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Aug. 24, 2008

Heart of Gold

A high school football star in tiny Mariposa, Judge F. Dana Walton thought he'd left for good. But the magnetic pull of the old mining town drew him back.

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By Noah Barron
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 5

      MARIPOSA - Late one night in 1979, F. Dana Walton awoke to the staccato report of gunfire just outside the window of his Fresno home.
      A gang shootout raged on the street, close - too close - to his baby daughter's bedroom. When the guns quieted, the young lawyer's mind was made up. He was done with... (continued)

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