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CalFire says Freddie Alexander Smoke III was arrested Saturday and accused of recklessly causing a fire and with marijuana cultivation, both felonies.

The Modesto Needle Exchange started operating in February 2013 in Mono Park with about a dozen clients.

Modesto Teachers Association members argued the merits of a state-affiliate-imposed trusteeship at a formal hearing of the California Teachers Association.

Stanislaus County officials who fielded complaints from some neighbors about loud noise hope to avoid problems with tighter restrictions on music volume and nighttime quiet hours.

Authorities say the 66-year-old Lakeside man shot Ming Qi several times with a rifle three years ago because she'd apparently begun a new relationship.

The California Coastal Commission ordered Robert and Judith McCarthy to remove the barriers at its meeting on Friday, and called their actions "outrageous" and "a flagrant violation of the law."

TV reports that the shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday at a warehouse building on Lakewood Avenue that houses the studio .

Coroner's investigator John Gagliano tells Nola.comThe Times-Picayune that Ayanna Woodward of Santa Ana was identified through fingerprints.

Volunteers 18 and older are needed July 19 to help drive families from Modesto to the state park and back for a youth outing.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, claims Wal-Mart was negligent when a driver of one of its tractor-trailers rammed into Morgan's limousine bus.

Prison Lt. Darren Chamberlain said David Gomez slipped out of his handcuffs before the attack about 1 p.m. Friday at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad.

Karla Haskell obtained a temporary restraining order against her 33-year-old son and told a judge he taped her to a chair at her San Marcos, California, home before choking her.

The California Highway Patrol says the woman was pushing the child in a stroller Thursday evening in the Florence area when they were hit by a red 2013 Toyota.

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Federal prosecutors say the release happened last year southwest of Chicago. The Morris, Illinois, farm sells minks for using in making coats and other luxury garments.

Modesto has reached a deal to end the legal action filed against it by Stanislaus Food Products Co., in which the tomato cannery claimed the city has overcharged it by more than $10 million in wastewater fees since 1999.

From left, singer-guitarist Patty Castillo Davis, MoBand director George Gardner and street singer Dellanora Green were the panel in a discussion about how to balance access with excellence in the arts Thursday at the McHenry Museum.

High school students from San Joaquin County spent the day at Kaiser Modesto Medical Center to see what it takes to be a health care provider.

A woman on Thursday pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit grand theft in a case involving a Modesto bail bonds business owner accused of extortion.

A group of supporters from Modesto and Turlock headed to the Mexican Consulate in Sacramento on Wednesday to present a formal request for the release of a doctor arrested by authorities in Michoacán.