Modesto CA

John Vera thought he was walking into a surprise birthday celebration. Instead, the longtime community advocate and philanthropist was named the 2025 Stocktonian of the Year, honoring nearly four decades of service to the city. Leaders from the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce and the Central Valley Association...

From national parks to scenic coastlines, California’s quality of life is hard to beat — and Modesto’s central location offers residents a short drive to the Bay Area, the coast and the Sierra Nevada. However, it’s no secret that California’s cost of living is higher than in most states. To determine the “ most...

(FOX40.COM) — The Salvation Army low-barrier homeless shelter on South Ninth and D Streets will now remain open through June after being granted a temporary extension. Back in September, the shelter was issued a six-month notice to terminate its lease agreement with Stanislaus County due to budget shortfalls. County...

A 40-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday evening on the 2400 block of East Sonora Street in Stockton, authorities said, turning a routine call about gunfire into the city’s latest homicide investigation. Officers arrived just before 7 p.m., found the man suffering from gunshot wounds and rushed him to a local...

YUBA COUNTY, Calif. - Three Stockton residents have pleaded guilty in a heroin trafficking operation that spanned across Northern California, including the Yuba-Sutter region. The Yuba County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) led a multi-agency investigation into the network. Authorities...

Stanislaus County supervisors adopted a well mitigation and management plan Tuesday for the groundwater underlying most of the northern part of the county. County government has jurisdiction over the eastern and western unincorporated areas that are not within irrigation districts — about 22% of the groundwater...

Sutter Health has broken ground on a four-story Advanced Cancer Center and Care Complex at the Memorial Medical Center campus in Modesto, kicking off one of the city’s biggest health care projects in years. The complex is designed to pull cancer treatment, outpatient clinics and surgical services under one roof, a...

A 33-year-old man shot and killed in Stockton Tuesday night was identified as Andre Bragg Jr., according to the San Joaquin County Medical Examiner's Office. At about 5:55 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 27, Stockton police officers responded to the 300 Block of South San Joaquin Street on a report of a person shot. Bragg was...

A woman is missing and a Modesto man has been arrested following a crash into a Merced County canal around midnight Wednesday.

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY – Since the non-native golden mussel was first discovered in October 2024 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the potentially pipe-clogging mollusk has spread as far south as Riverside County. Invasive pest management experts acknowledge eradication is likely impossible. They say the goal now...