kitchenware and knick-knacks, the Porterville Historical Museum's fourth annual yard sale on Saturday is guaranteed to have something for all ages. For the past ...
Obituaries.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--The Porterville Recorder, Calif., Obituaries Patricia LaVerne Wood, a resident of Poplar for 25 years, passed away in Porterville on September 28, 2007. She was born in Canadian, Texas on November 30, 1945. She was 61. Visitation will be held at Myers Chapel ...
PC Foundation offers Evening Under the Sycamores: Treats: Jubilee featured food, wine-tasting.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: JEFF STOWE Oct. 1--A transformed quad lined with wine, cheese and food greeted guests Saturday night during the Porterville College Fall Jubilee. True to the night's theme, An Evening Under the Sycamores, cloth-covered tables set under towering trees filled ...
BRIEF: Concert series tickets on sale.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--The Big Fresno Fair is excited to announce that tickets for The Chukchansi Gold Concert Series in the Paul Paul Theater presented by Bud Light, Toyota and AT&T are now on sale. The Paul Paul Theater concerts starts Wednesday through Oct. 14 Now this year, the ...
BRIEF: Lindsay offers 'Our Town'.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--The Lindsay Commuity Theater presents "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder, directed by Rosie Regalado. Performances take place at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 4-6, 12 and 13 at the theater located at 190 N. Elmwood Ave. The box office opens at 7 p.m., and admission is $5. For ...
Public Lands Day event a success.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: JEFF STOWE Oct. 1--The Lake Success campground and recreation area got a face lift Saturday morning as more than 200 volunteers planted trees, installed new benches and applied fresh paint to various structures during this year's National Public Lands Day event. ...