Hundreds of Californians released from prisons could receive direct cash payments of $2,400 — along with counseling, job search assistance and other support — under a first-in-the-nation program aimed at easing the transition out of incarceration and reducing recidivism. The owner of a construction and electrical company blasted the Democrats he said he voted for after a group of at least 10 thieves broke into his business early Wednesday morning. More stray dogs and cats will have to stay on the streets of Fresno after The Fresno City Council voted to approve a resolution to drastically reduce the number of animals taken in at the already overcrowded Fresno Animal Center. 

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