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Security is tighter than usual at the high security federal prison located on the grounds of the former Castle Air Force base.

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A guard was stabbed to death by two inmates at a federal prison in Central California, officials said.

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A federal corrections officer at U.S. Penitentiary, Atwater , was stabbed to death Friday by an inmate, Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin said.

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Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, June 13, 2008 Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2 State authorities have shut down Merced Farm Labor, the contractor that employed a teen field worker who died May 16 of ...

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Wine, cheese and vintage military airplanes will be commingled Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. as the Castle-Atwater Kiwanis Club and the Castle Air Museum present their Wine Tasting Festival.

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On Sunday, we reported City Hall's neglect of the urban forest. It's killing Stockton's trees.

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The weather has cooled in the three weeks since the death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, a teenage farmworker overcome by heat in a vineyard near Farmington.

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Hillary and Barack won't be on the ballot, but today is California's Primary Election, Part 2, and there are at least a few contests to decide.

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Former Buhach Colony pitcher Brett Mooneyham was drafted by the San Diego Padres on Friday.

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Last Updated 12:22 am PDT Thursday, June 5, 2008 Story appeared in METRO section, Page B3 Audio Slideshow: UFW march Farmworkers carry an empty casket to the west steps of the Capitol in honor of workers who ...

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CA) -- City hall in Atwater was shut down for more than three hours Monday because of a bomb scare.

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Summer break often means a lot of kids have a lot of free time on their hands. But the Merced Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Task Force -- better known as Merced ComVIP -- wants to change that ...

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