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In a room full of draped tables topped with piles of pamphlets, retired Air Force officer Lawrence Autry of Atwater found someone who may be able to replace his 1970s refrigerator.
Autry smiled and pointed at his folder covered in scribbled notes. Thursday's Veterans' Information Fair came through for Autry.
WASHINGTON -- Public and private pressure is building on Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, and other lawmakers who say they are undecided on a big health care bill. That's the price of wait-and-see.
E-mails are piling up. Telephone lines are crashing. Republicans and labor unions are running competing ads. Fox News and the Drudge Report are retailing GOP rumors and some constituents on all sides of the issue are getting impatient.
FRESNO -- Close to 200 top-shelf custom cars and hot rods will be gleaming under the spotlights today through Sunday at the 51st Fresno Autorama.
The Merced Irrigation District, along with a coalition of locally owned public utilities, filed a lawsuit Thursday to disqualify a June 8 ballot measure that could change how electricity is sold in California.
San Diego State guard Kim Spinardi has been in survival mode since leaving the Golden Valley girls basketball program an all-timer.
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
This week, "Off the 99" interviewed Hicham Eltal, deputy general manager of the Merced Irrigation District; Mindy Spatt, communications director for The Utility Reform Network; and Robin Swanson, spokeswoman for the Yes on 16 campaign, about Proposition 16.
Celebrating Bulgarian culture, dance and music is the goal of Saturday's Bulgarian Folk Music Concert-Dance at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center.
Independent researchers said Friday that water restrictions for California's farm belt that are meant to protect threatened fish can be scientifically justified, a finding sure to relieve the state's salmon industry and displease many farmers.
The former mayor of La Puente has received three years' probation, a $1,000 fine and a lifetime ban from holding elected office in California after pleading guilty to felony perjury.
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