Modesto CA

The Newman City Council voted 4-0 to authorize City Manager Michael Holland to approve the employment agreement of Raymond Framstad, an operations lieutenant at Merced County Sheriff's Office, to become the next police chief of the Newman Police Department last Tuesday. Councilmember Gisel Pimentel was absent from Tues

Jonecia Brown, a 16-year-old from Turlock, has been missing since June 24. Turlock police detectives are “actively investigating a juvenile runaway report,” department spokesperson Dominique Roton said. The Black & Missing Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness of missing people of color, has posted abo

A quiet stretch of State Route 4 near Copperopolis turned into an active investigation Thursday evening after a man was found dead beside a parked vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol. Witnesses spotted the vehicle on the shoulder of SR-4 near Stallion Way around 6:30 p.m. and called it...

Stockton City Attorney Marci Arredondo is resigning less than five months after the City Council unanimously selected her to lead the city’s legal office, according to a document obtained by Stocktonia and confirmation from current and former city officials. In the July 21 document addressed to the City Council,...

LODI, Calif. — While some students across the region still have days or weeks of summer break remaining, more than 30,000 Lodi Unified School District students across Stockton and Lodi are preparing to head back to school. District Superintendent Neil Young said the start date, Friday, is the earliest...

July 24, 2026 – Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on late Thursday evening Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office. deputies and Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies continued searching the lake. At approximately 3:45 p.m., Calaveras County deputies located human remains in the water using their Rem

Late July brings another round of community events across Stockton. Youth arts programs are wrapping up their summer productions. There are various music offerings. And WWE returns to Stockton for the first time in four years. Here are some happenings July 23-26. Read on for a sampling of events fromVisit...

Turlock’s newest music teacher wants to amplify live music in the region, one student at a time. Originally from San Jose, Malachi Hernandez, 45, has been a musician for over two decades. He started his career in 2000 in Santa Cruz County, writing music for high school plays before teaching and performing. He earned a

The 29-year-old man killed in a two-vehicle crash west of Modesto last week was Luis Eduardo Naranjo Castro of Ceres, according to the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office. Naranjo Castro, originally thought by authorities to be from Patterson, died in the collision shortly before 7 p.m. July 16 at the intersection of Pa

In our Reality Check stories, Modesto Bee journalists deliver fast facts about the issues that matter to local residents to hold officials and institutions accountable. Read more. Story idea? [email protected] . Stanislaus County health inspectors observed a dog in a grocery store shopping cart and a bag of “unknown powd