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Merced has many faiths. Why aren’t more represented in prayers said before government meetings?
Across the Central Valley and especially in Merced County, prayer is just as routine as government business at civic meetings. Those prayers are overwhelmingly Christian.
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- Los republicanos de California se reúnen en San Diego para su convención anual, donde considerarán a quién apoyar en la contienda por la gobernación y trabajarán en planes para mantener y ampliar su presencia legislativa.
- A Riverside County Judge this week unsealed the search warrants the county’s sheriff, Chad Bianco, used to seize voting ballots from last year’s special election — enabling the public to see what evidence Bianco cited […]
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Suliana Caldwell, a former manager at the Fresno Arts Council who was in charge of the nonprofit’s books, siphoned $1.82 million from the organization over the span of at least three years and nine months through more than 300 unauthorized transfers.
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