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- The Shield: Locking the Barn Door
Television Elissa Bass loves all things television. Stay tuned to her blog and catch her daily TV column in The Day to find out what's in reruns, what's new, and what reality show will save us all.
- For Good or bad the Shield broke the mold and changed the rules
Tonight is the third to the final episodes of the hit TV Cop drama on FX called the Shield.
- The McHenrys and their mansion
By the time Robert McHenry purchased 2,640 acres of land along the Stanislaus River in 1852, he already had led an exciting, full life.
- Vigil for Escalon man
Family and friends have scheduled a candlelight vigil tonight in Escalon for 21-year-old Joseph Anthony Pinasco, who authorities say was shot and killed by two California Highway Patrol officers when he ...
- We had joy, we had fun
Stockton's air filled with smoke from hundreds of wildfires. "It's like walking into a smoke-filled casino," an asthma specialist said, "except you're home." A Tokay High freshman, Daniel Kemether, 15, was ...
- Arrest made in drive-by shooting death
An 18-year-old man was booked into San Joaquin County Jail early this morning in connection with the drive-by shooting death of another teen.
- Teen killed in drive-by shooting
A 17-year-old boy died Saturday after he was shot in an apparent drive-by in the parking lot of an apartment complex in southeast Stockton.
- The high price of gas has teenagers thinking twice about driving
McClatchy-Tribune July 29, 2008 By Sasha Riddle - Most teens probably didn't picture themselves spending their summers holding multiple jobs, sacrificing vacations, and choosing to stay at home instead of going ...
- Worker's death costs Merced Farm Labor $263K; biggest farming fine ever
The company that hired a pregnant teen who died of heat stroke this spring after working in a San Joaquin County vineyard was hit Wednesday with the highest fine ever issued to a California farming operation.
- 110 degrees to test safety on the farm
The extreme heat will provide yet another test of measures aimed at protecting farmworkers and livestock.
- Labor union seeks Trader Joe's assistance
United Farm Workers last week launched a campaign asking food retailer Trader Joe's to toughen its vendor policies.
- Lawsuit: Company officials left dead worker's body propped against tree in nearby orchard
The sudden death of immigrant worker Pedro Servin amid a blistering Central Valley heat wave two years ago may have attracted little attention under different circumstances.
- Uncle of girl who died from heatstroke is fired
The uncle of Maria Jimenez, the teenager who died May 16 of heatstroke while pruning a vineyard near Farmington, was fired Wednesday by the contractor who replaced Merced Farm Labor.
- Coroner: Heat stroke killed laborer
Seventeen-year-old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez died May 16 of a work-related heat stroke, the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office confirmed this week.
- Teen farm worker who died should not have been here
It is unfortunate that a young person has died as Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez did, but doesn't anyone realize that she was here and working illegally, and pregnant, and seven months down the road, she would ...
- Farm workers hope bill, unity will harvest change
Farm labor advocates Wednesday called on state legislators to amend a bill that would make it easier for farm workers to unionize, using a prayer vigil for Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez as a vehicle for change.
- Heat is on Farmers
The weather has cooled in the three weeks since the death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, a teenage farmworker overcome by heat in a vineyard near Farmington.
- Maria Isabel's Farewell
Vida En El Valle , News Report, Jennie Rodriguez, Posted: Jun 05, 2008 Editor's Note: A service was held this week for 17-year-old farm worker Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, whose death was the first ...
- News & Notes
Commuters and others headed for Sacramento will be greeted this morning by a massive highway construction project along a one-mile stretch of Interstate 5 in the heart of the capital city.
Farmington Classifieds
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City DescriptionFarmington is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 262 at the 2000 census.
Farmington is located at 37°55′47″N 120°59′58″W / 37.92972, -120.99944 (37.929625, -120.999574). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km²), all of it land. The town has a school, firehouse, bar, general store, and post office. Barren, low hills lie to the immediate east of the town, and farther east are the Sierra Nevada mountains. Little Johnny Creek flows along the southern border of Farmington, paralleling Highway 4 for a short distance.
As of the census of 2000, there were 262 people, 84 households, and 67 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 103.1 people per square mile (39.8/km²). There were 95 housing units at an average density of 37.4/sq mi (14.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 72.90% White, 1.53% Asian, 15.65% from [Golfers], and 9.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.34% of the population.
There were 84 households out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.1% were married couples living ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- San Joaquin County
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