Calf ranch cruelty, city budget details, Geneva-bound student: Today’s top stories
From animal cruelty allegations at a Ceres calf ranch to a Modesto Junior College graduate heading to Switzerland for physics research, the day’s top stories span Stanislaus County.
Here are Wednesday’s key stories:
- Drone footage obtained by Direct Action Everywhere shows workers at Agresti Calf Ranch in Ceres kicking a calf in the face, yanking a cow’s tail and using pliers on a cow’s nose, prompting a planned May 16 vigil by animal rights activists.
- Modesto’s proposed operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year totals $674.9 million, with a $15.1 million general fund deficit. City Manager Joe Lopez cites long-term inflation and “the conflict overseas” as factors driving increased spending.
- Modesto Junior College graduate Abdul Ahad is heading to CERN in Geneva for a two-month physics internship starting May 27, becoming the first MJC student to participate in the ATLAS experiment before starting at UC Berkeley in the fall.
- Modesto’s State Theatre, the only nonprofit among five Stanislaus County movie theaters, won The Bee’s reader poll with 44% of the vote, narrowly beating Galaxy Theatres Riverbank at 38%.