Stockton firefighters extinguish house fire on Golden Gate
On March 7, 2025, Stockton Firefighters made a quick attack on a fire at a single-story home on Golden Gate. Engine 12, contracted by the Eastside Fire District, arrived to find flames showing from the front of the structure. The crew of four firefighters quickly deployed a fire attack line and extinguished the blaze...
Shock waves of Modesto Del Monte plant closure hit local fruit farms. Growers to...
By this time of year, Richard Lial’s Escalon peach trees – bursting with pink-white blossoms – should have been pruned. Soon the blooms would need spraying, and he would feed all 105 acres with the water and fertilizer needed for his gorgeous summertime cling peaches. Not this...
Readers’ photo challenge highlights pets and wildlife
This month’s Readers Photo Challenge was to take pictures of our fine feathered (and furred) friends. Animals were the subject and some readers looked to their domestic counterparts to photograph. Their task was to capture some of the personalities of their pets. Others looked to wildlife for their subjects to catch...
Woman injured in Stockton drive-by shooting
(FOX40.COM) — A young woman was shot while driving in Stockton last night, police say. The victim, a 23-year-old woman, was driving in the area of El Dorado and Worth streets, the Stockton Police Department said. The shooter fired shots from another vehicle, injuring the victim. The woman was taken to an area...
Modesto’s Red-light Safety Program expands
(FOX40.COM) — The Modesto Police Department announced that the city’s automated traffic safety program, created to help reduce red-light running and prevent crashes, has expanded. The program consists of cameras being placed in high-collision intersections. Within the first 30-days after placement, drivers who run...
Two former Patterson school district administrators sentenced in $1.5 million embezzlement scheme
SACRAMENTO — Two former administrators with the Patterson Joint Unified School District were sentenced Wednesday to federal prison for stealing more than $1.5 million from the district through a years‑long embezzlement scheme, federal prosecutors said. Jeffrey Menge, 45, of Copperopolis, the district’s former...
Rising gas prices affecting small businesses, food trucks, delivery drivers
Gas prices are soaring in California. This is directly impacting small business food trucks and delivery drivers in San Joaquin County.
Modesto man sentenced to more than 11 years in federal fentanyl, gun case
A Modesto man was sentenced Monday to more than 11 years in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl and firearms trafficking conspiracy in Stanislaus County, according to federal prosecutors. Oleg Arreola, 28, received a sentence of 11 years and three months from U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley in federal court...
Community rallies to keep KIPP Stockton Middle School open
Families, students and faculty from KIPP Stockton Middle School rallied on Monday, calling on the Stockton Unified School District Board to approve a new high school location at University Park to avoid closing the middle school and displacing hundreds this fall. The rally, which drew a crowd of more than...
Stanislaus Coroner’s Office looks for families of men who died last week, years ago
The Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office is looking for family members of a man who died last week and of a man who died in 2008. Stockton resident Vernon Jordan, 65, died March 5 of natural causes at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto. And an urn containing the remains of Winston Bryant McConny, alternatively spelled...
