Tulare

In Tulare County, near the community of Richgrove, immigration agents emerged near a field where farm laborers were picking blueberries, causing some workers to flee.

Entire rural counties, including Del Norte, Madera, Tulare and Yuba, are designated shortage areas, according to state data.

Kern County schools such as Heartland can also enroll students from San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kings, Tulare and Inyo counties, a potential attendance area of hundreds of miles.

The parents of a 9-month-old were arrested Tuesday after the infant tested positive for cocaine at a hospital in Tulare County, police said.

The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office received a call shortly before 5 a.m. from a hospital reporting that a child tested positive for cocaine.