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The plan was this: Eighth-grader Tyler Gilbert and his best friend since kindergarten would cross the Somerset Middle School graduation stage together today. But when you're fighting for your life, plans can change.
The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department is asking for help in finding a developmentally disabled 19-year-old reported missing Friday.
A defense attorney has filed a motion to dismiss charges against a man facing a third trial after a federal judge overturned his 2000 conviction in the deaths of a mother and her two young children in a Modesto house fire.
Every year, people underestimate the power of local waterways and overestimate their own abilities. Water search-and-rescue teams around the state trained this week in preparation for this Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer and a very busy time for rescue crews.
In court testimony Friday, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson downplayed his 2011 role in dismissing an injured deputy, saying he merely approved a staff recommendation. I wanted him to come back to work," said the sheriff.
Faith Makau's strength is matched only by her confidence and experience. And when she hits her special gear, she wins Sac-Joaquin Section Masters championships.
Drive up around Sonora and you see them, gleaming like nuggets to a gold miner. Specialty farms dot the landscape in increasing numbers, producing wine grapes, apples, olives, llamas and other crops and livestock.
From festivals to fairs to music in the park to a massive celebration of all things Graffiti, June will be packed aplenty with things to keep you busy.
I would like to know why the widening construction on Kiernan Avenue is going so slowly. Time after time when we drive on Kiernan in the early afternoon, there are no workers out there.
A man who wears thong underwear and a cape while riding his scooter through Wisconsin's capital city may be a strange sight. But police say he isn't breaking any laws.
Cross-dressers, half-naked revelers, a famed fashion designer, entertainment icons and a former U.S. president shared the spotlight in the Austrian capital for the Life Ball, a night of hedonistic revelry for a good cause - the funding of AIDS research.