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Ruiz Foods embezzler pleads guilty

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Published on 05/18/2012 - 1:56 pm
Written by Business Journal Staff

A former Ruiz Foods employee has pleaded guilty to embezzling about $448,366 from the Dinuba company.A Turlock man pleaded guilty Tuesday to six counts of embezzling from Ruiz Foods of Dinuba where he used to work.

Brad Boling

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Published on 05/18/2012 - 1:52 pm
Written by Business Journal Staff

Brad Boling

President

Boling Associates Advertising • NewMedia • Fine Arts

Education:
A 1968 Fresno High grad, I went to the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles where I earned my Bachelor’s Degree with Honors in Industrial Design and Graphic Design.

What employers need to know about insurance, health care law

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Published on 05/18/2012 - 1:28 pm
Written by Michael Kincheloe

The health care reform act signed by President Obama in March 2010 will require nearly every U.S. citizen and legal resident to have affordable health coverage by 2014.

Kaweah Delta launching new medical residency program

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Published on 05/18/2012 - 1:26 pm
Written by Charles McCarthy

Kaweah Delta Medical Center is joining forces with UC Irvine for a new medical residency program that will bring medical school graduates to the Tulare-Visalia area starting next year.A Kaweah Delta Medical Center residency program beginning next year for University of California, Irvine medical school graduates is expected to attract new physicians who might later open permanent practices for Tulare-Visalia area patients.

Fresno businessman resurrects b-ball team

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Published on 05/18/2012 - 1:23 pm
Written by Clay Moffitt

The American Basketball Association will once again have a franchise in Fresno, when the Fresno Flight take the court for the 2012-13 season.

Site work underway for Kerman Walmart

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Published on 05/18/2012 - 1:20 pm
Written by Ben Keller

Kerman, with a population of about 13,500 people, is expected to reap $500,000 annually in tax revenue from a new Walmart store to be complete in a year.The landscape is changing rapidly in the small Fresno County community of Kerman where street improvement and site work is underway in preparation for a new Walmart store set to open next year.

Employers pull back on continuing education

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Published on 05/18/2012 - 1:18 pm
Written by Clay Moffitt

To maintain professional credibility, many employees have to pursue pricey certificate renewal programs. However, like the rest of the country, many local employers are telling employees they are on their own for those expenses.

Kingsburg plant closure end of ‘peachy’ era

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Published on 05/18/2012 - 1:15 pm
Written by Chuck Harvey

Del Monte’s closure of its Kingsburg cannery will result in the loss of 70 full-time and 1,100 seasonal workers.The planned closing of Del Monte’s Kingsburg peach-processing plant accentuates the demise of an era in which cling peach production and canning dominated the local economy.

The Business Journal wins first place award

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Published on 05/11/2012 - 2:50 pm
Written by Business Journal Staff

The Business Journal has earned a first-place award in the California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest.The Business Journal has earned a first-place award in the 2011 Better Newspapers Contest hosted by the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA).

Mike Martin

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Published on 05/11/2012 - 2:48 pm
Written by Business Journal Staff

Mike Martin

Operator/owner

Grocery Outlet

Education: Two years at Eastern Washington University, one year at Western Michigan University in the food marketing program.

Age: 50

Family: Michelle, wife. Two sons — Billy, who will manage the new store with wife Danielle, and Elliott. And one daughter — Micayla.