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Question: My neighbor has lake front property and regularly chases away Canada geese (often by throwing sticks and pine cones at them) during the nesting season. His intent is to keep them off his dock, but he extends his harassment about a tenth of a mile up the beach to the private property of several other people and some PG&E property. Is this legal?

The Buhach Colony baseball team can only hope Monday night was just a detour on its way to a shot at a section title.

Osteoporosis patients are among those who could benefit from the findings of a new UC Merced study on bone health.

The town of Mariposa, rocked a week ago by a devastating blaze that tore through its commercial district and destroyed its unofficial social center, found something to celebrate on Saturday.

SACRAMENTO -- The playoff run for the Atwater softball team came to an end on Saturday.

STOCKTON -- Bradley Bertuccio watched Tracy pitcher John Jaeger start the first four batters off with fastballs.

Dropping out of high school isn't the answer. Too often it leads to crime, joblessness and despair.

To combat that, UC Merced students are sharing their stories of academic success, sometimes in the face of their own difficult circumstances, in hopes of convincing local kids to stay in school.

ELK GROVE -- The bar quivered in place, teasing Golden Valley senior Steven Pust. But it didn't fall.

Defense has been an issue for the Chowchilla softball team this season.

STOCKTON — Daulton Jefferies was in a zone.

LYNCHBURG, Va. — It wasn't exactly the belly of the beast Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited recently on a picture-perfect commencement day at "the world's largest Christian University," but his appearance was a test as to whether the conservative school, founded by the late Jerry Falwell, would embrace a devout Mormon. And Romney passed.

ATWATER -- Long before Brandy or Barbara Coward ever set foot on the Buhach Colony campus, Alfonso Garcia knew they were going to be special.

UC Merced sits in an ideal spot for those who want an active outdoor lifestyle

Ed Ray, the school bus driver in the 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping, has died, the Sun-Star has learned. Keep watching TheChowchillaNews.com for updates on this developing story.

STOCKTON -- Matt Tyler, battered and bruised by state No. 1 Escalon in his last start, left his demons behind when he took the mound Wednesday.

Earning the Central California Conference's top seed can be a blessing and a curse.