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Sitting on a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle, Brian Bullis smiled as he looked around the Mariposa Fairgrounds.
The grounds, set on the side of a hill just outside of town, were crawling with carnies setting up carnival rides, while inside a small building, junior exhibits, including a fair representation of Mission San Juan Baptista, were being put up.Illegal immigration into the United States has slowed considerably in the last several years, a new study concludes.
A five-year ordeal came to an end Wednesday morning when a judge sentenced 33-year-old Luis Flores to 16-years-to-life in prison.
In November 2005, Flores, who also goes by the nickname "Alex," killed his girlfriend, Jacqueline Lua, 20, with a paring knife. He said she'd made fun of his penis while she was drunk.The prep football season began with a stutter for four of the six area teams who opened the season last week.
Today is the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II -- a war that devastated many cities and countries around the globe. It was the greatest war the world had ever seen. More than 400,000 American troops were killed in a little less than four years.
This week, "Off the 99" decided to look into the past, present and future of education reform, to see what the initiatives have brought to the classroom.
LOS ANGELES -- This weekend's romantic comedy "Going the Distance" pairs up Drew Barrymore and Justin Long.
RIVERBANK -- Stanislaus County sheriff's detectives are investigating a homicide following the discovery of a body in the backyard of a Dobbins Lane home.
A California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.
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