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Responding to trouble at the former Chevys Fresh Mex restaurant is getting stale for Modesto public-safety personnel and the property owner. Transient activity inside the boarded-up building on Standiford Avenue, … Click to Continue »

NAME: Timothy Allan Babb CHARGE: Grand theft DESCRIPTION: 54 years old; 5 feet, 10 inches tall; 168 pounds; blond hair; blue eyes THE CASE: Babb is wanted by the Stanislaus … Click to Continue »

MODESTO What: DACA Luncheon When: Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Red Event Center, 921 Eighth St. Info: Latino Community Roundtable lunch with guest speaker Solange Altman, an immigration … Click to Continue »

Police issued a plea Monday for help in solving the murder of a woman in northwest Modesto a little more than a year ago. The body of Jenny Wu, 41, … Click to Continue »

A 38-year-old Atwater man is expected to survive after suffering life-threatening head injuries over the weekend in a suspected DUI-related hit-and-run crash, the California Highway Patrol reported Monday. The victim, … Click to Continue »

One was a new California Highway Patrol officer who died on Christmas Eve while his kids waited for him to open their presents. Another was a deputy from Stanislaus County … Click to Continue »

This year's count of Stanislaus County's homeless tallied 18 percent fewer people than last year's, but it's not clear if the numbers are down because there are fewer homeless. The … Click to Continue »

MODESTO Who: Modesto School Board Special Meeting When: Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. Where: Staff Deveolpment Office, 425 Locust St. Info: The Modesto City Schools invites the public and interested stakeholders to … Click to Continue »

Fissure eruptions continued at Leilani Estates, near Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, on May 6, two day after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake hit the area. … Click to Continue »

The man who died in the custody of deputies Saturday was 38-year-old Alejandro Sanchez of Modesto, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department reported Monday. Sanchez died at a Modesto hospital after … Click to Continue »