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    LIVINGSTON -- Amarpreet Kandola fondly remembers his childhood years, running around and helping farms perfect lines of crops around Atwater and Livingston.

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  • The body of a homicide victim discovered Wednesday near Snelling has been identified as 28-year-old Jose Melendrez of Woodland, Merced County sheriff's investigators said.

  • Some UC Merced researchers have been taking the slogan "Think globally, act locally" to heart.

    A new task force made up of eight UC Merced academics and affiliates and three community members is in the early stages of launching a campaign targeted at UC Merced faculty to promote the idea of doing research that benefits the local community.

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What possibly could connect a natural disaster of 121 years ago and Sunday's Super Bowl?

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Surrounded by the likes of Stephen King, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Agatha Christie, Nancy Smith feels right at home.

The new owner of Second Time Around Used Books in downtown Merced has been with books all her life, and she's looking forward to carrying on the tradition that the previous owner built.

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City officials today will look at a controversial set of changes to Modesto's growth policies that some say push the city to grow even though voters sent a strong anti-growth message in the fall.

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A nature conservation group said Monday it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land above the world-famous Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes.

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