Another 60 apartments for low-income people will rise soon at the Avena Bella complex in southwest Turlock. The City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to lend part of the funding for the $18 million expansion. The project, expected to open in fall 2020, comes amid a tight rental market in California. The apartments will be… Keep Reading
Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court seeking to halt part of a controversial government program that kills predators, including coyotes, bears and mountain lions, in ways that the groups allege are cruel, outdated and ineffective. The lawsuit challenges a U.S. Department of Agriculture program called Wildlife Services that uses leg-hold traps,… Keep Reading
Investigators were looking for a suspect who fired a gun into the air early Sunday outside a business along West Main Street in Turlock, the same area where an off-duty Merced County sheriff’s deputy was struck by gunfire the week before. The latest shooting was reported about 1:30 a.m. Sunday in the 100 block of… Keep Reading
A Southern California sheriff’s deputy who set off a massive manhunt when he allegedly faked being shot by a sniper outside his station has left colleagues furious, with his boss moving to boot him off the force and investigators probing potential criminal charges. Deputy Angel Reinosa, a 21-year-old trainee with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, prompted… Keep Reading
The cow kicked hard, and fast, straight into Luis Alberto Echeverría’s chest. It was 2008, and Echeverría said he was prepping the cow for milking at the dairy farm he worked at in Turlock, California, east of San Francisco. The cow’s kick left him unconscious. “When I came to, one of my co-workers was standing over… Keep Reading
A California sheriff’s deputy who collapsed during a 2013 SWAT tryout never regained consciousness — and succumbed to his injuries six years later, authorities said. Carlos Cammon, 35, died at a local rehab facility late Friday, the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs announced on Facebook. Cammon was 29 years old and a six-year veteran of… Keep Reading
De La Salle remained firmly atop the latest Bay Area Preps HQ Top 25 rankings despite losing to St. Thomas Aquinas 24-14 on Friday. St. Thomas entered the game ranked No. 1 nationally by USA Today and De La Salle still has not lost to a Northern California team north of the Fresno area in 28 years.… Keep Reading
The rebuilding of the Stanislaus State women’s volleyball team is taking shape. The rest of the California Collegiate Athletic Association is taking notice. In the preseason coaches’ poll, the Warriors were picked to finish second behind Stan Francisco State. Stanislaus State, 16-11 overall, 9-9 in the CCAA last season, reached the conference tournament but lost… Keep Reading
“I Felt It” Reports: (132.4 km WSW from epicenter) [Map] / not felt: Did not feel it or hear it or see it. Was in my basement workshop and didn’t have any idea that there was an earthquake until I got off later and checked my notifications. Lol Coworkers on the ground floor also did not… Keep Reading
The unemployment rate in Stanislaus County increased by the slightest margin in July according to the latest report from the Employment Development Department. Stanislaus County had an unemployment rate of 6.6 percent in July, up from a revised rate of 6.5 percent in June, the EDD reported. The July rate was below the year-ago estimate… Keep Reading
