Tractors ‘pull’ community together (The Adobe Press) The fourth annual West Coast Nationals Tractor Pull, held at the Santa Maria Elks/Unocal Event Center, offered up big engines, big noise and a big variety of spectators Saturday. [News Source]

Panel: Santa Clara County supervisors should oppose FDA blood ban (San Jose Mercury News) Santa Clara County should formally oppose the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ban on blood donations from gay men, a board of supervisors' committee agreed Thursday. [News Source]

Officials call for safety probe of school meat supply (Los Angeles Times) Members of Congress call for an investigation after at-risk cattle were allegedly slaughtered at a Chino plant that supplies a lunch program. A California congressman and other lawmakers called Thursday for an independent investigation into the safety of food supplied to schools across the nation through a federal program. The action comes in response to allegations that at-risk cattle were ... [News Source]