Modesto CA

Brian Chubon, the former Modesto principal convicted of felony statutory rape of a minor in Merced County, wrote in a letter to Modesto City Schools that he was afraid to inform the district about his charges. He said he wanted to avoid embarrassment for himself, his family and the district by keeping the matter out of the public. The letter , obtained by The Modesto...

BRAWLEY — Del Rio Country Club and the Imperial County Historical Society partnered up for the society’s third annual Golf Tournament, with proceeds benefiting the Pioneers’ Museum on Saturday, April 11. The four-man scramble tournament’s participants and sponsors consisted of both community members and local business associations....

(FOX40.COM) — The San Joaquin Asparagus Festival will return to Stockton later this month, bringing three days of food, entertainment and family activities. The 40th annual festival is scheduled for April 24-26 at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, located at 1658 South Airport Way. Organizers stated that the event will feature a mix of live […]

STOCKTON, Calif. — A U.S. Air Force pilot from Stockton who was declared missing during World War II has now been officially accounted for decades later. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that 2nd Lt. Donald L. Durand, 25, was accounted for on July 28, 2025. His family has since received a full briefing, allowing additional details about the case to be released...

Perfectly normal weather awaits Stanislaus County this week, more typical of spring than the extra-warm March. The National Weather Service forecasts daily highs ranging from 67 degrees on Monday, April 13, to 75 on Friday. Monday started out cool and overcast in the wake of the weekend storm. The historical average for high temperatures is in the low 70s in mid-April, according...

A man accused of fatally shooting another man behind a store in Stockton will make his second court appearance in May. Trung Nguyen, 42, was arrested April 8 in connection with the death of 42-year-old Damon Richard James Owens who was killed on April 7. On Friday, April 10, Nguyen appeared in court for the first time to hear the charges against...

Animal-rights protesters brought their fight straight to a Turlock goat-milk plant over the weekend, accusing one of Meyenberg’s suppliers of mistreating animals and dumping carcasses in grim piles on a Stratford farm. Dozens of activists rallied outside Meyenberg’s processing facility on Saturday, then took their protest to a nearby...

STOCKTON, Calif. — A jewelry store was robbed April 10 in a smash-and-grab at a Stockton mall, according to police. The robbery happened at Kay Jewelers inside the Weberstown Mall. The victim, a 38-year-old woman, was working when four suspects entered with a sledgehammer, the Stockton Police Department said. Police described the suspects as one Black man and three other men...

STOCKTON, Calif. — The man killed in a deadly shooting earlier last week in Stockton has been identified by the San Joaquin County Medical Examiner as 42-year-old Damon Richard James Owens, a Stockton resident. Stockton police say Owens was shot April 7 in the city’s Lakeview district on the...

8:11 p.m. UPDATE: According to Kolasinski, Mendoza Hernandez is being held at the Stanislaus County Public Safety Center, but The Bee has not been able to confirm that information. Original story: Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, the man shot by ICE officers last week in Patterson, was discharged from a Modesto hospital just before 1 p.m. Monday and immediately arrested by the Department of...