Caltrans to shut part of Route 32 to keep workers safe during maintenance

The California Department of Transportation will close State Route 32 from Mondays through Thursdays during two weeks this month.
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The California Department of Transportation will close State Route 32 from Mondays through Thursdays during two weeks this month.
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After losing rounds in trial and appellate courts, the Shasta Union High School District has backed off its policy of mandatory random drug testing of non-athletes.
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After losing rounds in trial and appellate courts, the Shasta Union High School District has backed off its policy of mandatory random drug testing of non-athletes.
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Amid shade trees and a heavy iron drill from the town’s gold mining era, denizens of Calanan Park in downtown Nevada City grouse about an upcoming “Conduct on Public Property” law.
Chris French, left, hangs out with Danny Deluca, in purple shirt, and Zach Collins, lighting a cigarette, last week in Nevada City. French and Collins work in area eateries and are against the new anti-loitering ordinance.
Joshua Cunninghamstrums in Calanan Park. He says those who
gather in downtown Nevada City actually help keep the peace.

Amid shade trees and a heavy iron drill from the town’s gold mining era, denizens of Calanan Park in downtown Nevada City grouse about an upcoming “Conduct on Public Property” law.
Chris French, left, hangs out with Danny Deluca, in purple shirt, and Zach Collins, lighting a cigarette, last week in Nevada City. French and Collins work in area eateries and are against the new anti-loitering ordinance.
Joshua Cunninghamstrums in Calanan Park. He says those who
gather in downtown Nevada City actually help keep the peace.

FRESNO A Clovis teen who was accused of sexual battery after performing a wrestling move on a teammate has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against several agencies and officials involved in the case.
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FRESNO A Clovis teen who was accused of sexual battery after performing a wrestling move on a teammate has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against several agencies and officials involved in the case.
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The Bureau of Land Management will hold a public meeting Sept. 12 to discuss plans to use aircraft and other motor vehicles to round up wild horses.
A helicopter leads two wild horses to a trap during a Bureau of Land Management roundup last August near Susanville in Lassen County.

Mary Gima greets strangers with a warm smile as she mingles among diners enjoying lunch at Nikkei Senior Gardens. At 89, she moves among newcomers and friends with equal eagerness and cheer.
Mary Gima, 89, crochets a blanket in her room at Nikkei Senior Gardens in the Arleta area in Los Angeles. The assisted-living community is designed to attract Japanese American seniors, who live longer than most other groups, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey.
Mary Gima gets instruction fromactivity assistant Takako Miura, center,
during an arts and crafts class at the senior assisted-living center.

The deadline is approaching for submissions to Lassen Volcanic Park’s annual photography contest.
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The U.S. Forest Service’s only Donner Summit-area visitor center, Big Bend, will permanently close its doors Sept. 5, following the Labor Day weekend.
An earlier Big Bend ranger station, above, open from 1909 to 1971, was replaced by the present visitor center. The newer building was badly damaged by winter snow and will shut after Labor Day weekend. The U.S. Forest Service will put a fire station on the site that can handle modern equipment.

An unidentified man died Monday at Yosemite National Park after plunging off the face of Half Dome, marking the 15th death in the park this year.
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Sierra Institute is hosting a tour of the valley, 20 miles south of Chester, led by Beverly Benner Ogle, Maidu Indian historian and author.
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are scheduled today to resume prescribed fire operations in the Rubicon Bay area near Lake Tahoe.
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Tejinder Bhullar’s brother might be hanged at any time, achingly far from Bhullar’s Sacramento Valley home.
Devinderpal Singh Bhullar’s confession was extracted through torture, his brother says.