The Fresno Bee took Condit to task for allegedly having his congressional staff lie for him about his relationship with Levy.

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"I'm just as surprised as anyone else right now, " Brenda Lightfoot-Handy, director of food services at Palm Elementary, told the Fresno Bee.

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Sunday, two major newspapers serving Condit's California district -- the Modesto Bee and the Fresno Bee -- called on him to resign.

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I've known Pruitt for more than 20 years, since he was a young publisher of my hometown newspaper in central California, The Fresno Bee.

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Nonetheless, the sale put off some readers, who considered McClatchy's Fresno Bee and Modesto Bee newspapers too dowdy to be associated with the hip, free-wheeling Famous sites.

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Lt Tony Spada of Fish and Wildlife told the Fresno Bee this type of incident was "very rare" because of the safety measures required by the state and because regulations require minimal human-animal interaction.

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