Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy Wednesday:

• Help for horses: Thanks to locals' generosity, abused horses from across the state have a place to recover.

• Break-in busted up: A burglar picked the wrong house to break into, police say. Not only was he caught by the homeowner, but he needed stitches before he could be arraigned, the cops say.

• Rehab behind bars: A defendant asks a judge not to bail him out of jail so he can stay away from drugs.

• Delivery drama: A pizza deliveryman blamed bad blood between him and an ex-relative for a harassment citation. Police disagreed.

Look for these stories and more in Thursday's Press Enterprise.

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• Rural recycling trashed: Someone is dumping trash at what's meant to be a spot to recycle.

• Piercing alleged: A lawsuit accuses a surgeon of mistakenly cutting the heart of a patient.

• Less health debt: Obamacare has cut down on the amount of medical debt one local hospital is seeing, its CEO says.