Modesto News

A Modesto police officer examines a bike involved in the accident. One teenager died and a second was seriously injured when their bicycle collided with a car in north Modesto, CA.

U-T San Diego reports 28-year-old Tassie Behrens entered the plea Monday could get four years and seven months in prison when she's sentenced in September.

In a southwest Modesto home Monday, officers recovered two assault weapons, a handgun, a silencer and several high-capacity magazines for the assault weapons.

Organizer Adriana Hernandez-Garcia and event logistics leader Ricardo Garcia are pictured on Monday afternoon at the office of Congregations Building Community which is organizing a night walk through west Modesto this coming Friday.

A Sacramentan who disagreed with motel staff about a cleaning deposit was arrested on suspicion of robbery over the weekend.

Work is expected to resume this week on a section of Bowen Avenue in central Modesto that has been dug up and closed to traffic for more than six weeks.

A Modesto man on Monday was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for conspiring to submit false claims to the Internal Revenue Service, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The Los Angeles Times reports 43-year-old Simona Mateas died at a hospital after authorities discovered her lying in the driveway of a home on Saturday.

Online records show 33-year-old Farrah Franklin was booked into the Horry County jail just before 5 a.m. Sunday on a charge of disorderly conduct.

Richmond County sheriff's officials say a thief stole the panties from Victoria's Secret in Augusta Mall shortly before noon Saturday.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the basement chamber of Tenth Street Place, at 1010 10th St., Modesto.

Connie Pinkston of Friends of Modesto Dog Park, middle, speaks with Modesto Police Department Community Service Officers Rosie Garcia, left, and Cristy Beffa, right, as they plan the Dog Walker Watch meeting at the Modesto dog park in Modesto, Calif., on Thursday, July 17, 2014.

In its fourth year, the event is expected to attract 700 buyers and more than 125 of the San Joaquin Valley's top food and beverage companies.

He tells The Times the 86,000-square-foot, $24 million lab will open in fall 2015 with state-of-the-art equipment.

California Highway Patrol Capt. Joe Flores said the accident happened at about 2:20 a.m. Sunday when the alleged wrong-way driver in a blue Hyundai collided with a silver Hyundai with four occupants.

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Modesto Irrigation District wells pumped 311 percent more groundwater this January through June than they did during the same months last year.

Amid the grieving, Prime Minister Mark Rutte is pushing for Russian President Vladimir Putin to use his influence over the rebels in eastern Ukraine to ensure a full investigation into the tragedy that killed 298 passengers and crew, including 193 Dutch citizens.

Rumors drifted across the parched Central Valley that a bidding war for water might push auction prices as high as $3,000 an acre-foot, up from $60 in a normal year.

The Fresno Bee reports that a 32-year-old swimmer was reported missing at about 2:15 p.m. Saturday.