Ceres News

Gov. Jerry Brown, dismissive of a surge in state tax revenue that stirred optimism at the Capitol, moved Tuesday to blunt appeals for increased spending, downgrading his budget proposal from January.

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states lower their threshold for drunken driving with the goal of reducing alcohol-related fatal crashes, which have held steady for much of the past 15 years.

A fire broke out Tuesday afternoon in the 1200 block of Rouse Avenue. The home appeared to be vacant, but firefighters were going through with flashlights to be sure.

Title: Local columnist Coverage areas: People, issues, the community Bio: Jeff Jardine joined The Bee's staff in 1988 after a decade at the Stockton Record.

Rose Brown is familiar in local bowling circles and competed internationally for Team USA in 2007, the same year she graduated from Davis High School in Modesto.

More than 20 solar powered boats, built by middle school and high school students from schools throughout the Central Valley, will compete in the 2nd annual SMUD Solar Regatta Race on Friday at the Rancho Seco Lake.

Two men arrested in a massive methamphetamine bust appeared in court Wednesday afternoon, as authorities said they hope the seizure will put a dent in the Modesto area's drug trade.

Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, the red-hot label from E.&J. Gallo Winery of Modesto, has blended grapes from four continents for its latest launch.

Students at California State University, Stanislaus will celebrate the end of the school year with “Warrior Day” on Friday.

A driver is in the hospital with moderate injuries and his passenger was taken into custody after Ceres police said the two men led them on a brief pursuit Tuesday evening.

Local drug agents say they have made the biggest local bust anyone can remember, seizing 290 pounds of methamphetamine along with $66,000 in cash.

A weekend conference titled "The Changing Face of America" wrapped up Sunday morning at UC Berkeley with a panel discussion called "Friends and Foes: The Politics of Immigration Reform." Two Republican legislators were on the panel.

PHIL KING, LEELAND — 7 p.m. Friday, Monte Vista Chapel, 1619 E. Monte Vista Ave., Turlock.

In this Tuesday, April 30, 2013, photo, student Elliott Berry, 8, attends a memorial vigil for slain 8-year-old girl Leila Fowler at Jenny Lind Elementary School in Valley Springs, Calif.

The federal government Thursday projected a near-record almond crop in California this year — a boon to an industry that has had little trouble finding buyers around the world.

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The U.S. Coast Guard says the owner and crew of a fishing boat that sank in the Sea of Cortez two years ago and killed eight California men were negligent.

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Ceres man to 15 years in prison for robbing four banks in Modesto and Turlock from May 2010 to May 2011, the U.S. attorney's office reported.

Chips, Ceres Fire Department's new arson dog, with his handler Captain Jeff Santos at station 4 on Fowler Road in Ceres, Ca.

Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 24-year-old Modesto man after he allegedly tried to run down people who told him he was driving too fast.