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MODESTO What: Carnival Food Fundraiser When: Fridays, 5 to 8 p.m. Where: Stanislaus Veterans Center, 3500 Coffee Rd., Ste. 15 Info: The Veterans Foundation of Stanislaus County invites veterans, their … Click to Continue »

A Modesto physician was arrested Thursday morning on charges he illegally prescribed opioids to patients without a legitimate medical purpose, the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of California announced. Sawtantra … Click to Continue »

Sacramento Fire firefighters spent the day Tuesday in Ophir Hills in the Sierras doing wildland chainsaw training so that they can assist in fighting large wildfires this fire season. … Click to Continue »

Residents of a home on Peppermint Drive in east Modesto called 911 and evacuated after seeing smoke and flames around their whole-house fan Wednesday afternoon, according to the Modesto Fire … Click to Continue »

Responding to a call of a residential structure fire, city of Turlock firefighters used thermal imaging cameras early Wednesday to locate a fire growing in the subfloor of a home's … Click to Continue »

A Turlock man, 44, was rushed to a hospital after suffering life-threatening stab wounds Wednesday night, Turlock police said. The report was made shortly after 10 p.m. that a man … Click to Continue »

Modesto's Crystal Creamery has cut its workforce by about 5 percent, the dairy company confirmed Wednesday. A spokesman released this statement in the afternoon and said company officials are not … Click to Continue »

The founding senior pastor of an Arizona megachurch, caught up in a sex scandal with roots in Modesto, has resigned, congregants were told Wednesday evening at a special meeting of … Click to Continue »

An Arizona church has erased from its website its founding pastor, caught in a sex scandal that started four decades ago in Modesto. In a Modesto Bee report, Les Hughey … Click to Continue »

The family of a slain Atwater woman pleaded Wednesday with Valley residents to keep an eye out for the man wanted as a "person of interest" related to her death … Click to Continue »