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Rep. Dennis Cardoza was still undecided on the national health care reform bill Friday, but it wasn't for a lack of people trying to influence him.
Golden Valley Health Centers has planned a press conference for today to push for "yes" votes from the Democrat and other Central Valley legislators.Cardoza said he'll announce today how he plans to vote on the bill.
Merced County Supervisor Deidre Kelsey has called for a performance review of County CEO Larry Combs. Kelsey issued a stern four-minute statement at this week's supervisors meeting, opining that Combs' actions during his first four months in the office "bring into question who works for whom in Merced County."
The District 4 representative said she had concerns about poor communication, a lack of budget information and the creation of new policies outside of negotiations with the county's union.Some Merced High School students are willing to do whatever it takes to have a memorable prom, even at the cost of $155 to $165 per ticket.
Merced will Google itself today.
As the up/down, "deem" or damned health care bill lurches to some sort of ending, meet a man who talks a lot of sense about our health care crisis.
LIVINGSTON -- A 23-year-old man may be wishing he ordered in for lunch after deputies say they caught him doing drugs next to a police training facility on Friday afternoon.
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LIVINGSTON -- A 23-year-old man may be wishing he ordered in for lunch after deputies say they caught him doing drugs next to a police training facility on Friday afternoon.
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.
ATWATER -- For several years, Atwater's Police Department has overspent its overtime budget, prompting one city councilman to ask, "Does the city need more officers?"
Surprisingly, the answer from Chief Richard Hawthorne is no.LIVINGSTON -- The city's newest planning commissioners are young, male and educated.
A groundbreaking ceremony for Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System's park-and-ride station in Mariposa is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. April 5.
