Modesto News

Today's board meeting of the Don Pedro Recreation Agency will start at 10 a.m., 10201 Bonds Flat Road, La Within days, a flotilla of about 60 houseboats is expected to begin snaking from its decades-old home at Don Pedro Reservoir's north end, which soon will be too shallow for big watercraft.

The current class has been going on for about a month. The focus is for mothers to become more relaxed and bond with their infants, for babies to interact with one another and for moms to work off their post-pregnancy weight.

Two forensic psychologists on Thursday testified that a man accused of attempted murder and rape in Modesto was faking symptoms of a mental disorder.

Roundabout Theatre Company said Thursday that Nixon, who starred in the Tom Stoppard play when it first came to Broadway in 1984, will come back this fall in a revival with Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Emergency responders gather outside the downtown Modesto that was evacuated this morning after an undermined incident caused coughing and other respiratory issues among people inside.

Deputy District Attorney Rosa Alarcon said that on Sept. 22, 2010, Sanchez pulled over a 24-year-old woman driver who had an outstanding warrant.

Hundreds of uniformed law enforcement officers filled the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Thursday for Officer Nicholas Choung Lee's funeral.

Executive director Jeff Ewelt tells The Billings Gazette that staffers are devastated over the death of Prince, who had lived at the zoo for a decade.

The Northwest Florida Daily News reports that the 15-year-old was arrested Tuesday and charged with poisoning his teacher's drink.

The 62-year-old Hoeness was charged with dodging 3.5 million euros in taxes, but when his trial opened Monday he admitted avoiding 15 million euros more.

Dave Bennett's Clarinet Swing Kings bring big-band jazz to the Modesto Symphony Orchestra today at the Gallo Center.

A prosecutor on Wednesday told a jury that 28-year-old Shannon Case was murdered because of racial hatred.

The first lady spoke Wednesday at a White House screening for military families of the Disney movie "Muppets Most Wanted."

While nobody debates that Stanislaus County desperately needs a new courthouse – services such as civil and traffic court have been moved to offsite, leased space – where it's going to go is a bone of contention.

A Stanislaus County judge who has been disqualified by prosecutors more than 500 times since October has been reassigned to civil court.

The district attorney's office says the two 25-year-olds - Robert Pape and Cristin Smith - appeared in court Wednesday for arraignment on three counts of murder with allegations that each personally used a firearm in two of the Riverside County killings.

Listened to Modesto resident John P. Walker announce that he had started the process to recall Councilman Dave Codgill over the councilman's votes to approve The Marketplace shopping center project and include Salida and Wood Colony in the city's update to its general plan.

Cameron from Modesto, Calif., has Alice, a 2-year-old cat, sharing her apartment.

San Francisco Fire Deputy Chief of Operations Mark Gonzales said Wednesday exterior sprinklers on the building that went off have to be replaced and the fire protection system restored before residents will be allowed back in.

"Our officials need to be reminded that there are still people out here struggling, trying to get an education," said one student.