Modesto News

Holding the hand of his wife and accompanied by his adult son, Merrill Newman thanked the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea, and U.S. Embassy in Beijing for helping to secure his release.

Here's an idea that lets you do some good while giving someone a gift he or she will use all year.

A jury on Friday found Richard Tuite not guilty of voluntary manslaughter. His 2004 conviction had been overturned but he's already served most of the original 17-year sentence.

Christopher Ferrell told police he fatally shot Mills in self-defense in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 23 after the two got into an argument over the musician smoking a cigarette in a no-smoking area of Ferrell's Pit and Barrel.

A toddler was taken by Child Protective Services on Thursday night after his mother left him alone in a home without water or power, according to Modesto police.

It’s won’t rain – or snow – on our parade Saturday, or on the many people who are sure to turn out for the opening of local cities’ Christmas Tree Lanes and other holiday lighting attractions.

The network on Friday didn't say why it will broadcast 18 instead of 22 episodes.

Authorities say a family member found 84-year-old Ruben Sanchez severely beaten in his apartment on Nov. 18. He later died at a hospital.

The attorney for Sgt. Anthony Peden told a Superior Court judge Friday the soldier's undergone psychological evaluations in preparation for his defense.

The Miami Heat superstar confirmed reports before Thursday's game against the Chicago Bulls that he will co-star with Kevin Hart in the comedy "Ballers."

The father of a child who suffers from seizures hopes to enlist the City Council’s support in making a type of medical cannabis legal in California.

MID and Modesto entered into an agreement in 2005 for the irrigation district to more than double the capacity of its Modesto Regional Water Treatment Plant at Modesto Reservoir from 30 million gallons of drinking water per day to 66 million gallons.

Icicles form on a low hanging branch of a walnut orchard tree off of Hwy 33 south of Patterson during Thursday morning's freezing temperatures.

Longtime voice teacher, choral director and Kindermusik specialist Ginger Colla said she was so impacted by the fatal shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School a year ago, she wanted to do something to mark the one-year anniversary on Dec. 14. “We were all so shocked and saddened by that event,” she said.

The driver of the stolen car was found in a dog house hiding in the backyard of a home in the 1100 block of Alamo Ave., is taken into custody.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports 36-year-old David Ray Mills pleaded guilty Tuesday to being an accessory to the attack.

The highway remained closed as of 6:30 a.m. Thursday. KCRA-TV reports that an officer shot and killed a homicide suspect earlier on the highway after the suspect brandished a knife.

On the crowded shelf of cookbooks lushly illustrated with the latest foodie trends, one spiral-bound newcomer stands apart.

It is a doorway to a future, a doorway that roughly one in five teens in this area will not pass through.

Ashok Kumar spent 15 years establishing his India Warehouse store, attracting customers to the Yosemite Boulevard business in Modesto.