Man’s apparent cannonball find led to bomb squad call in Turlock
TURLOCK, Calif. — A man in Turlock found what he thought was a cannonball, which led to a call Sunday for the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad. Officers arrived around noon to the 3300 block of Fosberg Road after a man told dispatch he had found what he believed was a cannonball and brought it into his...
Stockton Vice Mayor Jason Lee’s special council meeting on “misuse of public funds” discussion...
There was a roll call before the special meeting started and three out of seven showed up. So, the special meeting needed to get adjourned.
U.S. Marshals announce arrests of previously deported Mexican nationals wanted in Massachusetts, found in...
Massachusetts — The U.S. Marshals Service, District of Massachusetts Fugitive Task Force (MAFTF), has announced in a statement the arrest of Marco Antonio Cruz Ocamp, 35, wanted for one count of Assault to Murder and one count of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon. Aymer Rubisel Cruz Ocampo, 30, wanted for...
DUI checkpoint in Riverbank leads to arrests, recovery of ghost guns
The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office says a Halloween night DUI checkpoint in Riverbank led to several arrests and the discovery of two illegally manufactured “ghost” guns. According to a Sheriff’s Office news release, the Major Accident Investigation Team conducted the checkpoint on the evening of Oct. 31 as part...
Two Arrested in Connection with String of Robberies in San Joaquin County
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, CA — “On October 29, 2025, at approximately 11:00 p.m., San Joaquin County Sheriff’s deputies observed two individuals, later identified as Rayshawn Bryant and Joseph White, in the area of Sierra Nevada and Park Street — a location associated with a recent string of robberies.
5 hurt after three-vehicle crash involving motorcycle in Manteca
MANTECA, Calif. — Four people were taken to the hospital, and one other person was hurt after a crash Thursday in Manteca, authorities said. Around 11:30 a.m., a van was making a left turn from southbound Main Street onto eastbound Edison Street when it collided with a motorcycle traveling north on Main Street,...
What is Fat Boy Roasted Delights? There’s ‘nothing like’ new Modesto restaurant
Two months to the day after I published a story acknowledging a new restaurant was coming to Modesto’s Wood Colony Plaza and admitting I had little information about it, it opened. Fat Boy Roasted Delights celebrated its grand opening Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 3900 Pelandale Ave., Suite 650, near Vallarta. It is a...
Crash at Manteca intersection sends 4 to hospital, including 2 on motorcycle
Four people, including two people on a motorcycle, were taken to the hospital after a crash at a Manteca intersection late Thursday morning, police said.
Rats and roaches make headlines, but are Modesto-area restaurants mostly safe?
In our Reality Check stories, Modesto Bee journalists deliver fast facts about the issues that matter to local residents to hold officials and institutions accountable. Read more. Story idea? [email protected] . It’s been nearly two years since The Modesto Bee relaunched weekly health inspection reports , and we’ve...
The story behind Turlock’s Big Bulldozer along 99
To someone seeing it for the first time, that big bulldozer on the west side of Highway 99 in Turlock might be mistaken for an actual piece of construction equipment. At least one inquiry from a foreign country to the office of United Equipment Company raised that very question several years ago.
