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When: Today, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: Sons In Retirement Inc. local Branch 103, a nonprofit club for retired men, is holding a monthly luncheon meeting to provide club members an opportunity to meet old friends; discuss issues of local and national interest; and plan participation in various scheduled activities, such as golf, bowling, fishing ...

Gov. Schwarzenegger's budget cuts could mean the closing of up to 220 state parks, among them the home of the world's tallest tree and other attractions that draw millions of visitors.

Jesus Christ is no stranger to Lodi City Council meetings. In fact, pastors invoked his name in 39 of 55 of the prayers said before the start of each council gathering since 2007, according to a national group that fights to keep religion out of government.

Leaders in the San Joaquin Valley will ask Gov. Schwarzenegger to lobby especially hard for $1 billion- worth of cooperative stimulus proposals with wide-ranging promise.

The Farmland Working Group is celebrating its 10-year anniversary by adding political muscle.

Morgan Hill A wildfire that has burned about 570 acres near the eastern side of Henry W. Coe State Park since Wednesday afternoon is about 80 percent contained.

From across the room in one of Saddam Hussein's former dictatorial digs, Mike Chavez watched the president of the United States get a lesson in pin protocol.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors is scheduled this morning to: Approve a revised preliminary redevelopment plan for the Crows Landing Air Facility and order environmental studies on the proposed 1,528-acre business park.

Two people have been arrested in connection with an arson that destroyed a historic building in Newman, police said Thursday.

By unanimous vote, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday: * Lowered the cost of spay and neuter vouchers from $140 to $72 for male cats and to $113 for female cats.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors today is scheduled to: - Consider lowering spay and neuter vouchers from $140 to $72 for male cats and to $113 for female cats.

A grass fire in western Stanislaus County near Newman and Gustine burned 75 acres near Interstate 5 on Friday afternoon and backed up southbound traffic on the interstate for several miles, officials said.

A reward of as much as $10,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for an arson fire that caused $1 million in damage to the Odd Fellows building in downtown Newman.

Reyna Valle and Viviana Vera have made up their minds: they will go to UC Merced and become doctors someday.

The fire that tore through the Odd Fellows building Saturday morning caused $1 million in damage, but locals say the blaze's cost can't be measured in dollars.

An arson fire caused about $1 million in damage to the Odd Fellows building in downtown early today, police said.

Needing someone to redeem their troubled animal shelter, Stanislaus County leaders have turned to an expert on squeezing deadbeat parents.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously: - Authorized Sheriff Adam Christianson to accept a $1.08 million federal law enforcement grant on behalf of three county departments and Modesto police.

More than 400 people crowded Tenth Street Place in downtown Modesto today to vent about federal spending and urge politicians to lower taxes as part of a nationwide "Tea Party" movement.

Money blues should fade for a few moments today as Stanislaus County leaders hand out $2.5 million in grants partly aimed to help the poor and disadvantaged.