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Coalinga

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Coalinga

City in Fresno County, south-central California, USA, 80 km/50 mi southwest of Fresno; population (1990) 8,200. In the Coalinga Oilfield, in foothills west of the San Joaquin Valley, it is a supply and refining centre for an area that began oil production in 1928.

Before oil was discovered in the area, Coalinga was a Southern Pacific Railroad settlement called ‘Coaling Station A’.



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A native Californian raised in Fresno who played for West Hills College of Coalinga, Simon is glad to be closer to home after finishing last season at short-season Yakima (Wash.
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In 1983, the powerful Coalinga earthquake struck just 50 miles from Nash's dairy near Selma, outside of Fresno.
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