Join fellow bibliophiles at the Nick W. Blom Salida Regional Library on Tuesday, May 14 at 10 a.m. for the Salida Library Book Club. May’s book club pick is “The Dogs of Babel” by Carolyn Parkhurst. Readers will enjoy the tale of professor Paul Iverson, his wife Lexy, and the search for answers surrounding Lexy’s death.

For more information, please call the Salida Library at 543-7315.

TRACY, Calif. – Delta Charter School, a fully accredited, tuition-free K-12 public charter school, is inviting interested families to its main campus in Tracy to learn more about the nationally recognized charter school and the variety of learning opportunities it offers to area students. 

Delta Charter School serves students in San Joaquin and surrounding counties delivering a rigorous technology-rich curriculum that provides students with a personalized learning experience.  Delta Charter students are provided with individualized attention that includes high levels of support from highly qualified credentialed teachers and educational coordinators. 

Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), Delta Charter School offers a comprehensive standards-based curriculum that meets the needs of students who are looking to continue on to a college or university, as well as students who need to participate in credit recovery. 

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - A former Modesto police officer initially charged with sexual assault after being accused of forcing a prostitute to have sex with him while on duty has avoided any additional jail time after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors.  

The Modesto Bee reports that after pleading no contest to misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution and petty theft for having sex with the 37-year-old woman while on duty, Lee Freddie Gaines II on Friday was sentenced to time served.  

He'll also be on probation for 30 days and will have to pay the city $32.57 in restitution for taking an hour of his work time while having sex with the woman.  

Prosecutors say they dropped the sexual assault charges because there was insufficient evidence and the woman - who has admitted to working as a prostitute - changed her version of the events.  

Gaines has said the sex was consensual.