Place: San Joaquin Valley

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columnists

Victoria White: The truth hurts but lungs filled with smoke hurts much more

Wood and turf smoke is just as bad for human health as coal smoke.

world

Former police officer accused of being serial killer charged

fashion and beauty

Rick Owens may be the designer of our time

world

Five killed in California as pole slices bus in half

world

Quirky World: Didier Deschamps says Marseille pitch a highway to hell

Seed-scattering Jesuit left an enduring legacy on island

QUIRKY WORLD... Banksy art vandalised after just two weeks

BANKSY ART HIT BY CRUDE VANDALISM

Tue, 14 Oct, 2014

US drought will see thousands of jobs lost and cost farmers €1.2bn

California’s drought will cause thousands of workers to lose their jobs and cost farmers in the state’s Central Valley breadbasket $1.7bn (€1.2bn), researchers said in the first economic study of what may be the state’s driest year on record.

Wed, 21 May, 2014

Gun suspect teen charged as adult in the US

A 16-year-old pupil teased by his California classmates for his red hair, social awkwardness and bookish appearance was charged as an adult for allegedly wounding a classmate with a shotgun and trying to target another.

Tue, 15 Jan, 2013

Suspect a fellow student in Californian school shooting

One student has been injured in a shooting at a rural high school in California today and another has been taken into custody, US officials said.

Thu, 10 Jan, 2013

Gunman seized after bank standoff

Ending a 10-hour standoff, SWAT teams stormed a US bank today and seized a man who had taken eight hostages with what turned out to be a pellet gun.

Thu, 26 Jan, 2006

Shell to close refinery in California

Shell/Royal Dutch Group said it will close its Bakersfield refinery in California in October next year due to the fall in the heavy crude supply at its main source in San Joaquin Valley.

Fri, 14 Nov, 2003