Modesto CA

The State Theatre will host the Nov. 13 premiere of “Homeless in Modesto II,” the sequel to a 2018 documentary. Both hour-long films feature interviews with numerous unhoused residents and social service providers. The 6 p.m. screening will be followed by a panel discussion on progress toward permanent housing. It...

EMPIRE, CA — Deputies with the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting that occurred early morning on November 1, 2025, at a Halloween party in Empire, resulting in one fatality and two additional injuries. At approximately 12:27 a.m., deputies responded to the 100 block of A...

TURLOCK, Calif. — A man in Turlock found what he thought was a cannonball, which led to a call Sunday for the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad. Officers arrived around noon to the 3300 block of Fosberg Road after a man told dispatch he had found what he believed was a cannonball and brought it into his...

There was a roll call before the special meeting started and three out of seven showed up. So, the special meeting needed to get adjourned.

Massachusetts — The U.S. Marshals Service, District of Massachusetts Fugitive Task Force (MAFTF), has announced in a statement the arrest of Marco Antonio Cruz Ocamp, 35, wanted for one count of Assault to Murder and one count of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon. Aymer Rubisel Cruz Ocampo, 30, wanted for...

The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office says a Halloween night DUI checkpoint in Riverbank led to several arrests and the discovery of two illegally manufactured “ghost” guns. According to a Sheriff’s Office news release, the Major Accident Investigation Team conducted the checkpoint on the evening of Oct. 31 as part...

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, CA — “On October 29, 2025, at approximately 11:00 p.m., San Joaquin County Sheriff’s deputies observed two individuals, later identified as Rayshawn Bryant and Joseph White, in the area of Sierra Nevada and Park Street — a location associated with a recent string of robberies.

MANTECA, Calif. — Four people were taken to the hospital, and one other person was hurt after a crash Thursday in Manteca, authorities said. Around 11:30 a.m., a van was making a left turn from southbound Main Street onto eastbound Edison Street when it collided with a motorcycle traveling north on Main Street,...

Two months to the day after I published a story acknowledging a new restaurant was coming to Modesto’s Wood Colony Plaza and admitting I had little information about it, it opened. Fat Boy Roasted Delights celebrated its grand opening Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 3900 Pelandale Ave., Suite 650, near Vallarta. It is a...

Four people, including two people on a motorcycle, were taken to the hospital after a crash at a Manteca intersection late Thursday morning, police said.