Wire South Texas gets first look at Dolly's damage
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas Thursday and cars crept along roads with darkened stoplights as the region got its first look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dolly.

Metro The quest begins
There are days and weeks, especially in August, when the heat and the haze and the smog hang heavy over the Central Valley and you can't see the mountains.

Metro 'Hall of Hope'
Inside the new Fresno County Juvenile Justice Campus, voices echo off concrete walls in empty rooms the size of basketball courts.

Four Bee writer/photographer teams hiked the John Muir Trail. Here's a look back at the adventure.

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