City of Fresno razes first of 3 homeless camps

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Local agencies have promised to help residents find housing and services. Officials say the encampments have attracted drug dealers, gang members and pimps. Last month, a man was shot and killed in one of the camps and another was wounded.
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Why We Need the Manifest Presence of God

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When he saw this drug-addicted young man, he said to himself, “If he makes it to the end of the week, that will be a miracle.” The man was gaunt and weak, with death in his eyes, the result of years of heavy drug abuse, and no program had been able to …
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Morning Memo: NCGA studies Colo. school choice; DHHS execs see pay bump

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The new state budget sliced funding to three state-run alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers by about $ 4.9 million each year for the next two years – a 12 percent reduction per year to each facility's budget. The three – Walter B. Jones Alcohol and …
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Khloe Kardashian Still Protective of Lamar Odom Despite Separation

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In the midst of all the cheating rumors, it was recently revealed that Khloe tried to have an intervention for Lamar for an alleged crack addiction that has been ongoing for about two years, according to some sources close to the family. The same …
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