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Young California mayor sees value in paying poor to rise up

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2017 file photo Randall Saito, who escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital and flew to California in November 2017, is arraigned from Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu. A court hearing is scheduled Thursday, April 26, 2018, on whether Saito is mentally fit to proceed with trial for escaping from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital and flying to California. Saito was confined to the hospital after he was acquitted by reason of insanity of a woman's 1979 killing. A judge ordered that he go before a panel of examiners to determine whether he can be criminally responsible for the escape. (Craig T. Kojima/The Star-Advertiser via AP, Pool,File)

Man found mentally fit for trial for fleeing Hawaii hospital

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

Stockton California in a Glass Box Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How a California city plans to give away money and see what happens, work not required

By Robert Knight

FILE- In this Feb. 29, 2012, file photo, a Stockton city worker walks away from city hall in Stockton, Calif. Stockton, a Northern California city, plans to give several dozen families $500 a month for a year as part of a program to study the economic and social impacts of giving people a basic income. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

California city to give some families $500 a month

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Bruce, Lindsey lead Arkansas State to 99-68 romp

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Judge moves Hawaii psychiatric patient’s extradition forward

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This Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, image made from a video camera inside a Charley's Taxi shows escaped mental patient Randall Saito boarding a taxi in Honolulu, en route to Honolulu airport and a flight from Oahu to the neighboring island of Maui, then boarding another plane to San Jose, Calif. Saito on Sunday left the 202-bed Hawaii State Hospital outside Honolulu, where he has been committed for 36 years since being acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. Saito was captured in Stockton, Calif., Wednesday. (Charley's Taxi via AP)

The Latest: Psychiatric patient doesn’t want to go back

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This photo provided by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's office shows Randall Saito being arrested in Stockton, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Saito, who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Hawaii, was captured as the result of a tip from a taxi cab driver. (San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Hawaii psychiatric patient says he’s surprised escape worked

By TERENCE CHEA and AUDREY MCAVOY - Associated Press

The Hawaii State Hospital is shown in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. The search for a dangerous man who escaped from the Hawaii psychiatric hospital moved to California after authorities said Tuesday he boarded a flight to the state from Maui two days earlier. Randall Saito, who was acquitted of a 1979 murder by reason of insanity, left the state hospital outside Honolulu on Sunday, took a taxi to a chartered plane that took him to the island of Maui and then boarded another plane to San Jose, California, Honolulu police said. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

The Latest: 7 hospital staff on unpaid leave after escape

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California gang member gets up to 19 years for Reno drugs

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In this 2015 photo provided by the Villanueva family is a foster child named Mariah in Brentwood, Calif. Attorneys for the family of a foster child who died after ingesting methamphetamine have sued Alameda County, saying the girl should have been removed from a Stockton home after she swallowed the drug for the first time. Attorney Darren Kessler says county workers missed obvious signs that 3-year-old Mariah was in danger. Kessler is representing the girl's 5-year-old brother and his guardian. (Villanueva Family via AP)

Attorney: Foster girl died after ingesting meth for 2nd time

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FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2016, file photo, a sign opposing a proposed tunnel plan to ship water through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California is displayed near Freeport, Calif. Northern California cities and counties are going to court to block what could be the state's costliest water project in history. Stockton on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, joined Sacramento County in suing the state over Gov. Jerry Brown's plans for two giant water tunnels. The $17 billion tunnels would divert part of the Sacramento River into massive underground pipes for cities and farms to the south and west. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Officials in California’s north sue over giant water project

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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2016, file photo, Oregon State's Gabriella Hanson, center, speaks between Sydney Wiese, left, and head coach Scott Rueck during Pac-12 media day in San Francisco,. After four seasons at Oregon State, Hanson and Wiese fondly recalled what brought them to Corvallis. It was the sense of community, but also coach Rueck’s vision that the Beavers could rise to elite status not only in the Pac-12, but also the nation.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

South Carolina players love coach Staley’s Lifesaver habit

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

Quinnipiac head coach Tricia Fabbri, left, shouts during the first half of a second round game in the NCAA women's college basketball tournament against Miami, Monday, March 20, 2017, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Long shots: Quinnipiac beats Miami 85-78 for Sweet 16 berth

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 5, 2017, file photo, South Carolina forward A'ja Wilson (22) drives against Mississippi State center Chinwe Okorie (45) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game during the Southeastern Conference tournament in Greenville, S.C. South Carolina is traveling West for the NCAA Tournament again. The Gamecocks earned their fourth straight No. 1 seed, heading up the Stockton, California, regional in the brackets announced Monday, March 13. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)

Heading West: No. 1 seed Gamecocks top Stockton Regional

By PETE IACOBELLI - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2016 photo, Glenn Straub speaks inside the power plant he had recently bought that services his shuttered Revel casino. On Thursday March 9, 2017, an appeals court ruled against Straub's claim that he should be allowed to buy the former Showboat casino next door, which is now operated as a non-gambling hotel by Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Appeals court rejects Straub’s claim to ex-Showboat casino

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Prosecutors: Ex-Stockton mayor stole money from kids club

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Museum’s duck decoy collection moves to Hammonton, for now

By DIANE D'AMICO - Associated Press