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	<title>Valley Response Magazine</title>
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		<title>VPD Crime Analysis Unit &#8211; Crunching Numbers, Reducing Crime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When there is a series of home invasions in the Visalia area, how does the police department know where to search for suspects?
When the police discover a possible drug ring, how do they find out who is involved, and where these suspects are hiding?
If a murder occurs in Visalia, where can the police turn for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every 15 Minutes Local Students Get a Sobering Look at the Impact of Drunk Driving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Dustin Thompson
In November, members of the Visalia Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Office of Traffic and Safety, American Ambulance of Visalia and other local businesses got together with Central Valley Christian High School (CVC) and put together a sobering experience known as, Every 15 Minutes.
Every 15 minutes a person dies in a drunk driving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valleyresponsemagazinetulare.com/blog/every-15-minutes-local-students-get-a-sobering-look-at-the-impact-of-drunk-driving/</link>
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		<title>Driving In a Winter Wonderland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Corliss
Driving in snow and ice is a high-risk activity. Vision and traction are reduced while collision potential is increased. Postponing driving or driving as roads are cleared or sanded helps manage the risk, but sometimes drivers must face the danger.
Vision
A driver’s ability to see is hindered on roads covered with snow. Sun and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valleyresponsemagazinetulare.com/blog/driving-in-a-winter-wonderland-2/</link>
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		<title>Rockabilly Attitude Local Firefighter Gets His Rhythm in Motel Drive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kimberly Sherman
“You&#8217;ll find me underneath that great big sky, or maybe somewhere on the stage tonight, I&#8217;m just a vagabond passing through, you&#8217;ll find me at your local saloon and hear my drifter blues.”
The man crooning this tune in a dimly lit bar may look familiar. Life as a heroic firefighter serves J.D. Goodwin’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valleyresponsemagazinetulare.com/blog/rockabilly-attitude-local-firefighter-gets-his-rhythm-in-motel-drive/</link>
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		<title>Cold Facts:  Navigating Winter Peril in the Mountains and the Valley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Aaron Collins
The road less traveled promises adventure, but it can also be a potentially deadly choice.
 
Many readers will recall the local case of the hiker who perished on Mt. Whitney in 2009. But not every deadly emergency occurs during exceptional experiences. Daily living also poses perils. So what should you know in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valleyresponsemagazinetulare.com/blog/cold-facts-navigating-winter-peril-in-the-mountains-and-the-valley/</link>
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		<title>Little Known Facts Jan 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jill K. Applegate
Don’t lament that the holidays are over, there’s still festivities to enjoy. This year, Chinese New Year is on February 14. Ring in a new year of prosperity and health with these dumplings of holiday info.
Go Tiger!
Chinese New Year is in February this year and 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valleyresponsemagazinetulare.com/blog/little-known-facts-jan-2010/</link>
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		<title>Jan 2010 Letter from the Editor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is incredible to think that we are already in the year 2010. While reflecting on the things I’ve done over the past ten years, I realized that it has been exactly one decade, to the month, since I moved away from my hometown for the first time to embark upon my collegiate journey in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valleyresponsemagazinetulare.com/blog/jan-2010-letter-from-the-editor/</link>
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		<title>Cold Weather Comfort Food  JANUARY-FEBRUARY CODE 7 ARTICLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Main
When we think of comfort foods, we tend to dream of belly-warming dishes of our childhood and culture, like meatloaf, potatoes, chili, soups, or mac-n-cheese. They tend to be foods we grew up eating, foods we enjoy from our families, something we’ve learned from friends or at the station or office potluck.
The Valley [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valleyresponsemagazinetulare.com/blog/cold-weather-comfort-food-january-february-code-7-article/</link>
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		<title>Farm Plots: Ag-Related Crimes Expose Region-Wide Vulnerabilities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Aaron Collins
The problem: Agribusiness-related thefts this year cost Tulare County farmers $836,388 in annual losses through October. With 184 reported cases so far this year, that’s a whopping average loss of more than $4,500 per crime.
The good news: More than $302,000 of that stolen property has been recovered—a source of pride within the Tulare [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valleyresponsemagazinetulare.com/blog/farm-plots-ag-related-crimes-expose-region-wide-vulnerabilities/</link>
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		<title>Police Rodeo—Fast and Furious in Visalia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No bulls, no ropes, no cowboy hats. Just a bunch of guys and gals on hogs—as in Harley-Davidson motorcycles—not to mention BMWs and Kawasakis.
The Third Annual Central California Motorcycle Police Skills Competition, or “Rodeo,” as these events are usually called, was hosted by the Visalia P.D., at Plaza Park Holiday Inn. The competition drew twenty-six [...]]]></description>
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