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OAKDALE — The school crossing guards on F Street may be the only ones in the state who carry guns.
That's because they are police officers.
For an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon during school days, three patrol of... - Posted on November 16, 2009
Amanda Wells comes from a long line of hairstylists.
At 18 and a graduate of Denair Charter Academy, Amanda is one of many training to become a beautician at the Safavi Institute of Cosmetology and Esthetics, a Paul Mitchell Partner School ... - Posted on October 29, 2009
You've heard of the Wicked Witches of the East and West?
Well, meet the Root Beer Witch of north Modesto.
Each Halloween night since 1974, she's handed out small cups of root beer to the droves of trick-or-treaters who come to the do... - Posted on October 29, 2009
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Think of it as a lemonade stand on steroids.
Brother-and-sister team Cedric and Alivia King opened the Snack Shack three weeks ago on their front lawn.
Since then, they've been selling drinks and goodies to students and passers-by fr... - Posted on October 27, 2009
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Are there things about your school that you wish you could change? Have you grown tired of your friends' constant complaining about school rules? Have you been told that you can't do anything to change these things?
Think again.
CASC... - Posted on October 23, 2009
Classical music is alive in modern times as young vocalists such as Olivia Berumen of Modesto take collegiate-level lessons and perform across the nation.
Olivia trains in opera — a demanding branch of classical music — and in its light... - Posted on October 23, 2009
Alex Chien isn't your average sixth-grader.
He's only 11 years old, but the Saratoga resident already has performed piano pieces in Europe and at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and he's won several piano competitions.
Stanislaus Cou... - Posted on October 23, 2009
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News quickly spread through students and staff members of Wilson Elementary School that a tree had fallen on a teacher’s car. The car belonged to pre-school paraprofessional Ms. Dedra. Principal Ignacio Cantu Jr. was walking back to the office f... - Posted on October 14, 2009
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Bakersfield resident Douglas McGuire, 11, has been selected as a top-five finalist in the second annual nationwide Ford Funny Car Design Contest.
McGuire estimated his design took about half an hour to make using colored pencils and No. 2 p... - Posted on September 10, 2009
If ambition could be measured in inches, Cal State Bakersfield student Sundai Love surely would tower over her competitors on "America's Next Top Model," which begins its 13th cycle on The CW network Wednesday.
Alas, drive and guts might ad... - Posted on September 10, 2009