As California politicians declare their commitment to dealing with homelessness, they should also acknowledge that it originates in the state’s chronic shortage of housing that shows no signs of abating. Dan Walters, 23 January, 2023 According to Lauren Lowry, Director for Housing and Community Development at the National League of Cities, “chronic homelessness costs the public… Keep Reading
Three people are dead after a driver ran through a stop sign at a Modesto intersection, officials said Monday. The California Highway Patrol said a dodge Dodge Ram failed to yield at the intersection of Orange and Elm avenues, driving directly into the path of a Dodge SUV that had three people inside. Continue reading… Keep Reading
The Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office is looking for the families of three people who died this year. Michael Sutherland Jr., 49, died of natural causes at his home in Modesto on Jan. 26. Continue reading on Newsbreak Keep Reading
Three people died and two were hospitalized after a crash involving two vehicles in rural Stanislaus County on Monday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP’s Modesto office said that around 2:20 p.m., the agency received a call about a crash near Orange Avenue and Elm Avenue, an area that is about 3 miles… Keep Reading
On Thursday, March 2nd, 2023, at 9:18 pm, a Turlock Police officer near the intersection of W Olive Ave and Grant Ave, Turlock, observed a woman driving an unsafe vehicle with expired registration, so he made a traffic stop on her. The officer made contact with and identified the woman, Adriana Perez, 25, of Ceres,… Keep Reading
A man was killed while operating a tractor in a La Grange-area orchard Saturday afternoon, according to the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District and the Sheriff’s Office. Shortly before 5 p.m., and at the request of Merced County Fire/Cal Fire, Stanislaus Consolidated was dispatched to a report of a man trapped between a tractor and… Keep Reading
On Saturday, February 25th, 2023, at 10:22 am, the Turlock Police Department was dispatched to a reported bank robbery that had just occurred at PNC Bank, 1955 Geer Rd, Turlock. When officers arrived on scene, they contacted employees who told them that a man had entered the bank and walked up to a teller demanding… Keep Reading
A woman was arrested in connection to a stolen trailer, stealing power, illegal drugs, and guns in Turlock, according to deputies. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office was called to a property on Bradbury Road on Thursday for an unrelated incident involving an aggressive dog. Continue reading on KMPH Keep Reading
At 3:40 a.m. on March 3, 2012, Joseph Luis Jauriqui entered an east Modesto home with orders by a high-ranking member of the Norteño street gang: Kill the 18-year-old woman who lived there and anyone else in the house. On Monday, Jauriqui pleaded guilty to murdering three people that night: 16-year-old David Siebels, 19-year-old Alyxandria… Keep Reading
Two people who died in a head-on collision on Highway 4 in north Stanislaus County have been identified by the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office. The collision occurred at about 6:40 a.m. Monday on Highway 4 just west of Dunton Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Continue reading on Modesto Bee Keep Reading
