The State of California’s Employee Development Department released its month labor report this week, and the statistics show that unemployment rates in the region had little movement during the month of May. It comes as California and the United States have seen slight rises in unemployment rates. In Stanislaus County, the unemployment rose slightly from… Keep Reading
A man was killed and two others, including a child, were injured in a wrong-way driving collision on Highway 99 in Turlock early Tuesday morning. The crash occurred at 3:17 a.m. north of Lander Avenue. A man in a white sedan was driving south in the northbound lanes, according to the California Highway Patrol. Continue… Keep Reading
Stanislaus County’s first-ever Filipino food truck has opened in Modesto, bringing more of the rich flavors of the southeast Asian nation to the Valley. The new food trailer, Filipino Corner , opened June 11 at the corner of McHenry Avenue and Meily Way in north Modesto. The small space serves up big, authentic flavors from two church… Keep Reading
A 22-year-old man who kidnapped a woman at gunpoint at a home in Turlock was arrested after a high-speed chase, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said. Angel Primitivo Garcia is accused of forcing entry into the home of a woman with whom he used to be in a relationship on S Morgan Road on Sunday.… Keep Reading
Firefighters are working to extinguish a two-alarm grass fire along the American River Parkway in Sacramento, fire officials said. Flames first broke out around 1:27 p.m. Saturday near the 1400 block of Northgate Boulevard. The fire is a half-acre in size. Continue reading on ABC10 Keep Reading
More than seven million pills-worth of fentanyl was found when Turlock police executed a search warrant leading to the arrest of 44-year-old resident Frank Romero, Thursday. Police say they seized 24.75 pounds of the deadly drug — enough to potentially kill more than five million people — from a home in the 1000 block of West… Keep Reading
Police suspect that the deaths of two men in a fiery car crash in Alameda County may be connected to the killing of a woman in Manteca. The sequence of violent events began on Sunday evening when a woman was shot outside a strip mall on West Yosemite Avenue in Manteca. Law enforcement arrived at… Keep Reading
A Patterson man previously arrested in Turlock for human trafficking was apprehended again on June 6 – this time in Ceres – for allegedly trafficking the same victim, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department. The suspect, Alex Santana, 24, was in possession of a loaded firearm when he was arrested outside a Ceres motel.… Keep Reading
The gathering that brought Dylan Dooling’s family and friends together to reflect on his achievements and character should’ve been a graduation party. Instead, it was a vigil that brought them all together in a shared grief as they grapple with the violent act that took his life. Around 10:45 p.m. on June 2, Dooling and his girlfriend… Keep Reading
The Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority (StanRTA), City of Turlock (Turlock Transit) and Transit Joint Powers Authority for Merced County (The Bus) announced today that all rides on all fixed-route, commuter, and ADA Paratransit buses will be free for passengers during July as part of a joint free-ride promotion. This includes local fixed-route services as well… Keep Reading
