In a busy legislative week, local Congressman Josh Harder announced some new funding for programs to benefit firefighting efforts and police departments in California. On Friday, Sept. 23 Representative Harder announced that the Department of the Interior has invested over $7.5 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean 9,969 acres of federal land across… Keep Reading
Best Buy plans to close one of its two Stanislaus County stores just before the holiday rush starts. The national home electronics and media retailer will close its store in the Riverbank Crossroads shopping center after 13 years in the location. Continue reading on The Modesto Bee Keep Reading
Investigators are trying to identify a male suspect responsible for a shooting Friday outside the El Capitan Motel in Modesto. At 7:45 p.m., fire and police units went to the 1100 block of Needham Street, finding one person with multiple gunshot wounds in the parking lot of the motel. Continue reading on AOL Corp Keep Reading
A Turlock man died in a motorcycle crash near Jamestown on Sunday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 4 p.m. near the intersection where Highways 108 and 120 split west of Jamestown. Continue reading on Modesto Bee Keep Reading
MODESTO, CA – Twin May bar fights—one female and another male victim—led to a preliminary hearing held here last week in Stanislaus County Superior Court, and in the end, one man was released and two people face trial. Three people who were alleged to have been involved in the attack that resulted in the victim… Keep Reading
Picture the young man, after a hard day’s travel by foot and horse, jotting down a few words in his journal by the stub of a candle. It’s October of 1833, a searingly cold, snowy season in the Sierra Nevada. California, along with the rest of the world, is in the grip of what will… Keep Reading
The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left a home intruder dead. According to officials, the homeowner shot and killed an intruder in self-defense to protect her husband, who was fighting to keep the intruder out of their home. Continue reading on KTVU FOX 2 Keep Reading
The death of a woman found in a car in the parking lot of a Modesto church on Saturday afternoon is “not a homicide,” a Modesto Police Department spokesman said Sunday. It is “classified as a death investigation at this point and will stay as such unless an autopsy says otherwise,” Sgt. Kalani Souza said… Keep Reading
The grounds surrounding Duarte Nursery in Hughson was the setting this year for the Survivor Luncheon, a day to honor cancer survivors, as part of the Relay For Life celebration. The Relay For Life of Greater Stanislaus County – which brings together teams from Modesto, Oakdale, Turlock and beyond – is scheduled at John Thurman… Keep Reading
When Jami Hanlin heard her three children had been hit by a car while walking home from school in Antioch, the California mom rushed to the scene. “I just know it was like a horror scene to me,” Hanlin told KNTV after the crash Friday, Sept. 16, recalling “seeing my son covered in blood telling… Keep Reading
