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The Associated Press FRESNO » Two students at a Central California high school are suing the school district, claiming a school employee asked them to take part in a drug sting on campus without the consent of their parents or police, a newspaper reported. T h e l aw s u i t a g a i n s t the Clovis Unified School District, f iled in Fresno County earlier this month, also alleges that the em - ployee, Kelly Racca, and another school official en- couraged one of the stu- dents to lie, the Fresno Bee reported (http://bit. ly/1f FnO0D). District spokeswoman Kelly Avants said Tues - day that the district had not been served with the lawsuit, but it doesn't typi- cally comment on litigation. Racca did not want to com- ment, Avants said. A message at a phone list- ing for Racca was not imme- diately returned. The students are not named in the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified monetary damages. Their attorney, Stephen R. Cornwell, told the Bee other students view them as snitches, and they fear for their safety. Racca, 36, wanted to stop the sale of marijuana at Clo - vis North High School about a year ago and asked one of the students, identified in the lawsuit as Mary Roe, to buy the drug with bills whose serial numbers she had recorded, according to the lawsuit. Racca was a campus monitor and continues to work part-time for the dis - trict, Avants said. The student enlisted the help of the second student, identified in the lawsuit as John Doe. Under Racca's in- struction, John Doe bought marijuana from a student on campus using Racca's money while Mary took a photograph of the transac - tion, according to the suit. T hey t hen a l le ge d ly turned over the evidence to Racca. The two students were later questioned by police. The lawsuit says Racca and another employee, Wesley Flowers, encouraged one of them to lie about the sting. No one picked up at a list - ing for Flowers on Tuesday morning, and an email to him was not immediately answered. Avants said she would ask Flowers whether he wanted to comment on the suit. The lawsuit is similar to a case filed in Los Ange - les that alleged school offi- cials gave a middle school student cash to buy drugs. A jury awarded the boy $1 million in damages three years ago. DiStRict lawSuit Fr es no s tu de nt s su e over alleged drug sting Suit: Campus monitor recruited pair to take part in drug buy News feed SaliNaS » Health officials have issued another recall for a food product pro- cessed by a Northern Cal- ifornia slaughterhouse. The Monterey County Health Department said in a statement Monday it was recalling Krave Jerky's garlic chili pepper beef jerky processed at Rancho Feeding Corp. The agency said it was recalling the 3.25-ounce jerky product because of safety concerns. The product was distributed nationwide and will bear the mark "EST 18951." Rancho Feeding Corp. halted operations last month after a series of re - calls. HEaltH RiSk Recall issued for beef jerky product BuRBaNk » A 3-year-old boy who fell out of a third- story window in Burbank was saved by a quick-acting couple who threw a mat - tress out to break his fall. wife, Jennifer, were moving out of their apart- ment Sunday when they noticed the toddler and his sister throwing their toys out the window. When they saw the lit - tle boy throw his leg over the window sill, Konrad rushed to put the mat- tress down. He was able to break the child's fall, plac- ing him onto the mattress. The toddler was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, but he did not suffer any major injuries. Quick tHiNkiNg Mattress used to break toddler's fall S ac R a M E N t O » O f f i - cials say February's rain storms pleasantly boosted the state's water supply, but California remains in the throes of a drought. 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