Six people were rescued Wednesday from the fast-moving Stanislaus River near Oakdale after two separate groups became stranded or swept downstream in dangerous conditions, according to Modesto Fire Department Battalion Chief Jim Black.
Emergency crews responded just before 1 p.m. to the area of Horseshoe Bend near Orange Blossom Road after reports that three teenage girls from Ceres had fallen from a paddleboard and small raft and become stranded along the riverbank, Black said.
The girls were not wearing life jackets, though a small dachshund traveling with them was, he said…