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Stanislaus wants pay cuts to be permanent
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 1:09 AMThe region's largest employer — Stanislaus County — is demanding permanent 6 percent pay cuts from its 3,440 workers, officials revealed Tuesday. Six of 12 labor unions have agreed, although they represent far less than half of all...
Former Modesto gang member devotes his life to reaching at-risk youths
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10:49 PMIgnacio Pizano's forearm used to bear a tattoo of a devil smoking a marijuana joint. Other body art left no doubt about his allegiance to the drug-fueled violence that left him facing a life sentence at 15.
New trial rehashes Stanislaus deputy's discrimination claims
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 10:47 PMA new trial to resolve a deputy's discrimination claims kicked off Tuesday, with Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson expected to testify next week.
Modesto Irrigation District mulls sale of useless equipment
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 10:09 PMModesto Irrigation District leaders this morning will discuss making the best of a bad business deal that cost ratepayers more than $2 million. Unloading useless 7-year-old power plant equipment for 13 cents on the dollar seems smarter than junk...
Modesto Irrigation District stays mum on inquiry
Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 10:11 PMWhatever led Modesto Irrigation District leaders to investigate their top man last fall will remain under wraps because they hired a lawyer to conduct the investigation, the utility's attorney says.
Stanislaus County employees may recoup 1% of pay cut
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 10:43 PMWith the recession's crunch easing, Stanislaus County leaders will consider returning 1 percent of the 6 percent pay cuts imposed last year on county employees. Last year's concession by the county's 3,736 workers, along with previou...
Monday Q&A: Guiding a shift to Stanislaus County regional planning
Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 2:26 PMA new move toward regional planning is afoot, and Jaylen French is its guide. He is an associate planner with the Stanislaus Council of Governments, which has expanded its traditional charge for transportation planning to include other disciplin...
Modesto youths get straight talk from adults about gangs
Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 10:45 PMTwelve stone-faced teens and young adults glumly took seats in the front row. One by one, the adults stood to warn, threaten, exhort and encourage the budding gang members to choose some other path.
As Modesto gangs spill more blood, answers get more elusive
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 7:44 PMGangs are on the rise in the Modesto area. Once mostly confined to poor districts, gangs see few boundaries these days. Today, The Bee begins its examination of gangs and their impact in the Modesto area. Any safe neighborhoods left? Arr...
Update on Stanislaus County ag policies falters
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 10:52 PMStanislaus County leaders failed to strengthen farmland preservation rules after a contentious hearing Tuesday, putting into limbo a 16-month effort to update an important policy document. Some leaders expressed frustration at technicalities tha...
