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School plans aim to improve student performance

in Local Roundup

Schools throughout Turlock Unified School District are doing everything they can to help students perform at their best — and they all have a plan.

Campuses are currently implementing their individual School Plans for Student Achievement, which are comprehensive and strategic plans that provide details about the school’s planned actions and expenditures to support student outcomes and overall performance. According to TUSD Director of English Learners, Assessment and Special Programs Alice Solis, State law requires these plans to be developed, reviewed, updated and approved annually by each school’s School Site Council.

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Turlock police explain mysterious door-to-door DNA kits

in crime/Local Roundup

TURLOCK, Calif. —

Turlock police said a man who’d arose suspicions after approaching a few area homes with child DNA kits represents a legitimate business and committed no crimes.

Police sent out a warning Monday to parents to be on the lookout after the department received two reports of a man walking up to homes and asking parents to provide fingerprints, hair samples and/or DNA from their daughters.

The police department was able to speak to witnesses and the man himself. Police said he was passing out free child DNA kits, which would be held by the family in case of future investigations.

He was not trying to get children’s DNA as the police department originally said witnesses reported.

The man’s contacts stemmed from word-of-mouth referrals and online requests for free child DNA kits.

“As a result of this investigation, we were able to determine there were no crimes. Residents should continue to exercise caution when unknown individuals come their residence. Do not allow people you are unfamiliar with into your homes. Contact police immediately if you suspect any suspicious activity,” Turlock police said in a news release.

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Stanislaus County to enforce steep fines on illegal pot grows

in Local Roundup

STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. —

Starting on Dec. 19, Stanislaus County is cracking down on illegal pot grows by enforcing a $1,000 fine per plant per day, according to Terry Withrow, chairman of the county board of supervisors.

Right now, Withrow said growers only face a maximum $500 fine.

“There was no teeth to our ordinance,” Withrow said. “It was laughable. Like ‘Yeah, shut us down. We’ll be back here again.’”

The hefty fine can add up quickly. For example, Withrow said a cultivation site found with 5,000 illegal marijuana plants would be fined $5 million per day.

“If it’s not substantial, we’re just back to where we were before,” he said. “If we can’t shut down the black market, then the entire permitting process is a joke.”

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Surveillance video shows suspicious man going door-to-door asking for DNA samples in Turlock

in Local Roundup

TURLOCK, Calif. — Lauren Hassett knew something was wrong the moment she was approached by a stranger that didn’t even bother knocking on her front door.

The Turlock mother told ABC10 that she was coming out of her house and into her garage when she spotted a man standing there, waiting.

“He said he was with AMBER Alert, and he wanted to finish up a DNA file so he wanted fingerprints,” Hassett recalled. “And he specifically asked for five strands of [my daughter’s] hair.”

Hassett said the man hit her neighborhood on Wednesday night. But a second parent told ABC10 that the same man allegedly hit her neighborhood on the other side of town — at least 15 minutes away on Saturday — with two different stories.

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VIDEO: Dispute over politics leads to fight at Sacramento State

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

At Sacramento State, a discussion on politics escalated into a violent incident, with one student attacking another — all of it captured on cellphone video.

The university responded quickly to the incident, which began with a verbal fight over comments someone posted on Facebook. Then, the war of words escalated into something physical.

“I was coming out of the class through those doors right here,” Floyd Johnson explained to KCRA 3. Johnson, a senior and political science major at Sacramento State, said he was assaulted by another student after class Friday.

“What have I done?” Johnson asks the student in the video. “You’re harassing me,” the student proclaims on the video, before slapping at Johnson.

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CHP: 4, including infant, hurt in Highway 99 crash near Turlock

in Accident

TURLOCK, Calif. — Four people, including an infant, were hurt in a crash Sunday night near Turlock, officials say.

The driver was traveling southbound on Highway 99 north of West Main Street in Turlock. There were three passengers, including an infant, when the crash happened around 7:30 p.m., the California Highway Patrol said.

The car at some point moved to the right from the middle lane and lost control, causing a rollover crash, the CHP said. The infant was ejected from the SUV but remained in the carrier.

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Measles cases surge in California and across the U.S. Did anti-vaxxers contribute?

in Health

Measles is back, and with a vengeance.

The United States is among the countries with measles outbreaks. Through Nov. 7, more than 1,260 cases have been reported in 31 states — the highest number in the past 25 years.

In 2018, worldwide measles killed 140,000 people, mostly children younger than 5, according to a new report from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention on behalf of the Measles & Rubella Initiative.

This includes 72 cases in California, according to the California Department of Public Health. The last large outbreak in the state involved 131 Californians and occurred from 2014-2015 and was associated with Disneyland.

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Orange County Has The Most Opioid Deaths In California

in Local Roundup

ORANGE COUNTY (CBSLA) — A new study has found that more people are dying from opioid overdoses in Orange County compared to other parts of California.

According to a study by the county, heroin and fentanyl overdoses have climbed in the O.C. since 2016.

The study also found that the opioid overdose death rate for Orange County is higher than the statewide rate.

Opioid-blocking drugs, like Narcan, have been named the gold standard for combating opioid addiction, however, less than half of Orange County’s addiction treatment centers currently carry the drug.

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San Francisco needs to pay the price for desecrating Yosemite National Park

in Environment

Those who are the most politically correct among those that lecture the rest of the state from their perches atop the 40 plus hills of San Francisco about the environmental shortcomings of the rest of California should take a long hard look in the mirror.

They thrive on some of the original — and most hideous — environmental sins ever committed in the Golden State. Topping the laundry list running from filling in the bay to resisting tougher car emission testing for years because the winds cleared out their smog and sent it into the Central Valley is the desecration of a national park.

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