RIPON VFW LUAU Volunteer Antoinette Benson is all smiles climbing back up to the seat of the dunk tank. - photo by HIME ROMERO The Ripon Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary No. 1051 hosted a luau party on Saturday. Latest Turlock comes together to help those in need once again Jurors shaken by video of drowning girl in Brassart trial A conversation with Turlock Police Chief Jason Hedden Eight of 10 Merced County residents feeling the sting of rising costs this holiday season