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Merced County Supervisor O’Banion will seek new term
January 1, 2010No Comments
Supervisor Jerry O’Banion said he will be running for re-election as District 5 supervisor.
Burglars take gifts for poor kids, set church on fire
December 31, 2009No Comments
MODESTO — Police arrested a man and woman who allegedly broke into a Modesto church, stole Christmas presents intended for needy children and set the building afire.
Brothers charged in shooting toddler
December 31, 2009No Comments
MODESTO — Two Modesto brothers will face a jury on charges of attempted murder after they shot a 22-month-old boy as he played in the front yard of his west Modesto house.
Ex-cop accused of witness intimidation
December 31, 2009No Comments
FRESNO — The Fresno County District Attorney’s office said it wants records of calls and text messages on Fresno Police Sgt. Dave Madrigal’s department-issued phone, to discover evidence that could support a charge of witness intimidation in the trial of former police officer Marcus Tafoya.
3 arrested in gang-linked attack on Christmas Eve
December 31, 2009No Comments
MODESTO — Police investigators Wednesday arrested two teenage boys and a man suspected of severely beating an 18-year-old man in a gang-related attack Christmas Eve in northwest Modesto, a department spokesman said.
State accuses 11 of unlicensed repair work
December 31, 2009No Comments
SACRAMENTO — The Contractors State License Board said it arrested 11 allegedly unlicensed Merced-area contractors.
Our View: Good riddance ‘09
December 31, 2009No Comments
With 2009 behind us, we look to a new year with much hope and optimism. Those qualities were in short supply this past year, and we’re just happy to get through a year that brought economic misery across our nation.
Letter: Can’t stop progress
December 31, 2009No Comments
Editor: Eco-fundamentalists derailing major projects in California are no different than the Taliban in their desire to reverse the course of human progress. Poseiden Resources is poised to begin construction on a desalination plant in Carlsbad, to serve 300,000 people after a permitting and approval process that only took about 15 years. Unless the power of fringe groups to impede major projects is curtailed, you may as well start looking at Texas as a prospective place to live and work.
Letter: It’s all positive?
December 31, 2009No Comments
Editor: The Sun-Star does a disservice to its readers by publishing an editorial touting the new health care reform with the statement, “the positives in the bill substantially outweigh the negatives.”
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