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The old Parrotts Ferry Bridge is exposed by low surface elevation on the Stanislaus River upstream from the new Parrotts Ferry Bridge.
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Customers of five different regional waterdistricts face different conservation rates
Asphalt accident — An overturned truck spilled asphalt on O'Byrnes Ferry Road on Wednesday.A3
water districts, which in turn have imposed different cutbacks on their
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the 1942 raid on Tokyo, shortlyafter the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Race planes and various antique and experimental aircraft will also be on display during the two-day event. Benny Stuth,Tuolumne County airports manager,
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Specifically, state mandatee orderedinMay for every urban water supplierthat serves 3,000 or more water connections were determined by usage data for each water supplier, based on gallons ofwater per person per day during the months of impacting everyone in the Mother July, August, and September 2014. Lode. But &om the Mokelumne So people who live in a district River to the Merced River, people where customers used less water in different communities are facing &om July to September last year, different conservation demands. such as Calaveras County Water That's because every watershed District, face less-demanding conis different and each community servation rates than people who is facing unique challenges and live in a district where customers variables, including limited water used more water per person per day, supplies and limited water rights. accordingto State Water Resources The state has mandated different Control Board staff conservation rates on individual
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$104,000 morethan originally anticipated. The Tuolumne CounCounty leaders are con- ty Board of Supervisors cerned about r ecent cost unanimously a p p r oved overrunson projectsrelated the agreement at Tuesto the future Law and Jus- day's meeting. However, tice Center off Old Wards District 5 Supervisor Karl Ferry Road in Sonora. Rodefer expressed concern A recent agreement with about the higher price tag. "It seems like every item Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for the installation of elec- that comes to us that's astricalpower to serve the sociated with the Law and propertywillcostthe county nearly $404,000 — about See CENTER/Back Page
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salaries, law job density and law job availability, weighted with the competition in the local market," Eppie Vojt, founder of GoodCall, said in the news release. Other factors the study took into consideration included housing affordability and amenities, such as local
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A new report ranks Sonora among the top small cities in the United States for lawyers and recent law school graduates to launch their careers. Sonora placed 19th overall out of 539 cities with a population under 100,000 that were evaluated in a recent study conducted by GoodCall, a data research firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. A news release said the rankings were based on data gathered&om the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau and Indeed.
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Mother Lode fathers and their families will again have the chance to celebrate Father's Day weekend under the buzz of soaring aircraft at the 49th annual Father's Day Fly-in. The event will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Columbia Airport. More than 100 planes will be flown in for the weekend. They include military aircraft &om both world wars, including a WWII-era B-25
said the B-25 will be one of the show's highlights and is scheduledto arrive at the airport at 10 a.m. Friday. "It'sgot a lot of history," he said. "It'svery rare to see one flying, there are only a few left in operation." A ride in the iconic plane will be the grand prize in a raffle this year. The drawing is for 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Winners must be present. T ickets to ride in t h e plane can also be purchased for $399. "It's our more costly ticket for airplanerides, but the
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