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Featured StoriesA mass clinic in downtown Modesto provided free dental care to 700 people Friday, and organizers were confident of meeting a two-day goal of 1,500 patients today. Starting Thursday evening, hundreds of people needing dental care descended on Modesto Centre Plaza for the CDA Cares Modesto free dental clinic.
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Facing the threat of legal action by the city of Modesto and strong opposition from others, the Modesto Irrigation District has canceled Tuesday's planned vote on a water sale to San Francisco. The district announced Friday that the sale would be delayed while contract talks with San Francisco resume.
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Stanislaus County's unemployment rate remained dismal in April as the area continued to lose jobs. Though the rate dropped nearly a percentage point from March to April of this year, that's because more people have given up looking for work, said Jeff Michael, director of the Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacific.
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A request by the Carnegie Arts Center to get its deposit back from the city of Turlock was just that, its executive director said. Rebecca Phillips Abbott said she was taken by surprise when the matter turned into a prolonged exchange at a Turlock City Council meeting.
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Third-graders from the Turlock area got hands-on lessons about farming and food processing Friday at the third annual AgEdventure. The Agricultural Studies Department at California State University, Stanislaus, organized the event, which took place on the Turlock campus. Every third-grader in the Turlock, Denair and Keyes school districts was invited, about 1,400 in all.
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Shelby Cordova didn't worry about what might happen if she just kept running toward second base. A throwing error led to two quick runs and Oakdale never slowed during a 9-1 rout of defending section champ Sierra.
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Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come?
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Strange thing, but calories don't count at the Oakdale Chocolate Festival, says the city's Chamber of Commerce chief executive officer, Mary Guardiola.
So we now have another threat to our schools because of bad planning and a higher debt than forecast. Threaten the schools because nobody wants to hurt the kids, and maybe people will pass an almost useless tax increase. How about this — no perks or benefits for anybody making six figures or more in government?
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The man who built an eccentric Mojave Desert compound known as Phonehenge West was placed on five years' probation on Friday and ordered to serve 63 days community service, five of them at the county morgue.
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Christian youths in the Philippines are continuing to protest against Lady Gaga's upcoming concerts despite organizers' assurances that her performances will not threaten morality.
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