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The station opened a year ago as the first LEED-certified station in Arkansas. The program is part of the U.S. Green Building Council in which the building was constructed to save up to 40 percent on water and energy bills.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors has a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the basement chamber of Tenth Street Place, 1010 10th St., Modesto.

He's a licensed private investigator, working on behalf of people searching for answers.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Amber Smith said Sunday that a body was found shortly after 11 a.m. after days of searching but authorities had not immediately identified it as the missing swimmer.

King County detectives say one person suffered life-threatening injuries and has been taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment.

It's Doctors Medical Center Day at the Fair. Gifts will be distributed to the first 1,000 guests.

CalFire says Freddie Alexander Smoke III was arrested Saturday and accused of recklessly causing a fire and with marijuana cultivation, both felonies.

The Modesto Needle Exchange started operating in February 2013 in Mono Park with about a dozen clients.

Modesto Teachers Association members argued the merits of a state-affiliate-imposed trusteeship at a formal hearing of the California Teachers Association.

Stanislaus County officials who fielded complaints from some neighbors about loud noise hope to avoid problems with tighter restrictions on music volume and nighttime quiet hours.

Authorities say the 66-year-old Lakeside man shot Ming Qi several times with a rifle three years ago because she'd apparently begun a new relationship.

The California Coastal Commission ordered Robert and Judith McCarthy to remove the barriers at its meeting on Friday, and called their actions "outrageous" and "a flagrant violation of the law."

TV reports that the shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday at a warehouse building on Lakewood Avenue that houses the studio .

Coroner's investigator John Gagliano tells Nola.comThe Times-Picayune that Ayanna Woodward of Santa Ana was identified through fingerprints.

Volunteers 18 and older are needed July 19 to help drive families from Modesto to the state park and back for a youth outing.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, claims Wal-Mart was negligent when a driver of one of its tractor-trailers rammed into Morgan's limousine bus.

Prison Lt. Darren Chamberlain said David Gomez slipped out of his handcuffs before the attack about 1 p.m. Friday at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad.

Karla Haskell obtained a temporary restraining order against her 33-year-old son and told a judge he taped her to a chair at her San Marcos, California, home before choking her.

The California Highway Patrol says the woman was pushing the child in a stroller Thursday evening in the Florence area when they were hit by a red 2013 Toyota.

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