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11 hrs ago | Merced Sun-Star

Cautious optimism as Merced County's unemployment rate drops

Merced's unemployment rate for April declined to 15.5 percent, according to numbers released Friday by the Employment Development Department.

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Related Topix: Merced, CA, Merced County, CA, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Fri May 17, 2013

The Modesto Bee

Pattersonwon't go into TID

A judge has rejected the city's bid to be annexed into the Turlock Irrigation District, which supplies its electricity.

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Related Topix: Patterson, CA, Crows Landing, CA

The Modesto Bee

New charges filed in fatal Turlock fight

Prosecutors Thursday filed new charges against a 53-year-old Turlock man found not guilty of murder in the death of another man in a suspected road rage case from 2010.

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Related Topix: Turlock, CA, Hilmar, CA, Life, Self Defense

The Modesto Bee

Stanislaus Fair signs Huey Lewis & The News

And it’ll be pounding hard at the Stanislaus County Fair July 17 when longtime favorite Huey Lewis and The News takes the free stage.

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Related Topix: Huey Lewis & the News, Pop/Rock

The Modesto Bee

Gangs sent a messagePolice raid intended to show groups are under surveillance

The day after dozens of Stanislaus County gang members were picked up on warrants, jailed for violating their parole or probation, and stripped of illegal weapons and drugs, more than a quarter were back on the streets.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Prison, Modesto, CA

Thu May 16, 2013

RecordNET

Food banks benefit from vote

The Second Harvest Food Bank of San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties will receive a $45,000 grant from Walmart to help local families and children in need, thanks to all those who voted for it on a Walmart website.

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Related Topix: San Joaquin County, CA

Wed May 15, 2013

The Modesto Bee

Grants will help reach valley's uninsured as health reform nears

California's health exchange has awarded $37 million in grants to educate up to 9 million consumers about the Affordable Care Act, with most of the funding going to outreach plans targeting a dozen or more counties.

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Related Topix: California, San Joaquin County, CA, Merced County, CA, Merced, CA

The Modesto Bee

Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors Watch

The effort to prevent drownings will run from March 25 to Sept. 1. • Approved an agreement for Modesto City Schools to use the equestrian area at the Sheriff's Operation Center on Hackett Road for FFA and 4-H Club instruction

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Related Topix: Modesto, CA

The Modesto Bee

New trial rehashes Stanislaus deputy's discrimination claims

A new trial to resolve a deputy's discrimination claims kicked off Tuesday, with Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson expected to testify next week.

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KCRA-TV Sacramento

Is someone poisoning stray cats in Stanislaus County?

Neighbors who live in the La Loma neighborhood of Modesto say someone is poisoning cats that are dumped in the area.

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Related Topix: Modesto, CA, Ceres, CA

Tue May 14, 2013

The Modesto Bee

Hughson names new city manager

A senior management consultant for the Stanislaus County Chief Executive Office will take over leadership of Stanislaus County’s smallest city.

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Related Topix: Hughson, CA, Oakdale, CA, Modesto, CA

The Modesto Bee

Modesto man gets six years for DUI

After four arrests for driving under the influence, a Modesto man was sentenced to six years and eight months in state prison, Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager announced Monday.

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Related Topix: Modesto, CA, State Prisons, Prison

The Modesto Bee

Accused ex-school chief dies

Hart was the Valley Home Joint School District superintendent and principal when he was arrested in 2011 on two charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Criminal Defense Law, Law, Oakdale, CA

The Modesto Bee

'Gonzo' icon honored in Riverbank

Oscar Zeta Acosta — hero to the Chicano movement, hard-living pal of Hunter S. Thompson — first raised hell in Riverbank.

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Related Topix: Riverbank, CA, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Adventure, Hunter S. Thompson, Drugs, Modesto, CA

Sun May 12, 2013

The Modesto Bee

New voteprocess described

Riverbank is diverging from tradition in using a private vendor to conduct the June 4 special election, but voters might not notice much difference.

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Related Topix: Riverbank, CA, Lake Arrowhead, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Anderson, CA, Modesto, CA

The Modesto Bee

Three vie for seat on council

Cal Campbell, Jeremy Fennell and Diana Gonzalez are running in a June 4 special election for the seat vacated when Richard O'Brien was elected mayor in November.

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Related Topix: Riverbank, CA, Del Rio, CA, Oakdale, CA

Sat May 11, 2013

Merced Sun-Star

Los Banos police official is convicted of DUI

The Los Banos Police Department's second-highest ranking officer has been convicted of drunken driving, according to a Stanislaus County assistant district attorney.

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Related Topix: Los Banos, CA, Modesto, CA, Turlock, CA

The Modesto Bee

Modesto baby sitter's hearing continues

A preliminary hearing will resume May 22 for a Modesto woman accused of murder in the death of the toddler she was baby-sitting. The hearing for defendant Maria Elena Torres was scheduled to resume this week, but it was postponed because Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Scott Steffen just started a jury trial in his courtroom.

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Related Topix: Modesto, CA

The Modesto Bee

Stanislaus County Auto Theft Suspects

CHARGES: Auto theft, theft or extortion involving a motor vehicle or trailer, false identification to a police officer, possession of burglary tools, possession of a controlled substance CHARGES: Auto theft, attempted receipt of stolen property, possession of a non-narcotic controlled substance, obstruction or resisting a public officer, violation ... (more)

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The Modesto Bee

'Gonzo' icon honored in Riverbank

Oscar Zeta Acosta — hero to the Chicano movement, hard-living pal of Hunter S. Thompson — first raised hell in Riverbank.

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Related Topix: Riverbank, CA, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Adventure, Hunter S. Thompson, Drugs, Modesto, CA