Sunday, March 14, 2010

The Los Baños Police Department made an arrest Wednesday after a citizen tipped off police that a local resident was allegedly involved in criminal activity. | Full Story

An angry ex-husband tried to play demolition derby with his ex-wife and new boyfriend in Los Banos -- and wound up behind bars before posting bail. | Full Story

An angry ex-husband tried to play demolition derby with his ex-wife and new boyfriend in Los Banos and wound up behind bars. | Full Story

A teenager was beaten up by four people and robbed at the Ag Sports Complex early Sunday morning, police said. | Full Story

A jury on Feb. 11 found a 36-year-old Los Baños man guilty of raping an intoxicated woman. | Full Story

On Jan. 28 officers with the Los Baños Police Department worked in coordination with the state parole agency to conduct several compliance searches of local parolees and people on probation. | Full Story

Jury rejects defendant's claim of consensual sex. Updated: Feb. 12, 2010 2:54 PM | Full Story

M & B Joyeria Boutique was robbed Friday afternoon, police said. | Full Story

A San Luis High School official was treated for injuries after he was assaulted on campus last month, police said. | Full Story

GUSTINE -- A Turlock man was arrested Monday morning in Gustine after he used pepper spray on another driver, according to the Merced Sheriff's Department. | Full Story

A teenager wound up in the hospital after being beaten up by gang members last week, police said. | Full Story

Three arrests have been made in a double homicide reported near Dos Palos last week, the Merced County Sheriff's Department reported Thursday. | Full Story

A man and a woman are in custody after allegedly robbing a Los Baños bank at gunpoint Tuesday morning. | Full Story

The city is continuing to try to recoup the nearly $2 million embezzled by a former city employee. | Full Story

Man and woman from Colorado were arrested. Updated: Jan. 13, 2010 4:29 PM | Full Story

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    Let's call it the Tommy and Joe Community Center. TJ hall for short.

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    Gooberville Gets Decorum

    As in so much of society today, Gooberville suffered a breakdown in civil discourse. The Gooberville City Council meetings grew longer in length as citizen and politicians took to calling each other doodyheads and such things, getting into personal, vindictive arguments, rather than attempting to debate issues in a civil manner.

    The Mayor asked the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to force people to behave in a civil manner. The City Attorney said, "Let me think about this. I will let you know soon."

    As they entered Gooberville City Hall the night of the next Council meeting, the Mayor told the Attorney that he had not heard from the Attorney as promised. "Ah, I think you will find tonight that the matter will be resolved without need for a new ordinance."

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