While Sonoma County and local Cal Fire fire agencies were first to the Kincade fire when it erupted two weeks ago in remote, rugged land atop the Mayacamas Mountains, nearly 500 more agencies headed this way to help. The vast majority of the 506 agencies came from around California but 159 came from outside the… Keep Reading
SACRAMENTO — Already besieged by problems including long wait times, the California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday said it suffered a data breach in which federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, had improper access to the Social Security information of 3,200 people issued driver’s licenses. Notices of the data breach went out… Keep Reading
The names of the two people killed in a head-on collision on Santa Fe Drive have been released by the Merced County Sheriff’s Department. The deceased were identified as Margarita Leyva-Alonzo, 47, of Turlock and Gabriel Amaro Rufina, 50, of Turlock. The collision happened around 5:30 a.m. Oct. 24 on Santa Fe Drive, east of… Keep Reading
The two inmates who escaped a Northern California jail Sunday cut a hole in the ceiling of their building, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said. Santos Samuel Fonseca, 21, and Jonathan Salazar, 20, identified a blind spot in their housing unit of the Monterey County Adult Detention Facility and cut through the sheet rock and metal screen… Keep Reading
TURLOCK, Calif — It has been four months since the Turlock Fire Department took a $1.1 million budget cut. Since then, they have faced a major staffing shortage and they’ve had to take one of their four fire engines out of service more than 60% of the time. “I live in close proximity to a… Keep Reading
Diana Shalabi had to be sure. She was 15 when she told her dad she needed cash for a high school football game. Actually, it was for pregnancy tests. Test after test confirmed the news she wasn’t ready to face. “I was like, ‘this is not happening,’ ” Shalabi said. “I was crying every day.”… Keep Reading
The California wildfires that scorched thousands of acres and prompted mass evacuations across the state in recent weeks are largely under control, but experts warn that hot and dry conditions will continue to elevate fire risk throughout the week. The Maria fire, which broke out atop South Mountain just south of Santa Paula in Ventura County… Keep Reading
(CNN)Firefighters in California have been batting numerous blazes nonstop, trying to save millions of people and homes from the flames. The biggest fire, the Kincade Fire, has incinerated parts of the wine country in Sonoma County since last week. Further south, multiple wildfires continue spreading near Los Angeles and surrounding counties. Here are all the wildfires… Keep Reading
A farewell tour for comedian Gallagher is coming to the Turlock Community Theatre. Calling it his Last Smash Farewell Tour, the comedian who made himself famous for smashing watermelons with a giant mallet plays the Turlock venue Saturday, Nov. 9. Gaining fame in the 1980s, he last played at the Turlock theater in 2010. His… Keep Reading
MONTEREY – Faced with a growing labor crisis, five members of the United States House of Representatives, including Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, unveiled bipartisan legislation that provides a path to legal status for undocumented immigrant farmworkers while strengthening employee verification. The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019, which could come up for a vote… Keep Reading
