Three San Joaquin Valley hospitals earn rankings among best regional hospitals in the U.S.
Three hospitals in the San Joaquin Valley – two in Fresno, one in Modesto – have received places among the rankings of best regional hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings, announced on July 29, recognize Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno,...
Two Fresno hospitals earn rankings among best regional hospitals in the U.S.
This story was originally published by The Intersection. Three hospitals in the San Joaquin Valley – two in Fresno, one in Modesto – have received places among the rankings of best regional hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings, announced on July 29,...
Lipman Family Farms Expands Fresh-Cut Operations
Lipman Family Farms, an Immokalee, Fla.-based vertically integrated supplier of fresh tomatoes and vegetables, has opened its newest fresh-cut facility in Manteca, Calif. Specializing in sliced tomatoes, the new facility marks the company’s eighth fresh-cut operation across North America. Lipman says the new facility...
Tracy PD Investigates Fatal Solo Vehicle DUI Crash
On July 29, 2025, around 11:20 pm, Tracy Police Department officers responded to a report of a solo vehicle crash in the 2700 block of Holly Dr. Upon arrival, officers contacted an adult male (not believed to be a Tracy resident) involved in the crash. After conducting a DUI investigation, the male was arrested on...
Stockton City Council rewrites device rules one year after Grand Jury report
In a reversal of a policy born from scandal, the Stockton City Council unanimously approved the use of City-issued tablets with limited functions in closed sessions meetings, easing a ban reinforced last year following a grand jury probe into a “damaging leak.”. The 7–0 vote adopted amendments to a...
FoodView – Let’s Find Something New
What’s new Modesto? How many times when you go out to dinner, do syou say let’s try somewhere new? 10 minutes later, you are walking into your old faves. Comfortable? Yes. Tasty? Yes, but are you getting the most out of your exploration. Let’s break out of our routine and find something new. The ViewCrew fanned out...
Modesto Focus: Good News is on the Way
Last Thursday, a small but lively crowd gathered in downtown Modesto to celebrate the coming launch of The Modesto Focus, an online newspaper that will offer a new model for local news coverage of Stanislaus County and nearby. Long considered a “news desert,” the northern San Joaquin Valley has wanted for truly local...
Fires, rescues and rollover crash keep Modesto firefighters busy for 24 hours
Modesto firefighters responded to a series of emergencies over a 24-hour stretch this week, including a house fire in a previously burned vacant home, a vehicle rollover near Knights Ferry and a man rescued from the sludge at the bottom of a Modesto pool. The Modesto Fire Department said that while total call volume...
Stockton buys two pickups so police can haul homeless people’s belongings
The Stockton Police Department is buying two heavy-duty pickup trucks totaling $154,804 to help efforts to relocate unhoused people. The City Council ratified the purchase of two Chevrolet Silverado three-quarter-ton pickups on Tuesday. The initial vote had been scheduled in March as part of an emergency purchase...
I-5 near Lathrop back open after CHP officer-involved shooting investigation
Traffic on southbound Interstate 5 in the Lathrop area was being diverted off of the freeway Thursday morning due to an officer-involved shooting investigation.
