Modesto CA

Gray winter days don’t last forever here. February flips the switch. Out in California’s Central Valley, rows that looked quiet just weeks earlier burst into color almost overnight. Tulips stretch toward the sun in bold reds, soft blush tones, creamy whites, and deep purples. The fields feel alive...

Sonora, CA—While the recent winter storm has brought plenty of fresh snow to the Central Sierra, enticing visitors to the Stanislaus National Forest (STF) this weekend, officials are advising to “exercise extreme caution on roadways” and know before you go.”. There are still several communities along Highway...

Some insects like crane flies, midges, and gnats may look like mosquitoes, but they do not bite. True mosquitoes do bite, and the best way to stop them starts at home. Mosquitoes only need a small amount of water to grow, so removing standing water is key.

A deadly head-on collision turned a quiet stretch of State Route 4 into a full closure yesterday, leaving one person dead and several others injured in rural Stanislaus County, authorities said. The crash shut down the highway east of Milton Road while emergency crews treated multiple people for injuries ranging from...

In the 1970s, the Central Valley usually did not get new things first. Sacramento got them first. The Bay Area got them first. Modesto, a farming city with many working families, usually got them later, after the rest of California. That changed on March 12, 1977, when The Hahn Company...

(FOX40.COM) — Two people were arrested in connection with a sideshow that stopped traffic on the Crosstown Freeway in Stockton earlier this month, CHP Stockton said. According to CHP, around 3 p.m. on Feb. 7, traffic on the Crosstown Freeway between state Route 99 and Interstate 5 was brought to a standstill for...

(FOX40.COM) — Three people were taken to the hospital following a shooting in Stockton, the local police department said. According to the Stockton Police Department, around 7:35 p.m., officers responded to a report of a person shot on Bancroft Way near Rion Way. At the scene, officers found a man and woman with...

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below. Occurred on Poag Rd, in Vallecito, CA. Disposition: Verbal Only. Occurred on Mitchler Av, in Murphys, CA. Disposition: No Report Taken. 08:43 Littering 2601150021. Occurred at Camanche Parkway South/Oliveira Ct, in...

When Brittney Clark, a librarian at Orestimba High, attended an AFL-CIO Convention at Philadelphia Convention Center in June 2022, she thought that she was only going to connect with other union organizers. But that was far from what happened. As she sat in a conference room with more than 2,000...

When Janice Keating ran for a seat on the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) Board of Directors, she promised to be a budget hawk. Keating argued that her experience as an accountant would bring MID ratepayers a keen eye and sharp pencil to the MID. Since her time on the Board, Keating has been more of a budget buster...