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Victor Espinosa looks out over the solar panels he helped install as he and fellow electrician Pedro Renteria perform testing to make sure the panels are working properly at Pacifica High School in Oxnard.

The Oxnard Union High School District violated a state open-meeting law at an April school board meeting that had a discussion about a special-needs program that was not clearly listed on the agenda, according to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

Arcata Fire Chief John McFarland has announced his retirement. He will step down in December after 46 years in fire service.

The Indiana State Fair Commission on Thursday announced management changes spurred by last summer's deadly stage rigging collapse, including the retirement of a longtime employee who was noted in a report about the accident.

Vanity Fair is telling us "TV is where the action is." Sorry, not is-was, as in past tense.A With all due regard to the likes of "Mad Men," the glory days of television are long gone.A But we can revisit them on DVD, of course.