Modesto CA

Just released, the 2025 Stanislaus County Community Health Assessment (CHA) provides an in-depth look at the health conditions, disparities, and social factors shaping the well-being of Stanislaus County residents. Some of the findings show that many families are struggling to make ends meet, mostly due to exorbitant...

A new pavilion shades picnickers in Tuolumne River Regional Park, while a long-established spot got an upgrade. The new shelter is next to a small swimming beach along Legion Park Drive, just south of Modesto’s airport neighborhood. The other project is about half a mile upstream at Picnic Area B, where mature trees...

A Stockton drug dealer was sentenced to five years in prison in a case that involved a police dog sniffing fentanyl during a raid and having to be resuscitated with Narcan. Charles Benavides pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl for sale, with an enhancement for having more than an ounce of the deadly drug, the...

MERCED, Calif. (FOX26) — Deputies busted an animal fighting operation and seized over 300 roosters on Tuesday. Deputies busted an illegal marijuana operation where 3000 plants were seized and destroyed on July 25th. They conducted a follow-up on one of the properties that was a part of the bust...

A 25-year-old man from Delhi died early Friday after crashing his motorcycle into a car on Albers Road just north of Dusty Lane, the California Highway Patrol said. The collision occurred around 5:11 a.m. when a 2001 Honda Accord, driven by a 26-year-old Modesto man, was slowing to turn left into a private driveway....

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A San Joaquin County woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for illegal firearms trafficking. 34-year-old Alejandra Susana Castillo of Tracy was handed down the sentence from U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Sanchez. Court documents...

A wave of joy is spreading across San Joaquin County as Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library officially opens enrollment to every child from birth to age five—no matter where they live in the county!. Thanks to the determined efforts of Read to Me, Stockton!, families in Manteca, Tracy, Mountain...

A video circulating on social media shows Stockton Police bicycle officers giving out tickets for loitering to day laborers.

Applications are now being accepted for the city of Stockon Stocked Full of Produce Grant Program. "The City’s Stocked Full of Produce Grant Program addresses food insecurity through grant funding to help with infrastructure upgrades to retail stores, to promote the sale and storage of healthier food options," the...

The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted to raise its pay this week. The 2.62% increase takes four members of the board to about $171,309 a year. The chairman, Paul Canepa, will see his salary rise to $191,866. The raise approved during the board’s meeting Tuesday arrives atop a...