Modesto CA

Following a series of investigations into a shooting that left one man dead, the Stockton Police Department has made an arrest in connection with the homicide. According to a Facebook post from the Stockton Police Department, officers were called to the 7000 Block of Tristan Circle in the early hours of September 4,...

October 2, 2025 – Merced County Sheriff's Office officials report that on September 30, 2025, Detectives served a search warrant in the 16200 block of North Avenue in Delhi. The search warrant was in regard to an investigation into the possession of illegal firearms. Deputies located Anthony Kent, 18, from Delhi, who...

The Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office is looking for families to take possession of abandoned and unclaimed cremains. On Aug. 22, the abandoned cremains of Marguerite Manuel Carnegie were brought to the Coroner’s Office. Carnegie was a Modesto resident at the time of her death in 2017. She was 81 years old. The...

A felon accused of gunning down a 30-year-old Mead Valley man pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other offenses. Raul Joe Varela, 52, of Turlock, was arrested in August following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the slaying of Giovanni Martinez. Along with murder, Varela is charged...

West Nile virus, a disease that is typically transmitted to people by mosquitos that have fed on blood from infected birds, has so far killed four California residents in 2025, including three in the San Joaquin Valley. In the Valley, West Nile deaths have been confirmed in Tulare, Fresno and...

Modesto City Schools broke ground Wednesday on construction of a long-awaited aquatics center at Gregori High School. Set to open by early 2027, the aquatics center will feature a 12-lane, 50-meter pool for competitions, with shaded seating and a building with restrooms and equipment. The project is funded by Measure...

(FOX40.COM) — The Ripon Police Department shared an advisory on Thursday for the Annual Ripon High School Homecoming Parade.Video above: Ripon Christian def Hughson, 21-14 According to the Ripon Police Department, the event is taking place on Friday from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event will kick off at Almond Valley...

Get the Eat. Sip. Play. newsletter in your inbox Available now: Sign up here for the best food, drink and entertainment coverage in Stanislaus County. MAMA’s entering her 26th year. The Modesto Area Music Association’s annual awards will mark more than a quarter century this month of handing out accolades and...

Janet Rivera still remembers the campaign she never thought she would win. In 1994, a teachers union colleague urged her to run for Delta College Board of Trustees. She found herself on the ballot against two well-endorsed men, Rivera said, one decades older and the other decades younger. She said...

GUSTINE — Business leaders and residents gathered at City Hall on Sept. 17 to share ideas for boosting economic prosperity in Gustine, as part of a collaborative roundtable hosted by the City of Gustine, the Gustine Chamber of Commerce and the Gustine Downtown Business Association. The event drew local...