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POLL QUESTION:Should fireworks be legal in Sierra foothill counties? A4
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The parents of a Sonora High School student say the administration has not done enough tofi nd out who assaulted their daughter on campus in May. The girl, who the parents did not want identified, had been receiving obscene and threatening text messages for five months before the assault occurred outside a girls' locker room. The family has identified severalfemale students as suspects. They said they do not know why their daughter is a target. She had not been a victim of bullying in the past. Bill Henington, the victim' s father, has expressed his concerns three times at Sonora
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Calaveras County businesses featured on reality television shows are (clockwise, from top left): The Murphys Historic Hotel, Hotel Leger, Lila at Sage bakery and Hillbillies Restaurant. • SUMMER CATCH: Anglers at the Twain Haite ditch began their Fourth of July weekend trying to score the perfect catch.C1 • MLB:Giants drop fourth straight; A's give up 4 home runs in 9-5 loss to Mariners; Sending MLB All-Stars young and old to Cincy.Ct 3 • WIMBLEDON: Serena wins, Venus up next.C1 • SOCCER:Wambach just wants to win her last World Cup.C4
NEWS ELSEWHERE • RATES RISING:Most California residential customers will see their electricity bills increase under a new rate structure passed Friday.A6 • DECISION 2016: Hispanic leaders want GOP field to condemn Trump's offensive speech.A6
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Four CalaverasCounty businesses bave beenfeatured on reality television in the pastfour years: The Murp/tys Histort'c Hotel, Hotel Leger, Lila & Sagebakery and Hillbillies Restaurant.
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Brian Goss, general manager of the Murphys Historic Hotel, is not as biga Gordon Ramsay fan as he used to be. "I am not bashing," Goss said. "I know that he' ll never do a revisit here, guaranteed." Almost a year after the hotel was featured on eHotel Hell," a reality TV show where Ramsay attempts to fix struggling hotels, the Murphys Hotel is back to its old ways — but that may not be a bad thing. Throughout the program, the hoSee REALITY/Back Page
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Co-owner of the Murphys Historic Hotel Brian Goss stands in the hotel's bar. The business was featured on "Hotel Hell."
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'Fish rescue' contentious for Mcclure water users That's because Merced Irrigation District, which operates McClure, has been About 3,200 people who get ordered to do a fish rescue if their water from Lake Don the water drops below a cerPedro Community Services tain level and the Lake Don District could be compet- Pedro distr ict continues to ing with fish for the limited draw water from McClure. water that remains in Lake The Federal Energy ReguMcClure, one of the emptiest latory Commission said in reservoirs in thestate. June that the Lake Don PeBy GUY McCARTHY
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Union High School District board meetings in r ecent months. Henington said s chool a dministrators h ave n o t contacted his family with
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paper at whatever time is most convenient to your lifestyle. We too have adjusted to the change, and I'm pleased with how smoothly the transition went. Today marks another milestone worthy of being brought
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