Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy Tuesday:

• No clowning around: With reports of odd costumed characters in the area, the 9-1-1 director suggests not dressing up as a clown this Halloween.

• A pup update: Two weeks after being recovered from a cluttered home, two dogs are slowly recovering.

• Crashing into the new year: As worshippers celebrated the Jewish New Year at a local synagogue, two runaways crashed a stolen truck into two of their vehicles, police say.

• Settling: The owner of two area nursing homes agrees to pay the state millions after being accused of providing inadequate care. 

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

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Check out these stories, popular with our online readers:

• The toll: As OD deaths continue to climb in the area, officials warn that new strains of drugs can be deadly in one dose.

• Minor project, major fix: The state hopes that digging out a small stream can stop major flooding on a Danville-area road.

• Surgery questioned: One patient is suing her doctor after she went in for spine surgery and came out with a constantly hurting back.