Modesto News

Ten men indicted on charges related to a federal investigation into suspected illegal dealings at a Denair motorcycle shop appeared in a Fresno courtroom Wednesday.

Stanislaus County drug agents arrested six people Thursday on suspicion of producing methamphetamine at a house in Valley Home.

A 19-month-old Modesto boy is in what police are calling a "very life-threatening and critical condition" and detectives are investigating.

Last week's Northern California heat wave is being blamed for killing at least four people.

For about two years, investigators dragged witness after witness before federal grand juries in the BALCO steroids case, indicting and convicting several athletes, trainers and suppliers.

ROAD DOG CYCLE DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A CHOP SHOP, TRAFFICKING IN MOTOR VEHICLES OR THEIR PARTS: Robert C. Holloway, 61, of Turlock is a retired Stanislaus County sheriff's deputy whose 16-year ...

A man is in custody after Stanislaus County sheriff's deputies found him in the back of a van in possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia Tuesday night, authorities reported.

The Lompoc Record, Michael McCollum/The Associated Press Araceli Martinez grieves at her home Wednesday in Lodi.

Authorities have recovered four bodies from a sport utility vehicle pulled from an irrigation canal in central California.

A 71-year-old man died Sunday morning at the Old Fishermen's Club of Modesto when a member of his skeet shooting group accidentally shot him in the head, authorities reported.

Stolen motorcycle parts, a chop shop, bike gangs, and federal authorities say local cops are caught in the middle.

At least eight people plunged into a fast-moving irrigation canal Tuesday after a pickup truck collided with a sport utility vehicle transporting farmworkers in rural Central California, authorities said.

An Oakdale man has one murder trial down and one to go. Adam Valdobinos, 29, was found guilty of second-degree murder last week at the close of a two-week trial stemming from the stabbing death of a black man ...

Testimony in the murder trial involving former Hickman pastor Howard "Doug" Porter ended abruptly this afternoon when a prosecutor argued that an accountant hired to analyze financial accounts for the defense ...

MODESTO, Calif. -- Investigators describe a skeet-shooting incident that killed a 71-year-old Modesto man as "truly an accident." A Stanislaus County Sheriff's spokesman said William Herrmann died after a ...

A Modesto man was hospitalized in serious condition today after gang members broke into his south Modesto home, stabbed him, then apologized and said they attacked the wrong person, police reported.

A tire blowout is blamed for starting a fast-moving fire that killed six horses being towed in a trailer.

A Modesto man was shot and killed Sunday during what investigators called a tragic accident at a Modesto trap shooting range, a Stanislaus County sheriff's spokesman said.

One man is dead after an accidental shooting at a gun range in Stanislaus County Sunday, police said.

Modesto is hosting a workshop for schools and industry on its plans for waste-water improvements at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Room B300 at Tenth Street Place, 1010 10th St.