Students with the Enochs High School Gay-Straight Alliance have made it onto, and on top of, the traditional homecoming court. In the past year students elected the school’s, and Modesto’s, first gay homecoming king and transgender homecoming princess.
A gathering of hundreds was held at a Modesto church Friday evening to to pray for the safe return of Assyrian Christians taken hostage this week by Islamic State militants in northeast Syria. Among the more than 250 hostages taken from Assyrian villages in northeast Syria is former Modesto resident Hanno Amo. The vigil was held at St. Zaia Cathedral on Mable Avenue. The cathedral is a parish of the Assyrian Church of the East, Diocese of California. Stanislaus County has one of the United States’ largest Assyrian communities, estimated at about 20,000.
It was more terrible news for West Side farmers Friday as the federal Central Valley Project told customers there would be a second straight year of “zero allocations.” That means they’ll get virtually no water. That, in turn, will mean a renewed emphasis on conservation throughout the state.
At a surprise sendoff celebration on Friday, Principal Jeff Albritton said farewell to staff, students and his “baby” – Gregori High School – as he moves into a district administrative role with Modesto City Schools next week.
Anthony Townes scored 15 points in the third quarter to lift Modesto Christian’s boys basketball team to a 79-47 victory over Elk Grove in the quarterfinals of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II playoffs Friday night in Salida.
Two Modesto residents on Friday appeared in court for the first time since they were arrested as suspects in the death of a Merced woman found at a Highway 99 rest stop near Turlock a year ago.
About eight months before voters go to the polls, Mayor Garrad Marsh already is sitting on about $75,000 in campaign cash in his bid for a second term.
About eight months before voters go to the polls, Mayor Garrad Marsh already is sitting on about $75,000 in campaign cash in his bid for a second term.
Employees at the American Medical Response billing center in Salida will continue working on borrowed time, but their employer is firm about closing the office in mid-August, according to recent letters to Stanislaus County’s Board of Supervisors. Centrex Revenue Solutions notified the county that another 66 employees will lose their jobs when the operation comes to an end in August. They include medical records employees, billing assistants, quality assurance specialists, a mail room clerk and supervisors who were not included in previous layoff notices.
A television series like “Fresh Off the Boat” gives an underrepresented group – Asian Americans – a place in the prime-time landscape. And, it’s funny.
In May 2013, James Ramirez missed his junior high graduation because of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer. Next week, the Beyer High sophomore will dive into less threatening waters when he swims for the Patriots.
