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- Fighting On: "I was pretty nervous inside, but they told me I was as cheerful as ever." Kirsten Quinn profiles a local 10-year-old fighting cancer. The Signal
- Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation: Students at Tesoro Del Valle Elementary were evacuated for about a half-hour this morning after a gas leak was detected. The Signal
- Super Bowl Crackdown: The CHP is planning to make this a maximum enforcement weekend, so think twice before drinking and driving. Actually, maybe just make it a practice to not drink and drive at all. KHTS
- Alleged Rapist Was Still on Parole: When the 74-year-old man currently on trial for an Acton rape was released from prison in 2011, his parole from an Indiana prison where he'd also served time should have been revoked, but wasn't. Officials aren't sure why. KHTS
- Take It To the Top: Nice informative piece by Linda Castro about the 14-mile rountrip hike to the top of Telescope Peak, the highest point in Death Valley. SCV News
- A Wakeup Call (Hopefully): "This measles outbreak serves as a call to action about what can happen. ... A lot of people think they don’t need to get their kids vaccinated unless they travel. But they can be exposed right here.” Physicians and health officials are sounding an alarm as a measles outbreak continues to spread in California. SacBee
- Statshot: About 1 in 5 kids lives in poverty, almost double what it was before the 2007 start of the recession, and otehr family facts from a recent Census Bureau report. Daily News
- Rise and Fall: Since oil prices started dropping last summer, oil companies have continued to cut jobs. Some analysts, however, suspect low prices will stimulate jobs in other sectors. LA Times
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