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  • Woman arrested after late-night nectarine heist

    06/03/2026 6:28:31 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 24 replies
    KMPH ^ | 6/2/2026 | James Mora
    FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) — A woman was arrested after an investigation near an orchard revealed stolen fruit and drug paraphernalia on Tuesday, deputies say. A Fresno County Deputy was on patrol in the area between Kingsburg and Parlier, noticed a car pulling out of a nectarine orchard near the intersection of Zediker and Rose avenues around 2 a.m. The deputy stopped the car and contacted the driver, 40-year-old Zulema Garcia Cruz. Garcia Cruz was arrested for having outstanding warrants for drug possession and petty theft. During a further search of the orchard, the deputy found a pickup truck with...
  • More California BS regulations.

    01/28/2025 8:40:56 PM PST · by Kevin in California · 47 replies
    01/28/2025 | Me
    So I moved from the liberal infested bay area California 4 months ago and out into a semi rural (Trump country) area of California. I bought a big home with 1.5 acres. I need some fruit and shade trees so I went to website that sells fast growing trees and when I tried adding cherry trees, peach trees, and apricot trees to my shopping cart, a message pops up saying they're unable to ship to California due to agricultural restrictions. This is such BS.
  • Diligence

    09/06/2010 4:51:37 PM PDT · by pickrell · 8 replies
    05 September 2010 | Ron Pickrell
    "You still have enough time to change your mind and make things right between you and Him," the priest intoned. "Are you certain you wish to waste this last chance at salvation, Jerry?" "It's long past having gone too far for that, Father," the younger man sighed. "I did what I did, and if I escaped, I'd do it all over again." He faced the two guards at the cell door, and squared his shoulders for the long walk. Given the lifestyle he had chosen, it had to come to this eventually. Funny, but the thing that caught his mind...