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Shirvani could owe thousands in California property tax

April 4, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

TURLOCK, Calif. The head of the North Dakota University System likely will have to pay thousands of dollars in uncollected taxes because of a five-year assessment error on his former home here, the Stanislaus County assessor said this week. Continue Reading

Local farmer meets with students in California

April 3, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

WORTHINGTON One might think that among the rows of corn and soybeans growing across the Midwest and the livestock farms that dot our southwest Minnesota landscape, students in our schools would know a few things about agriculture. Continue Reading

Girl, 9, walks to get help after crash kills dad

March 25, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

LOS ANGELES A 9-year-old girl crawled out of a mangled SUV, climbed out of a canyon and walked about a mile in the middle of the night to find help after surviving a highway crash that killed her father in Southern California, authorities said. Continue Reading

Couple reflects on gay marriage

March 25, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BERKELEY, Calif. Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their case. Continue Reading

Solar development absorbing California farmland

February 2, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

FRESNO, Calif. There’s a land rush of sorts going on across the nation’s most productive farming region, but these buyers don’t want to grow crops. They want to plant solar farms. Continue Reading

Calif. is first stat to ban gay teen ‘conversion’ therapy

October 1, 2012 in West Central Tribune

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that makes California the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy that’s aimed at making gay teenagers straight. Continue Reading

U.S. investigating allegations of downed cow in California plant

August 22, 2012 in The Daily Republic

WASHINGTON U.S. inspectors say they are trying to determine whether Central Valley Meat Co., a slaughterhouse in California that supplies beef to the nation’s school lunch program, used lame “downer” cattle against federal rules. Continue Reading

California hearse driver dies while taking body to funeral

August 14, 2012 in West Central Tribune

BEVERLY HILLS, California Beverly Hills police say a hearse driver who was found dead with a body in the vehicle died while taking the casket to a funeral. Continue Reading

Calif. refinery fire will boost gas prices

August 7, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) A major fire at one of the country’s biggest oil refineries that sent hundreds of people to hospitals with complaints of breathing problems will push gas prices above $4 a gallon on the West Coast, analysts said Tuesday. Continue Reading

FOTB: The land of opportunity; Oil boom generates national, international interest in moving to ND

July 27, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

WILLISTON Moving to North Dakota was the best thing that ever happened to Robert Peeler. Continue Reading