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On Tuesday, Stanislaus County public health officials delivered to county leaders what they said was the last quarterly report on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finally, in this update, there wasn’t much to report in terms of viral activity.
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If your idea of mosquito repellant is to slap them dead, then it’s going to be a brutal season for you
Local mosquito abatement districts caution that 2023 will be a challenging year for the area due to the heavy rainfall, creating many opportunities for mosquitoes to breed.
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During the pandemic, dog owners became lax about renewing their dogs’ licenses and the Stanislaus County Animal Services Agency became lax about enforcement.
Now, an estimated two-thirds of the county’s dog population is unlicensed, the agency’s executive director, Vaughn Maurice, said.
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Stanislaus County’s drive-up testing sites in Salida and Turlock are closed as the California’s COVID-19 state of emergency comes to its end Tuesday.
The state of emergency declared in March 2020 gave Gov. Gavin Newsom authority to issue orders and use resources in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the orders ended months ago and the state is phasing out remaining regulations.
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A 10-year-old child was injured after a vehicle crashed into her family home in Modesto on the afternoon of Saturday, February 25, 2023. The collision occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m. at Prescott Road and Sharon Way in the Modesto area, according to officials.
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Some Stanislaus County hospitals continued the tradition Sunday, Jan. 1, of announcing the first births of 2023.
Doctors Medical Center could share only limited information about the first baby born there — just that he was born at 12:18 a.m. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches long, according to Tenet Healthcare spokeswoman Krista Deans.
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After a significant drop in 2020 and 2021, the number of individuals facing eviction this year has returned to pre-pandemic levels.
In 2018 and 2019, Stanislaus Superior Court processed more than 3,636 eviction cases. The next two years, characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic, saw 1,654 evictions – fewer than half as many.
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A local optometrist with offices in Modesto and Turlock pleaded guilty to committing $500,000 in health care fraud, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert. United States District Judge Jennifer Thurston will determine Dr. Carole Sachs’ sentence March 6, according to a news release from Talbert’s office.
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Nearly six hours after Modesto police responded to a report of a man having a mental health crisis and threatening suicide at his east Modesto home, he was in custody, uninjured and receiving care.
The incident began about noon, Lt. Felton Payne said. A man alone in his home on the 2400 block of East Orangeburg Avenue said he had a propane tank in his garage that he planned to blow up, authorities said.
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A town hall meeting titled “Fentanyl in Our Community” will be held in Turlock on Thursday to provide education on the deadly drug, community resources and Narcan training, according to two of the presenting organizations: the Turlock Unified School District and Stanislaus County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS).
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, according to information on the TUSD website.
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