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The Sacramento Bee ran a story a few days ago about the local food movement, which is the latest food trend.

The story is part of a new feature called The Conversation, meant to encourage even more chatter about a certain topic.

At the article's end, there's a short opinion piece by Daniel Sumner, a UC Davis professor of agricultural and resource economics, who I don't fully agree with. He says that there may not be broader benefits of trying to buy food locally.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest budget proposal, made public today, relies on a one percent sales tax increase.

I wonder how this will affect Gustine's attempt to hike its sales tax by a three-quarter-cent.

Adding 1.75 cents to the 7.25 cents already charged for every dollar may be too much for voters to accept, even though the city's leaders remain optimistic. What do you think?

The Merced County Library is looking for volunteers to help with a variety of tasks - from reading to kids to mending damaged books - at all of its branches.

There are no minimum hours required for most volunteer jobs and the library provides training. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old.

Anyone interested should pick up a volunteer form at any library branch. Call (209)385-7484 for m

I'm interested in doing a story on human trafficking in Merced County, particularly from a victim's perspective.

If anyone out there has any information on the subject, I'd love to hear from you.

E-mail me at creilly@mercedsun-star.com or call me at (209)385-2477.