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The campaign to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom has collected 1,950,000 signatures, Katy Grimes of the California Globe reports, far more than the 1.4 million signatures needed to qualify the recall for the ballot. A full 1.6 million signatures were collected entirely by volunteers, and according to organizer Orrin Heatlie, 31.5 percent of the signers were “other than Republicans.” As the recall effort surges, Democrats turn up the volume against it. “Right-wing Republicans in CA are trying to recall Gavin Newsom for the crime of telling people to wear masks and for listening to scientists during COVID,” tweeted Sen....

Mercedsun-StarSun-Star Photo By Marci Stenberg Kay and Delbert Stayner read a letter of support as they sit on their front porch in Winton.Ripple effect of tragedy Saturday, January 18, 2003 EDITOR'S NOTE: At their Winton home last week, Delbert and Kay Stayner spoke candidly with a Sun-Star reporter about their family — especially their sons, Steven and Cary — and how tragedy has not shaken their belief that "everything happens for a purpose." By Cynthia Neff CNEFF@MERCEDSUN-STAR.COM "Did you hear the news?" These were the first words out of Delbert Stayner's mouth as he relaxed into a leather chair in...

I retrieved todays paper from the paper box and, is my want, took my coffee, the paper and the quiet of the early morning into my reading room (the bathroom).One article prompted me to ask this question.Three years ago, in the state of Californicatia, motel handyman Cary Stayner killed four women.He was caught and given a life sentence for one of the killings.Now, the AP article says, he is going on trial for the other three and the Fed wants the death penalty. The article further states that it will cost taxpayers 3 million dollars.