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Calif. diocese agrees to pay $2M to siblings who claimed abuse by Irish ex-priest O'GradyThe Roman Catholic diocese in Stockton, Calif., has settled two more lawsuits involving a defrocked priest who spoke openly in a 2006 documentary about molesting children.The ...

Police: California man fatally shot by officers was wielding only metal spatula, not knifePolice in California say officers feared for their safety when they gunned down a man who turned out to be wielding only a metal spatula when he was shot ...

McClatchy names sales VP Debra Kuykendall, 56, its new publisher at the Merced Sun-StarThe McClatchy Co. has named Debra Kuykendall the new publisher of the Merced Sun-Star.Kuykendall has been the California newpaper's vice president of sales and marketing since 2007 ...

California mortuary will pay for burial of boy crushed as family moved from foreclosed homeA Northern California mortuary has offered to cover the funeral costs for a 5-year-old Modesto boy crushed by furniture as his family moved out of their foreclosed house ...

Calif. volunteers to fry up 400 pounds of private parts of bulls for annual Testicle FestivalThe fundraising idea may seem a little nuts, but Oakdale's annual Testicle Festival is always a big hit. On Monday, volunteers with the town's Rotary ...

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Calif. diocese settles 2 more O'Grady abuse cases

Calif. man killed by police was wielding spatula

McClatchy names Kuykendall publisher in Merced

Calif. mortuary will pay for crushed boy's burial

Diners can 'have a ball' at testicle festival

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