Welcome to Kings River Life Magazine:
A California Magazine with a focus on the communities surrounding the Kings River of California;
a local focus with global appeal — including Teen Talk & Mysteryrat’s Maze.
Monday Movie Reviews at 7pm & Local Live feature Wednesdays at 7pm
with new articles every Saturday at 10am!


:Contributors

by Lorie Lewis Ham



This week KRL had the pleasure of speaking with Reedley Immanuel School’s Superintendent Ryan Wood about some exciting changes taking place!

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by Lorie Lewis Ham



It is no secret that I love the TV show Castle and I have also enjoyed the Castle novels that are “written” by the Richard Castle character. The novels are the ones that he is writing in the show featuring Nikki Heat, a character based on police detective Kate Becket— his partner in crime, and we hope eventually in much more.

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Ask A Small Town Cop: Police Procedure

IN THE February 4 ISSUE

FROM THE 2012 Articles,
andMysteryrat's Maze,
andWill Knight
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by Detective Will Knight



Welcome to a monthly column where small town, local cop and detective Will Knight answers some of your questions about how things really work in a small town police department. He has worked as a police officer in small California towns for the past ten years.

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by Terell Byrd
& Lorie Lewis Ham



This week we have another in our On The Road to Left Coast Crime 2012 author interviews & reviews. L.F., or Louise, is another mystery author who will be attending this year’s LCC. Learn more about her and her writing, check out a review of her latest book, and enter to win a copy of the book in PDF-details at the end of this post.

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by Terrance V. Mc Arthur



What if that series of fantasy books we all read when we were younger turned out to be true? What if there really was magic to learn and schools where you could learn it, and a magical land that was real…and not as nice as the books would have us believe?

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Life After Meat – A Vegetarian Experience

IN THE February 4 ISSUE

FROM THE 2012 Articles,
andFood Fun,
andTom Sims
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by Tom Sims



Soon the house will awaken and I will start making noise. My tea and honey have been quiet and my morning reading virtually silent. I get loud when I start stirring around the kitchen. I have choices, many of them. I can have whole grain pancakes, rice cakes, something with corn meal, oats with fruit and nuts, or maybe something on the skillet.

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Pushing Toward 2012

IN THE February 4 ISSUE

FROM THE 2012 Articles,
andJustin Kamimoto,
andTeen Talk
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by Justin Kamimoto



In 2011, strives have been made in the LGBT+ community to continually push for improvements – improvements in organizations providing resources, improvements to equal rights, improvements in creating safe and supportive environment for our youth.

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by Lorie Lewis Ham



2011 Western Music Association Entertainer of the Year Juni Fisher returns to the Valley where she grew up for a couple of concerts this week and next. KRL took some time to chat with Juni about her music and her love of horses.

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by Lorie Lewis Ham



An escaped convict, who is a former cop in jail for stealing a famous diamond, ends up out on a ledge at a hotel. A police psychologist (Elizabeth Banks) works to try and talk him down, unaware at first who he is as he registered at the hotel under an alias. The psychologist has her own story as well–she’s been in a downward spiral after failing to keep a cop from jumping off a bridge and she’s surprised when the man on a ledge asks for her by name. At the same time that he is on the ledge, across the street a major diamond heist is in progress.

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by Joyce Brandon


We receive e-mails from time to time from adopters who like to give helpful advice to our foster families. Just recently we received an e-mail advising one of our foster moms not to allow puppies to kiss her face, according to our adoptive mom; it is a terribly disturbing behavior when it is carried forward into their permanent home. A while back, a foster mom was chastised for not teaching her foster kitty to forego the very problematic habit of counter surfing. Obviously, the foster mom lacked discipline as this very curious kitty was jumping on the kitchen counters in her new home.

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by Lorie Lewis Ham



KRL had the wonderful pleasure of interviewing mystery/suspense author Thomas Caplan, reviewing his new book The Spy Who Jumped Off The Screen. There’s also a chance to win a copy of the book–details at the end of this post. Thomas actually went to school with President Bill Clinton and he wrote the forward for TPWJOTC! Learn more of Thomas in the following interview.

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by Lorie Lewis Ham



Kings River Life Magazine has had the privilege of working with Dinuba Platinum Theatres over the past year or so to be able to bring movie reviews to our readers. They have also given our readers a coupon with every review. I took the time to sit down recently and talk with Pat Gabriel, their General Manager ever since their grand opening in June 2003, about the theatre and all they have to offer the community now and in the future!

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by Terrance V. Mc Arthur &
Anastasia V. Pergakis



This week fantasy author Anastasia V. Pergakis is visiting us with a guest post as part of her blog tour for her new book Cleanse Fire. We also have a review of her book and a chance to win a copy–details at the end of this post!

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by Deborah Harter Williams



Main Street
This shopping district bills itself as “a world away from the ordinary, a block away from the beach.” It’s about a mile long walk from Pico Boulevard south to Navy Street.

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