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A swearing-in ceremony for Modesto's new mayor, and a send-off for the outgoing one, was set for Feb. 28, but there's been a change in plans. Mayor-elect Garrad Marsh will take the oath of office at the City Council meeting Tuesday.
A Stanislaus County Superior Court judge Thursday ruled there's sufficient evidence for a 19-year-old man to stand trial for premeditated murder in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy with Down syndrome.
As stories go, this one could be called "The Case of the Long-Lost Bookcase," Jeff Jardine writes in today's column.
Searchers following a map prepared by a serial killer on Death Row unearthed human remains Thursday in Calaveras County that could be one of his victims, the father of one victim said.
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church has been in Ripon for only 10 years, but can trace its heritage back 2,000 years to the time shortly after Jesus Christ's death and resurrection. The Ripon church is holding an Egyptian Festival next weekend to help educate their own young people and the community about their faith and Egypt.
A health care crisis is sweeping the Central Valley, devastating middle-class and poor families and threatening to overwhelm the region's fragile safety net. With it lies a troubling new reality: Across class lines, people are struggling to access care or simply are going without.
Their faces tell just one piece of the story. They were young and old, a range of races. They came from all corners of the county, though the majority were concentrated inside Modesto's city limit. They are the homicide victims of Stanislaus County.
A pregnant woman who vanished. A husband convicted of killing her and their child. A story that gripped the nation.