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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.
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.
This is Part 1 of a story of the flight of Spooky 21, and the nearly half-century it took to find and bring home its six crew members lost in the Southeast Asian jungle.
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.
With its grand arches, intricate plaster moldings, faux facades suggesting a centuries-old European villa and blue domed ceiling dotted by pinpoint lights, the Saenger Theatre was typical of the opulent movie palaces and playhouses built around the nation in the 1920s.