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Wednesday Feb 1 | Monterey County Herald

Jury awards $2M to parents of man killed by CHP

The California Highway Patrol has been ordered to pay $2 million to the family of a Northern California man who was shot and killed by two officers after he led them on a short chase and got his pickup truck stuck in a ditch.

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Thu Jan 26, 2012

SFGate

Booze, baby in car lead mom's arrest

A Central Valley woman was arrested after San Leandro police saw her toss a tequila bottle out of her car outside a store while accompanied by her 1-year-old son, police said Thursday.

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Wed Jan 25, 2012

RecordNET

Hearing looks into dad's role in infant's death

The child's medical history shows the 4-month-old had been plagued by sicknesses, including a bout of pneumonia around the time of death.

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Thu Jan 12, 2012

KCRA-TV Sacramento

South San Joaquin Farmers Affected By Critical Conditions

The South San Joaquin Irrigation District, which covers Manteca, Ripon and Escalon, said it will be releasing a round of water for farmers Sunday.

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Wed Jan 11, 2012

RecordNET

Justifiable death debate continues

Joey Pinasco's white Chevy pickup had spun out of control into a ditch. His truck - now facing the opposite direction on a dirt road not far from Escalon - was 25 feet away from a California Highway Patrol vehicle hot on his tail.

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