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Merced City Council postpones homeless camp eviction

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

Merced residents and a city councilman questioned the help available to the area’s homeless people during a tense and contentious meeting Monday night.

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Herbert A. Opalek: Gaza as seen from Merced

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

I have spent the last few days speaking to friends throughout the state of Israel.

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Toxic leak upsets homeowners

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

When Debra Fenner and her husband bought their Beachwood-area home in the Summit Meadows development in September, there were some things they didn’t know.

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Walsh sworn in as supervisor

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

Hub Walsh, the only new Merced County supervisor to take office this year, will sit for his first board meeting today, and he comes in at a time of unprecedented challenges.

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After answering Uncle Sam’s call, officer is back on the force

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

Two years ago this month, Alvino Garcia was focused on his new job as an officer with the Merced Police Department — fulfillment of his dream of pursuing a career in law enforcement.

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Shelter to house 9,000 animals a year

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

At the Merced County Animal Shelter, dogs are crowded together in cages, and cats spend days in tiny pens, waiting to be adopted.

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Shift at Merced College opens four dean positions

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off

At first glance, the job boards look grim.

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January 6 in Merced history

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off

January 6, 1959

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Mike Tharp: A little child, living on borrowed time, needs a big break

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off

JJ doesn’t feel that heavy — 28 pounds. She feels like Raggedy Ann.

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Health plans will have to offer translators

Merced Sun-Star: Local @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off

Millions of Californians with limited English proficiency now have the right to an interpreter from their commercial health and dental plans — made possible by a first-in-the-nation law aimed at dismantling the language barriers that get in the way of good medicine.

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