Stanislaus coroner needs families to claim cremains of two women
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...
West Nile virus, spread by mosquitoes, claims a third life in the San Joaquin...
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...
East Bay seniors will no longer have breakfast drop-off program from Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels, Diablo Region, was the only group in the greater Bay Area to have a breakfast program, delivering five to seven days' worth of morning goods each week, one board member said.
Gregori High breaks ground on $10M aquatics center set to open by early 2027
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...
Ripon High School Homecoming Parade to cause road closures Friday
(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...
Janet Rivera, Delta’s longest-serving trustee, prepares to step down
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...
San Joaquin County welcomes Head Start expansion at new childcare facility
Head Start services will become more accessible to low-income families in San Joaquin County after the opening of the University Park Head Start facility later this year. The Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) collaborated with the San Joaquin County Office of Education to open the facility, marking the...
Modernizing the Central Valley manufacturing sector is a win for good jobs, public health,...
California is a global leader in clean energy and economic innovation. We’ve proven that a strong economy and a clean environment go hand in hand, but there’s a critical sector we’ve left behind: the facilities that produce many of our everyday goods- from glassware to paper to food products- rely on decades old...
Gas Station Robbery Suspects Arrested and Charged
BRENTWOOD — Three men suspected in an armed robbery of a gas station have been arrested and. The suspects are Christian Sanchez, 24, of Brentwood; Jonathan Sanchez, 21, of Brentwood; and Ruben Carrion-Rojas, 29, of Newark. The Arco gas station/convenience store at 6970 Brentwood Boulevard was robbed on September...
Lodi Police Department brings back mental health services program
With one police truck and a team of professionals, mental health services have returned to the city of Lodi.

















