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Modesto City Schools will hire a nationally recognized expert on race and discipline to address claims that school district practices have placed a disproportionate number of African-American, Latino and English-learner … Click to Continue »

Steven Grenbeaux has resigned from the Modesto City Schools board, citing displeasure with the search for a new superintendent. The long-time trustee said Monday evening that he preferred an in-house … Click to Continue »

Turlock police said a Sunday afternoon assault on West Monte Vista Avenue was a hate crime. Officers are looking for a thin white man who is believed to have attacked … Click to Continue »

Modesto is about to revisit some embarrassing recent history regarding the breakdown of its purchasing practices that allowed the city to purchase about $16 million more in goods and services … Click to Continue »

A family is asking for the return, no questions asked, of a 44-year-old wedding ring stolen from a Modesto parking lot. Shanna White contacted The Modesto Bee about the theft … Click to Continue »

A Modesto man who once ran from the Stanislaus Superior Courthouse to avoid jail has been sentenced to prison for a drunk driving crash, failing to appear in court and … Click to Continue »

The teenager fatally shot Saturday night in Turlock was a student at Turlock High School. The school's counselors are aiding those students who are struggling with the death of Ismael … Click to Continue »

A stretch of Highway 132 near Coulterville reopened to traffic on Friday afternoon, just short of two months after stormwater washed it out on March 22. caltrans 132 vid A … Click to Continue »

Six people, all adults, were displaced when fire spread through a house in central Modesto on Sunday evening. Two people were home at the time, and one was taken to … Click to Continue »

Three motorcycists were injured in two accidents Saturday in Tuolumne County, the California Highway Patrol reported. The first happened about 10:50 a.m. on New Priest Grade, a steep and winding … Click to Continue »